Posts Tagged ‘App Store’

Dropbox Alters iOS SDK Following Apple’s Complaints

May 2nd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Dropbox has announced changes to its SDK for iOS developers. The sudden update follows on the news that Apple disallowed several apps with the Dropbox SDK from entering the App Store.

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What Made Draw Something Succeed, Besides The Obvious?

April 13th, 2012 by Dawn Siris Posted in Companies & M&A, Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Did you ever hear about Alfred Russel Wallace? Most chances are you didn’t, but you surely know Charles Darwin I trust. In a nutshell, Wallace was the first to come up with the natural selection theory of evolution, but Darwin marketed it better. Let’s take a look at Draw Something Free on that regard.

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Chinese Developers Bypass Google Play

April 3rd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Though many Android developers rely heavily on Google Play, those in China seem to ignore Google’s app store. Instead, developers prefer to deliver the .apk files direcly to the consumer.

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Lenovo Launches B2B Android App Store

March 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

The guys have just entered the tablet market and already Lenovo has announced their own ‘specialty’ app store. An app store that allows business owners to build their own app store for their employees.

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Apple’s App Store Hits 25bn Download Mark

March 5th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has confirmed the 25.000.000.000th download on the iTunes App Store. This mark was met yesterday. In the days before this remarkable number was reached, Apple was pushing out over 48 million downloads a day.

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MWC: Mozilla to Open Up HTML5 Marketplace

February 27th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Web Apps | No Comments »

At the Mobile World Congress, Mozilla has planned to launch their new HTML5 app store. With the announcement of this app store, Mozilla seems fixed on signing up (mobile)web developers.

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IBC: Liberty Global/UPC Unveils App Store Plans

September 9th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Web Apps | No Comments »

Yesterday, UPC owner Liberty Global announced a new settop box called Horizon. Though the system is mainly advertised as ‘the’ new way to experience TV, the new box will also hold an App Store.

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Google Books Removed from App Store

July 24th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Though some folks on Twitter noticed it earlier this week, it then seemed to be a small error. Now however it seems the removal of the Google Books app for the iPhone has been on purpose.

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App Store Hits 500.000 Apps – Infographic

May 25th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

While Android Market is expected to overtake the Apple App Store in numbers by next year or so, the App Store is still about a third bigger. Chillingo, 148Apps and Chomp made an impressive infographic.

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Distimo: Android to surpass iOS App Store in Numbers

May 1st, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to Dutch analytics company Distimo, the Android Market will soon be bigger than the iTunes App Store. Currently, the App Store holds 333.000 apps and Android Market holds 206.000.