Tag Archive | "developers"
Report: BlackBerry’s App World is the most expensive app store
In a recent report encapsulating data from September, app store analytics company Distimo found that BlackBerry’s App World holds the distinction of being the most expensive mobile app store. The report found that the average price for an app on BlackBerry’s App World is more than three times higher than apps found on Apple’s iTunes […]
Continue reading...Report: Squatters in iTunes App Store a growing problem
Friday, October 9, 2009
A recent report in recombu describes the growing problem of squatters in the iTunes App Store – a term which refers to developers who register catchy sounding iPhone app titles but don’t actually submit an app of the same name to iTunes.
Continue reading...iPhone App Store Developers aren’t getting rich, and why that’s not a problem
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Newsweek recently published an article premised on the argument that most developers in the iTunes app store, contrary to popular public opinion, aren’t in fact getting rich. The problem with this argument is that it rests entirely on the ill-conceived notion that all developers should be getting rich, simply by virtue of releasing an iPhone […]
Continue reading...Why Palm’s “Open” strategy to take on the iPhone won’t work
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Comments Off on Why Palm’s “Open” strategy to take on the iPhone won’t work
The app store on the Palm Pre is now open for business, and Palm CEO Jon Rubenstein announced at yesterday’s Palm Developer conference that there are already about 127 apps that have been downloaded a total of 7.5 million times. Now that might seem impressive until you consider that the iPhone app store currently has […]
Continue reading...How the iPhone App Store resurrected the lone wolf programmer
Monday, October 5, 2009
It’s become pretty trendy, in some tech circles at least, to criticize Apple and its handling of the iTunes app store. Admittedly, Apple’s actions are sometimes confusing, contradictory, and even downright idiotic every now and again. But by and large, and especially given the massive number of apps in the app store, Apple has managed […]
Continue reading...iTunes App Store surpasses 2 billion downloads
Monday, September 28, 2009
Comments Off on iTunes App Store surpasses 2 billion downloads
Apple today issued a press release announcing that the iTunes has surpassed over 2 billion downloads to date. CUPERTINO, California—September 28, 2009—Apple today announced that more than two billion apps have been downloaded from its revolutionary App Store, the largest applications store in the world. There are now more than 85,000 apps available to the […]
Continue reading...Apple introduces App Store Resource Center
Friday, September 18, 2009
Comments Off on Apple introduces App Store Resource Center
Apple today emailed developers and let them know of a new initiative called the App Store Resource Center, a one stop shop of sorts for iPhone developers. The App Store Resource Center provides details on how to get started with iTunes Connect, including setting up your account, contract and banking information, what you’ll need to […]
Continue reading...What the “Sony PSP Go” app store application process will look like
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Comments Off on What the “Sony PSP Go” app store application process will look like
While it’s become somewhat chic, if not strategic, to bitch and moan about Apple’s app store policies, it might be a good idea to take a step back and see how Sony is planning to do things with its upcoming PSP Go device. All PSP games submitted for Sony’s upcoming portable gaming device will be […]
Continue reading...“Flight Control” for the iPhone nets over 1.5 million downloads in less than 6 months
Friday, September 11, 2009
Comments Off on “Flight Control” for the iPhone nets over 1.5 million downloads in less than 6 months
The popularity of the “Flight Control” app for the iPhone and iPod Touch has really taken off since its release last April. Bad puns aside, the game from the Melbourne, Australia based Firemint development studio has enjoyed almost unparalleled success in a relatively short period of time. Earlier this week, Firemint announced that their “Flight […]
Continue reading...There’s just no money in Android apps
Friday, September 4, 2009
Comments Off on There’s just no money in Android apps
Matt Hall of Larva Labs wrote an interesting post earlier this week detailing his experience working with the Android app store. Put simply, even the top apps on the Android Market aren’t raking in the dough. Before getting into the sales chart below, Hall points out how “insane” it is that that apps on the […]
Continue reading...Gameloft hits 6 million downloads on the iTunes App Store
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Comments Off on Gameloft hits 6 million downloads on the iTunes App Store
Earlier this week, French based game development company Gameloft announced that they had sold over 6 million iPhone games on Apple’s iTunes App Store in the past 13 months. Gameloft, well-known for titles such as Assasins Creed and Real Soccer, has thus far released 35 games for the iPhone platform, many of which have been critically acclaimed […]
Continue reading...Everything you ever wanted to know about MacHeist
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Comments Off on Everything you ever wanted to know about MacHeist
MacHeist, in case you haven’t heard of it, is a once-a-year promotion where consumers can purchase a bundle of Mac software for a highly discounted price – and by discounted we mean $900+ worth of apps for less than $50 bucks. So yeah, it’s an unbelievable deal for consumers, but Simone Manganelli has been particularly […]
Continue reading...
Monday, October 12, 2009
2 Comments