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Programr Starts Android Tutorials

April 9th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

More and more bedroom developers and kids start showing interest in developing apps for their mobile devices. The tutorial website Programr has now started listing tutorials for the Android platform.

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Temple Run Passes 1 Million Android Downloads

April 9th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

With over 45 million downloads on iOS, the game Temple Run from Imangi Studios has been very successful on iOS. Now, the game is taking charge on Android and yesterday it passed its first million downloads.

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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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Dragonplay Raises $14 Million

April 3rd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Dragonplay, a developer specialized in mobile gambling on Android devices, has raised $14 million to expand their business. The studio is likely to use the money for acquisitions and expansion onto iOS.

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20 Million Downloads for Angry Birds Space

March 31st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Angry Birds Space has managed to shift past 20 million downloads in the first week online. Of those 20 million, half of the downloads took place in the first three days it was available.

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SuperData: Mobile Gaming Revenues Set for $7.5bln by 2015

March 31st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

According to SuperData, the mobile gaming market has the potential to reach a market value of $7.5 billion by 2015. The increase of value goes hand-in-hand with the increase of the amount of smartphones being sold.

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Flurry: Amazon Appstore Closing in on iTunes App Store

March 31st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

The latest report from Flurry shows that Amazon might soon outgrow Apple’s App Store when talking revenues. The revenues originating from the Amazon Appstore are 89% of those originating from the iTunes App Store.

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Google Plans Tablet Webshop

March 30th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Though the company was somewhat unsuccessful in selling their nexus devices directly to consumers (mainly due to customer support), rumours say Google is now planning a webshop for Android tablets.

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iOS 4X More Profitable Than Android for Google

March 29th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Google and Oracle are currently facing off in a legal battle, which is providing us with some interesting statistics. One of them being the business iOS and Android pull in for Google.

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Nielsen: 49,7% of US Subs own a Smartphone

March 29th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

As of February, Nielsen reports that nearly half of the US residents with a mobile contract own a smartphone. In February 2011, the percentage of smartphone owners was just 36%.