Posts Tagged ‘Amazon’

Amazon to Become an MVNO in Japan!?

May 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

According to rumours, Amazon is planning to launch as an MVNO in the land of the rising sun, Japan. If rumours are right, it will start offering flat-fee 500MB pre-paid SIMcards to Japanese consumers.

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Amazon Drops $20 In-App Purchasing Limits

April 17th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Amazon only recently launched in-app purchases and, to avoid issues with the system, limited item pricing to $20. Amazon has now announced the end of that limitation.

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Amazon to add in-app Purchases to their Appstore

April 10th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

While Amazon is hot on the heels of Apple when it comes to revenues from app sales, the giant is finally releasing a feature Apple and others have been relying on for quite a while. In-app purchases…

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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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Amazon Appstore Reaches 31K Apps

March 18th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Last year, Amazon kicked off their new Amazon Appstore. After building up momentum by contacting many developers, Amazon had 4.000 apps live on the day of the launch…

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Amazon Appstore Launches, US Only Though

March 22nd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

While European Android users have been drooling over the launchdate of the Amazon Appstore to get their hands on Angry Birds Rio, it seems the mother of all webshops is letting them all down.

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Apple to Sue Amazon Over App Store

March 22nd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Some things are bound to happen. Amazon recently announced the exclusive launch of Angry Birds Rio on the Amazon Appstore and at that moment, the whole world knew Amazon would be sued at some point.

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Amazon to Abandon $99 Android Developer Fee!?

October 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Last week, we reported that Amazon is setting up their own Android App Store and that developers have to pay $99 to join in. It seems Amazon has changed its approach on how to work with developers.

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Amazon to Launch an Android App Store

September 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

While Amazon has been publishing digital content for a while, the company seems willing to expand into additional platforms, starting with publishing apps for the Android platform.

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Amazon Considers to Build Phones!?

August 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Kindle, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Following the success of their Kindle devices, Amazon has announced its interest in building other consumer electronics as well including mobile phones according to a post in the New York Times.

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