Posts Tagged ‘App Store’

App Stores State Of Play

February 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

During the Mobile World Congress, Distimo held a presentation named Mobile Application Stores

App Store Allows Sweepstakes

February 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple made new changes to the developer agreement that will give developers more freedom when they want to promote their apps by introducing the possibility to organize sweepstakes.

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Adult Ban Kills 5.000 Apps on App Store

February 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Last Friday we wrote about Wobble/iBoobs being removed from the App Store as Apple tightened the rules about adult/erotic apps. According to a call the developer had with Apple, 5.000 apps are banned.

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HandyGames Releases App Store Analysis

February 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

HandyGames has released new statistics from the App Store. Did you know Pop Cap Games has 100% of their games in the US Top 100? Pop Cap’s cheapest game is $2.99 and the French don’t rate much?

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App Store Adds 12 new Markets

February 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Though they might not sound like big money makers, Apple has added 12 new markets to the App Store in which you can now start to sell your apps and mobile games.

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Apple Bans Suggestive Games

February 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Adult Games, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Wobble, probably one of the most erotic non-erotic apps on the app store and several other apps showing babes have been removed from iTunes after Apple changed its guidelines.

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O’Reilly Identifies Most Efficient iPhone Dev’s

February 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

O’Reilly has compiled a few lists that identify the most effective developers on the App Store. The company shrunk it’s selection to only those who had 10 or more releases in the past 12 months.

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MWC: Operators Unite Against the App Store

February 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Something interesting is about to happen as 24 operators world-wide have shown the intention to create a Wholesale Applications Community. This community is a new platform for app and game delivery.

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MWC: Bada’s App Store

February 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Bada | No Comments »

With the introduction of their new OS, Samsung is now also shedding some light on the Bada part of the App Store behind it. Amongst other features, in-app purchasing will be supported by the sales channel.

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Apogee Heads for the App Store as well

February 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apogee will see a real 90’s PC classic return on Apple’s App Store. In close cooperation with developing company Mobila, the company worked on the revival of ‘Rise of the Triad’.