Posts Tagged ‘App Store’

App Store a Real Moneymaker for Apple

May 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Though the App Store was introduced as a development community like service, it turns out to be a real cash cow for. According to Lightspeed Venture Partners it brought in many millions.

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Vodafone to Release an App Store Too

May 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

It seems Vodafone is also jumping the bandwagon as they announce their own App Store. The news was to be expected as competitor O2 (Telefonica) has been making a lot of noise around their Litmus App Store and T-Mobile and AT&T also have their App Stores in place.

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Megu Launches Android AppStore

April 26th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Megu has announced their AppStore concept for Google’s Android platform. With the release of their platform, the company hopes to provide consumers a good alternative for the default store ran by Google.

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iDonkeyKong, Apple Hasn’t Learned…

April 26th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Last month, we reported the seize and desist letter that Nintendo sent to the developer of the Duckhunt game that was being sold in the App Store as well as Nintendo’s mission to take the Game & Watch collection offline. Now, Apple approved iDonkeyKong.

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Baby Shaker Kicked from App Store

April 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The Baby Shaker was probably one of the most controversial apps that launched in the past weeks. Following numerous complaints from human rights organizations, Apple has now removed the app from the App Store.

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Handmark Opens On-Device App Store for Windows Mobile

April 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Handmark has announced its new mobile store platform for Windows Mobile. The platform is aimed directly at operators and handset vendors and more platforms are will to be supported soon.

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SK Telecom Plans App Store

April 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Cnet found out that South Korean operator SK Telecom is planning to launch it’s own App Store. The eta version is planned to be available in June whereas the full commercial launch will be along September.

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Apple Opens Design Awards

April 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Apple has opened up their Design Awards website. This means that developers can now take a shot at winning the newest Apple gear like iPhones, iPods and Macbooks.

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Symbian Foundation App Store Coming?

April 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

The Symbian foundation is said to be working on a new App Store foundation. Indeed, a foundation as they don’t seem to be interested in having a monopoly like Google and Microsoft.

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Fast & Furious Connects Players with YouTube

April 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

The developers of the latest Fast & Furious game on the App Store have brought something new to the mobile gaming community. Now, gamers can upload their fastest tracks to YouTube.