Posts Tagged ‘Apps’

Android Market Contains 30.000 Apps

March 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

In the past three months, Google has seen Android Market grow from 20.000 apps to 30.000. This means the channels has grown with about 3.333 app or 11% per month.

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Apple Bans Wi-Fi Scanning Apps

March 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

After successfully removing a large part of their adult games and apps, Apple is now setting its sights on Wi-Fi scanning apps and games. Last night, many where booted off the App Store.

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Apps vs. Games Study

March 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to a study from mPlayit, Android owners seem to be more interested in downloading applications then mobile games. Only 17% of the Android consumers are looking for games.

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Chorus Generated $1m in iPhone Revenues

March 3rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Users of Chorus, an iPhone app discovery website owned by envIO and launched only in November 2009, have already generated over a million dollars worth of sales on Apple’s App Store.

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1.000 Bada Apps in 2010

March 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | No Comments »

Though Samsung didn’t make any official forward looking statements on their Bada platform, it seems Dr. Justin Hong, one of Samsung’s VP’s, is very confident in their new operating system.

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Fabrication Games Launches App Discovery App

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

Another publisher joins the group of ‘game discovery’ app owners as Fabrication Games launched The Gametrail. With the app, consumers can check App video’s before they purchase the full game.

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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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MWC: 300.000 360 Devices in the Market

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

Vodafone has been pushing their 360 devices for only a few months and already the operator has sold over 300.000 handsets. Vodafone has 7.000 apps and games for those devices.

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iTunes Preview Also for Apps

February 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

From now on, consumers can check iPhone apps from the comfort of their browsers. Apple has upgraded their iTunes Preview system to support this type of content viewing.

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Appolicious Acquires AppVee

February 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

As App Discovery turns into a healthy business, the first major acquisition is happening. Appolicious Acquired competitor AppVee. With the acquisition, Appolicious expands further into Android as well.