Posts Tagged ‘Payments’

Google Play Kicks Off with Late Payments…

March 14th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

It seems various developers in Europe are getting sweaty palms as payouts from Google over the month of February still haven’t arrived in their bankaccounts.

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Google Launches In-App Purchases

March 30th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Last night, Google launched in-app purchases for the Android Market. At the launch of the system, google already managed to get some of the bigger publishers on board.

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Windows Phone 7 Payments Coming Early

December 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Though it was communicated in time by Microsoft, recently developers started complaining that reporting and payments had not been made available yet. It seems Microsoft has been working extra hard as payments will come one month ahead of schedule.

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Microsoft Payments Delayed Until Feb ‘11

December 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | 1 Comment »

While Microsoft is putting a lot of effort in pleasing Windows Phone 7 developers, committing to actual payments seems to be a big issue for the IT giant.

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Bango takes in-app billing cross-platform

March 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Bango has released a new billing service that will allow developers to generate revenues from in-game sales on all smartphone platforms including Apple’s iPhone OS.

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Microsoft Holding Back Windows Marketplace Payments

January 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Intomobile has a story about Microsoft holding back the revenue payments from Windows Mobile developers who have published their apps and games on Windows Marketplace.

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What’s up at Arphiola

November 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

We didn’t even finish our story on Youpark and already we received messages that a distributor called Arphiola is having problems paying bills and respecting contracts.

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What’s up at YouPark

November 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »

YouPark is one of the bigger names in mobile games and applications might be in trouble. Shape Services just posted a message on LinkedIn in which they warm other developers to start chasing their money.

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In-App Billing Issues for the App Store

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

With the release of in-game billing for mobile games and applications on Apple’s App Store, many applauded this new way of generating revenues and fighting piracy. Yet, a few sources have started to discuss the real value of this proposition.

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Twistbox Resumes Payments, Developers Optimistic

May 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »

A couple of weeks back we put online our discussion with Twistbox about the rumors of payment problems. Following some communication with them, we noticed that they sent out a payment plan toward their suppliers.