Here’s an informative blog post by Flurry Analytics on In App Purchases for iPhone from the app creators perspective:
The ability for developers to offer in-app-purchases within paid iPhone apps, as part of iPhone OS 3.0, creates exciting new revenue opportunities. At the same time, the option to sell virtual goods, additional game levels, subscriptions and [...]
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Apple adds ‘Gift This App’ option to App Store
Posted on Mar 22, 2010 12:25 pm
by Dan Moren, Macworld.com
The App Store was built on the foundations of its predecessor, the iTunes Store, but some features of the latter didn’t immediately appear in the former. On Monday, the App Store filled in another hole in [...]
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Four awesome alarm clock apps
by Rick Broida
March 15, 2010 12:00 PM PDT
During a recent spring cleaning, my wife and I wondered aloud why either of us needed an alarm clock on our nightstands.
After all, my iPhone and her iPod Touch both have a perfectly good alarm feature. What’s more, the App Store is home to [...]
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Application Stores Will Exceed 4.5 Billion Downloads in 2010
Egham, UK, January 18, 2010 —
Consumers will spend $6.2 billion in 2010 in mobile application stores while advertising revenue is expected to generate $0.6 billion worldwide, according to Gartner, Inc. Analysts said mobile application stores will exceed 4.5 billion downloads in 2010, eight out of [...]
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Its interesting that there is so much of an uproar around Facebook and its abrupt policy changes, yet you rarely hear about Apple’s schizophrenic rules (if you can call them that) for application developers. The last we heard of anyone get any notice for the lack luster way Apple treats its army of free employees/revenue [...]
Tags: Apple app policy, Apple iPhone, Apple's new guidelines, Bikini apps
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After reading this months Entrepreneaur Magazine we thought we would share this article as it resonated with some of our experiences navigating the submission process of our iPhone applications and opened our eyes to some new options.
GetJar has quietly emerged as the mobile app portal of choice for millions worldwide.
By Jason Ankeny | [...]
Tags: android, app store, GetJar, iphone, Mobile apps, nokia, ovi
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By Michelle Kung
WSJ.com blog - SpeakEasy
January 19, 2010, 3:00 PM ET
Didn’t get tickets for the buzzy indie film you wanted to see at the Sundance Film Festival, but want to explore other entertainment options nearby before trekking home through the snow? There’s an app for that.
This year, to help attendees keep their fest to-do lists [...]
Tags: 2010, Apps, branded, festival, film, iphone, research, sundance
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The demand for applications that can be used on smart phones such as the iPhone, BlackBerry and devices using the Android platform is growing. One company that’s climbed aboard the app express is Santa Monica’s Branded Research LLC.
Tags: branded research, Coming in Handy, iphone applications, los angeles business journal, Mobile apps
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