Developers Have Been Paid $9 Billion through Apple Apple Store
During Apple’s most recent earnings call with stockholders the company announced that they have so far paid developers more than $9 billion in revenue sharing. If you include Apple’s hefty 30% cut of all developer sales, the App Store has earned $12.8 billion in revenue since its inception. The App Store has earned the company […]
Missed Out on Getting Google Glass? Message From Google, Too Bad
The wildly successful launch of Google Glass to an exclusive selection of 8,000 participants is driving up demand for the futuristic mobile device. Unfortunately according to Google’s Chairman Eric Smidt us mere mortals will have to wait until early 2014 to get our hands on a pair of Google Glass. The Google exec said that […]
iPad Easily Beating Android in the Tablet Wars
Chikita, a mobile advertising network just released a research report on tablet devices that confirms what most experts already expected. The iPad is wiping the floor with Android devices in the race to control the tablet market. Since December 2012 the share of time spent browsing the web via an iPad device has risen to […]
Chinese Hackers Debut New Free iTunes App Store
No need to jailbreak your iPhone or iPad in order to download your favorite paid iOS apps for free. According to a TUAW news report, a group of highly skilled Chinese hackers recently launched a pirated version of the iTunes app store. The marketplace enables iPad and iPhone users to download pirated iOS apps without […]
What Developers Need to Know About Google Glass Apps
It is official Google Glass is here! The new mobile device that everyone is buzzing about has just launched. 8,000 lucky individuals should be expecting special packages to be arriving at their doors any day now. So what should app developers expect? According to an article in Forbes, the initial terms and conditions prevent developers […]
AppGratis Dealt Another Knockout Punch by Apple
In a stunning display of kicking a man while he’s down, Apple decided today to kill off AppGratis’ ability to send push notifications to their 12 million users. Earlier this month Apple stunned the iPhone app developer community by deleting AppGratis, a popular iOS app discovery platform from the iTunes app store. Existing users of […]
Dogtown Media Urging Congress to Reject “CISPA” Digital Spying Law
New privacy invasion legislation moves closer to become Federal law. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act also known as CISPA gives Government agencies the ability to invade the personal digital privacy of Americans. The proposed law forces privately owned tech companies to comply with Government institutions requests for sensitive user information. The legislation also […]
Social App SnapChat Seeing Exponential Growth
150 million pictures a day. That’s how many photos are being uploaded everyday via SnapChat, the popular social app. The company is experiencing exponential growth, leaving other social mobile apps in the dust. According to an article by GigaOM, SnapChat was seeing 20 million photos uploaded everyday in October 2012. Instagram’s user activity is small […]
Patent Troll Smackdown by RackSpace Protects App Developers
Cloud computing company RackSpace is no stranger to the extortion techniques used by patent trolls. After being sued over a rediculous patent infringement claim regarding a technology that enables rotating displays for mobile devices, RackSpace decided that enough was enough. The company turned down the $75,000 offer to settle the claim and instead chose the […]
Are In-App Purchases Misleading Children? The UK Government Thinks So
The freemium model has been adopted by mobile developers as the most effective route to riches on the app store. Freemium model apps enable customers to download an app for free and then buy upgrades or virtual goods through an in-app purchase. With the explosive adoption of mobile technology by consumers and surging popularity […]