Posts Tagged App Store

Android Market Hosts Highest Proportion of Free Apps

Android Market Hosts Highest Proportion of Free Apps

Mobile application analytics firm Distimo has published some numbers on U.S. app stores that might surprise those who have had to wade through the mountains of free software on iTunes. As it turns out, it’s the Android Market that actually has the highest proportion of free applications availa

02.24.2010 | Featured Article, Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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Apple Event: Focus on Reinventing Content

Apple Event: Focus on Reinventing Content

The teaser for Apple’s press event, “Come see our latest creation,” has a double meaning. Content creators, not gadget freaks, will be the biggest target of Apple’s Wednesday press conference. Although most of the speculation has centered on a tablet device that will likely be announc

01.27.2010 | Business, Marketing, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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iPhone: Pizza Hut App Generates $1M Sales in 3 Months!

iPhone: Pizza Hut App Generates $1M Sales in 3 Months!

Dan Butcher from MobileMarketer.com wrote: After being live in the App Store for three months, the Pizza Hut application for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch has surpassed $1 million in sales. As the featured icon in the iTunes Lifestyle Category, the application is an option for customers want

10.30.2009 | Business, Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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Apple App Store: 100.000 Apps Approved!

It hasn’t been publicly announced by Apple, who like pointing out milestones that make them look great, but if you look at the stats over at unofficial iPhone App directory App Shopper, there are currently 101,751 approved apps available for the iPhone. All jokes about the proliferation of fart

10.28.2009 | Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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Apple's App Store Top 2 Billion Downloads

Apple’s App Store Top 2 Billion Downloads

Michelle Megna from InternetNews.com wrote: Apple's App Store today surpassed 2 billion downloads, proving that the iPhone maker still reigns supreme in the mobile app world. The company, which started a cultural and technological phenomenon when it opened the App Store in July 2008, shows

09.29.2009 | Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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Android Market: 10.000 Available Apps

MobileCrunch.com wrote: In the mobile OS world, Google’s Android is still a challenger but with the amount of devices that will be running the system that are due to come out in the coming months alone in combination with its open approach it is definitely a contestant to watch closely. The suc

09.7.2009 | Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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Facebook 3.0 available on App Store

Facebook 3.0 available on App Store

TechCrunch.com wrote: Nearly two weeks after submitting the app to Apple, Facebook’s totally revamped 3.0 application is finally live on the App Store, according to the app’s developer Joe Hewitt. You can download it now here. The store currently shows that the app is version 2.5, but if

08.27.2009 | Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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Spotify app approved for iPhone

BBC.co.uk wrote: The company submitted the application to Apple's iTunes App Store for its approval in July. The application will be free, but will require the user to have a premium Spotify subscription, which costs £10. The Swedish music streaming service is looked on as a rival to Apple

08.27.2009 | Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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How Big Is the Apple iPhone App Economy?

GIGAOM wrote: If I were to tell you that Apple’s app economy was worth more than $2.5 billion a year, you would laugh hysterically, shake your head and walk out of the room, yes? Surf on over to some other web site? But here I am telling you exactly that! According to mobile advertising startup

08.27.2009 | Business, Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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New Facebook iPhone App on the way

As one of the most popular applications on Apple’s popular iPhone platform, a lot of users are eagerly awaiting the next version of the app. And that wait is almost over. The app is pretty much done - we’re just working on translating it into a bunch of languages Facebook developer Joe Hewitt

08.8.2009 | Mobile, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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