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madvertise finds developers charge iPad owners more for apps
Rating: Something to do with them being generally young & wealthy
Major insights into European mobile app market are being offered in the the latest madreport from madvertise – one of the largest mobile audience targeting platforms in Europe. Key findings include the fact that there are more than three times the amount of iPhone apps available to download compared to the iPad. That’s despite the fact that over 100 million iPads have been sold to date, with iPhone sales coming in only a fraction higher at 108 million. However, despite less units being sold, the iPad actually has a higher percentage of paid apps. So it’s expensive to own an iPad – that’s official. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Stats, Mobile applications, iOS, iphone, mobile developers, o2, tablets
Tagged developers, iPad, iphone, madreport, madvertise, mobile apps, tablets
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Fiksu offers webinar on how to market apps over Xmas
Rating: Co-presenter is from analytic firm – Localytics
Here’s an interesting one for those mobile app developers who are thinking about cashing in on probably the most lucrative time of year for app purchasing – the run up to the Xmas [Holiday] season. Fiksu which has a mobile application marketing platform (see previous article here), has decided to put together a pertinent webinar entitled, ‘How to Market Your App During the Holiday Season’. It is being led by Jim Thomas, a senior product marketing manager, with Fiksu but crucially he’ll be joined by Dan Ruby, director of online marketing for Localytics which provides app analytics and marketing software that gives them some unique insights into how users truly interact with apps. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile applications, mobile analytics, mobile developers
Tagged App, Dan Ruby, developers, fiksu, Jim Thomas, Localytics, Webinar, Xmas
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Fiksu re-schedules webinar on UDID alternatives
Rating: Developers get second bite of the cherry
Unfortunate for Fiksu but not so for Apple mobile app developers, the company had some technical difficulties with a webinar which it had to cancel at the last minute. Entitled ‘Marketing Attribution – Beyond the UDID’, we originally publicised it here but it has now been rescheduled for Friday, June 15th 2012 at 11 am EDT / 8 am PST / 4 pm BST. GoMobile News reckons it would be well worth tuning into. Below is what we said about the webinar originally here. Continue reading
Fiksu offers webinar on UDID alternatives
Rating: You’d better hurry up and register for it
Apple’s recent decision to migrate developers away from UDID (Unique Device Identifier) has been covered in depth by GoMobile News here and here. The alternatives were outlined by us here. Now Fiksu is running a webinar entitled ‘Marketing Attribution – Beyond the UDID’ to provide developers with an informed view on the current state of the iOS app ecosystem. This webinar will give developers an overview of technology alternatives to UDID; their pros and cons; and, naturally, an outline of Fiksu’s approach to the problems. Continue reading
A better Ice Cream Sandwich design courtesy Google
Rating: Android Design web site to help developers with V 4.0.3
A new web site Android Design from Google aimed at Android app developers – and particularly those planning to use the very latest version of Android (Ice Cream Sandwich) – has just been announced. According to a report on Wired here the site is the result of the efforts made by Matias Duarte, the head of user experience at Android. One of this site’s most useful functions is to spell out just how the team that built Ice Cream Sandwich – which has now reached v 4.0.3 (see here) – have been thinking. It should give Android app developers a useful insight into how to create really smooth flowing apps. A key feature is the information it provides on how phones with no physical (interface) buttons can now be supported. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile OS, Mobile applications, android, google, mobile developers
Tagged 4.0.3, android, Design, developers, honeycomb, ice cream sandwich, Matias Duarte, Roboto
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Claritics adds HTML5 support to its cross-Platform analytics suite
Rating: Compare user behaviours on Facebook to Android
It really does appear that HTML5 apps are finally set to grown massively. In response, Claritics has introduced a release of its Social Intelligence Suite. Significantly, it provides developers with a single analytic framework for tracking HTML5 user data across Facebook, Android, iOS and other platforms. Claritics already provides analytics solutions for social and mobile applications. As Raj Pai, CEO with Claritics, explained, “With the rising tide of HTML5 and the number of applications being written in this quickly emerging language, many of our customers were asking to use our analytics for their HTML5 apps.” Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, android, mobile analytics, mobile developers
Tagged analytics, android, Claritics, developers, Facebook, HTML5, Raj Pai
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ChartBoost offers in-app ads for iOS games
Rating: Using the technology is basically free
A new advertising marketplace – ChartBoost – has just appeared. It aims to help iPhone game developers enjoy more success with their apps and help boost revenues, too. The marketplace can be used in a number of different ways: – internal cross-promotion; direct cross-promotion with other apps; or promoting across a wide network. The company claims that those with games that are already in the Top 100 Apple app charts, can also use ChartBoost to monetise their success by promoting other apps. ChartBoost’s proprietary technology is basically free. Continue reading
Posted in App stores, Apple, Games, Mobile Ad&Mktg, iOS, iphone
Tagged ads, Apple, ChartBoost, developers, Games
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AppDev conference & Hackathon in CA
Aims at beginners and experienced developers
How about this for an event which claims to address all the key issues surrounding making money out of mobile apps? It’s the App Conference and the good news is that the even takes place in sunny California (Santa Clara) and is taking place on October 26th-27th [2011]. The event’s organiser is Engage Digital Media. Even better is that there’s a Hackathon, happening simultaneously and registration for that event is free! The App Dev Hackathon and Bootcamp will take place on October 27th [2011] at the Santa Clara Convention Centre between 9 am – 8 pm. The conference will place an emphasis on cross platform development and revenue growth strategies, and is aimed at both developers and business professionals. Registration and pricing is available here. Continue reading
Posted in Conferences
Tagged AppDev, apps, california, conference, developers, hackathon
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Good and bad news for Nokia app developers
Rating: WP7 SDK is here but developer forum has been hacked
This week has seen some very good news for developers hoping to create apps for Nokia phones. The good news is that Microsoft has just published the latest version of the Windows Phone SDK 7.1. All current publishers of Windows Phone are being asked to use this latest SDK to update their current apps and resubmit them to take advantage of new Window Phone capabilities. Which is great if you’re planning to develop for Nokia’s WP7 handsets. The bad news is that on Monday [August 22nd 2011] the developer.nokia.com forums discussion website suffered a security breach. The site contains a database of developer forum members’ email addresses and, for around 7 per cent of those members who chose to provide them – birth dates. But, Nokia account passwords, credit card data or similarly sensitive information was not accessed during this attack. So that good news as well, really. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Microsoft, Mobile applications, WP7, mobile developers
Tagged attack!, developers, forum, marketplace, metro, phone, SDK, silverlight, Windows, WP7
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The market for mobile apps is a duopoly
Rating: Between them Android & iOS account for 2/3rds of all smartphone app users says research2guidance
Android’s stellar rise in the world of mobile communications is going to give app developers serious headaches according to mobile research specialist, research2guidance. The company basically concludes that Android will not only overtake Apple in smartphone shipments but also in app store user numbers. So, in effect what was previously a monopoly with Apple easily dominating the smartphone app market, is now rapidly transforming into a duopoly. How should app developers react? Should they chase sheer numbers and defect from Apple’s iOS over to Android? Should they stick with iOS anyway? Or should they develop for both? It just so happens that research2guidance reckons it knows the answers to these questions and, in return for the folding stuff, will provide the curious with relevant reports on the subject. Continue reading
Posted in App stores, Apple, Featured, android, iOS, mobile developers
Tagged android, app stores, Apple, Daniel Meehan, developers, iOS, report, research2guidance
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Survey finds in-app purchasing ousting app stores
Rating: Survey of app developers using Appcelerator
A survey of 2,012 Appcelerator developers carried out in conjunction with IDC has come up with some gripping conclusions. Others are more blatantly obvious – such as the significance given to Google +’s challenge to Facebook and the rise of cloud computing. We were most fascinated by the overall [...]
Posted in App stores, Facebook, Featured, Meego, Mobile Stats, Mobile applications, RIM, WP7, Windows Mobile, android, iOS, mobile developers, symbian, twitter, webOS
Tagged appcelerator, developers, IDC
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Things ain’t so bad for Nokia app developers says Ovum’s Cripps
Rating: Nokia’s support for WP7 could turn things around
Saying that Nokia left its app developers in limbo with the Microsoft announcement is putting it lightly. GoMo News found this official explanation here from the Nokia Forum‘s Bill Perry. Obviously reading from a script he says is that the situation is no different from when Microsoft told its Windows Mobile 6 developers to drop y their existing tools. The way forward is apparently Silverlight and XNA . Luckily GoMo News asked Tony Cripps, principal analyst for devices & platforms with Ovum to shed a little light on this subject. Continue reading
Posted in App stores, Microsoft, Mobile applications, Ovi, Windows Mobile, Zune, mobile developers, nokia
Tagged developers, forum, Microsoft, nokia, Ovi, Ovum, silverlight, Tony Cripps, xbox, XNA, zune
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Mobile developers on marketing your app: the alternatives to ad networks
The most effective way to get your app distributed is to get the top lists of the iOS stores – which everyone wants to do. But the vast majority of developers will never get an app up there. So what are their other options? At the WIP Jam event at Mobile World Congress, I was able to sit in on a fascination discussion between a group of developers on their experiences with different advertising and marketing techniques. Continue reading
HTML5 made easy: what it is and what it means for mobile
One thing you couldn’t avoid at Mobile World Congress this year was mention of HTML5 – it was variously heralded as the future of mobile applications and the cure to Apple’s sudden price hike. There are a lot of people involved with the mobile industry who may not be programmers or software engineers, and want a clearer look at what HTML5 is and what it can do. So we’ve done one here at GoMo News! Continue reading
Posted in Mobile applications, mobile developers, mobile news
Tagged developers, HTML5, hybrid web app, mobile app, mobile application, Mobile World Congress, MWC, WAC, web app, WIP Jam
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Finalists chosen for Mobile Premier Awards
Last week we announced that the nominees for the Mobile Premier Awards at MWC had been announced – and today, we bring you the finalists. Continue reading
