Research by Research2guidance has revealed that the Android market is growing faster than iPhone and it would be almost catching up with IOS if it wasn’t for those pesky App store owners. The Research2guidance (R2G) research shows that while there are tens of thousands of new Android apps appearing, there are an equally significant number…
Apple has launched its long awaited content subscription service on iTunes. The newly launched iTunes subscription service is available to all publishers of content-based apps on the App Store, including magazines, newspapers, video, music, etc. Subscriptions purchased from within the App Store will be sold using the same App Store billing system that has been…
Expect even more app stores to spring up over the next year as IBM have created a new app store in a box designed to make it easier for operators to compete with Apple, Android, RIM, Samsung etc What the world really needs like a hole in the head is yet another app store, so…
Just a few days after kicking off its online counter, Apple’s app store has officially hit the 10 billion mark. Yes, only last week Apple launched it’s count down to 10 Billion downloads and now they’ve done it, the counter started off at around 9,900 million downloads and in less than a week they did…
In an effort to get more developers to build apps for their app store – yes they have an app store – Orange are trying to make the development and approval process more streamlined, and they’re offering a 70/30 split, at last.. Orange’s new Orange Partner Connect, is designed as a “one-stop shop” for developers…
According to a story on the Financial Times (HTC to target online app store) website, mobile manufacturer HTC will be the latest business to join a long list of businesses. If the reports is true HTC will join a very very long list of businesses already operating app stores, including Apple, Nokia, Orange, Research In…
We’re just doing some work on applications here at Business Mobile for a business partner, and part of that is to try and see the size of the market, so we went hunting for figures on the number of applications in the wild. Unfortunately we just couldn’t find a single place with good figures that…
If you’re one of the few many users who use BlackBerry’s App World to download apps, updates, content etc you’ll be very pleased to see that App World 2.0 has just gone live in beta form. App World 2.0 brings a number of enhancements to the app site, and some much needed new payment options…
A new report on app stores by VisionMobile should be required reading for any apps developers and publishers out there, especially those looking for revenue from their apps. According to VisionMobile’s Developer Economics 2010 report we are now in the industrial revolution era (2010-2014) of app development having gone through the difficult Dark Ages (2000-2004),…
