Tag: Application

Find an office with an app

Serviced office business Regus are the latest business to launch a mobile app for the iPhone. The app is aimed at the 500,000 Regus users worldwide and allows them – and anyone who downloads the free app – to find office space and conference rooms near them from a selection of 1100 locations in 85…

British Gas meter reading app goes with a bang

You don’t see too many figures for business apps, most business app users tend to be circumspect about their success or failure, so it’s good to see that something as mundane as a meter reading app is doing so well. In the notes for version 2 of British Gas’s iPhone meter reading application they reveal…

Argos app hits 500,000 downloads in three weeks

Argos has revealed today that “strong consumer demand” and above-the-line marketing support – a TV ad and a iPhone press ad – for the Argos iPhone app has resulted in more than 500,000 downloads in just three weeks, and on one day Saturday 28 May 2010 the retailer had over 40,000 downloads. The Argos app…

Standard app gets 73,000 downloads

The evening standard iPhone app has been downloaded by over 73,000 users since it’s launch and is at the top of apple’s iTunes charts. Additionally the app has also been a success in the US where according to the Standard “it was among the top 10 free news apps”. We suspect this was on launch…

The secrets of App store pricing revealed

The latest Distimo Report, based on February 2010 data has some interesting reading, especially if you’re looking at building Apple apps. The monthly report focuses on the worldwide Apple App Store and it finds that the more expensive the app, the more popular the app is – obviously there’s a limit here – in Europe,…