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Android is gaining on Apple for dev revenue earnings

Android

Android is gaining on Apple for dev revenue earnings


  • Wednesday, November 28, 2012
  • By Richard Harris

SAN FRANCISCO -- The mobile video game Kingdoms at War is popular with owners of Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and Google's (GOOG) Android smartphones alike. But for the game's maker, there is a very important difference -- it earns more ...


Android

Google is encouraging developers to create better tablet apps


  • Wednesday, November 28, 2012
  • By Richard Harris

Google's Nexus 10 has impressive specs and software, but needs more native Android tablet appsGoogle's latest Nexus-branded tablet, the Samsung-made Nexus 10, is as impressive in the flesh as its specs are on paper (well, blog post).It's light, ...


Apple races to improve iOS Maps

iOS

Apple races to improve iOS Maps


  • Wednesday, November 28, 2012
  • By Richard Harris

A new report sheds more light on the behind-the-scenes personnel shakeup at Apple in the wake of criticism over the new Maps application that debuted in iOS 6.Since taking over iOS Maps, Apple's Eddy Cue has been "racing to turn around the troubled s...


What is lifetime value for an app

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What is lifetime value for an app


  • Wednesday, November 28, 2012
  • By Richard Harris

Mobile app lifetime value is a hard lesson every developer should learn as early as they can to help you succeed in the app store. ...


CPA marketing, avoid being dooped

Monetize

CPA marketing, avoid being dooped


  • Wednesday, November 28, 2012
  • By Richard Harris

Even though it’s been around for awhile, CPA marketing draws a lot of attention, especially from newcomers to the industry. It requires very little in terms of start up costs, and it can be extremely profitable.CPAis how merchants measure the cost in...


People going mobile more changes app development

Mobile Tech

People going mobile more changes app development


  • Wednesday, November 28, 2012
  • By Richard Harris

Why everyone is shifting to using a mobile device instead of a traditional desktop experience, and what is means to app developers....


Gree attempts to crush shutter OpenFeint

Android

Gree attempts to crush shutter OpenFeint


  • Tuesday, November 27, 2012
  • By Richard Harris

It doesn’t seem all that long ago that we were talking about all the major games being released withOpenFeint integration. As one of the bigger and better options for Android developers, users enjoyed its features such as leaderboards, achi...


Android is almost half of all tablet traffic

Android

Android is almost half of all tablet traffic


  • Tuesday, November 27, 2012
  • By Richard Harris

Android continues to chip away at Apple’s dominance in the tablet market and now holds more than 44 percent of the market. Apple still holds strong at 55 percent of the overall field however it has given up 14 percent of the pie to Samsung, Google, A...


Ad networks want mobile game developers traffic

Mobile Tech

Ad networks want mobile game developers traffic


  • Tuesday, November 27, 2012
  • By Richard Harris

Executives from Tapjoy, ChartBoost and others discuss their different and sometimes controversial approaches to app monetizationIf this hasn't happened to you yet, it will soon: you're playing a mobile game and you see an in-app ad for another game i...


HTML5 in 2012 year end

HTML5

HTML5 in 2012 year end


  • Saturday, November 24, 2012
  • By Richard Harris

Ben Savage is the founder of Spaceport.io, a platform for mobile game developers.The stage was set with an expected one billion HTML5 phones sold by 2013. Facebook was ready to pave the way. I could repeat many other reasons why HTML5 should hav...


Up and coming starts in app development

Mobile Tech

Up and coming starts in app development


  • Tuesday, November 20, 2012
  • By Richard Harris

We developers are highly competitive, comon admit it - you grovel silently when you hear about a 12 year old developer that just created an app with an million installs! There are so many different platforms, monetization strategies, being visible in...


Consumer app developers compared to Enterprise class developers

iOS

Consumer app developers compared to Enterprise class developers


  • Tuesday, November 20, 2012
  • By Richard Harris

Enterprise and consumer apps vary in many respects, but developers from both the enterprise and consumer side of the business could greatly benefit from some of the best practices of the other group.This message was recently honed...


Most app developers moonlight

Mobile Tech

Most app developers moonlight


  • Monday, November 19, 2012
  • By Richard Harris

Evans Data study shows more than half of all app developers are moonlightingThe number of developers who see the creation of mobile apps as a sideline has increased to more than 50 percent of North American software professionals, according to a rese...


Tough gig making a living as an app developer

Mobile Tech

Tough gig making a living as an app developer


  • Wednesday, November 14, 2012
  • By Richard Harris

ROSEDALE, Md. — Shawn and Stephanie Grimes spent much of the last two years pursuing their dream of doing research and development for Apple, the world’s most successful corporation.THE iECONOMYA series examining challenges posed by increasingly...


Google makes Android 4.2 Jelly Bean SDK platform available

Android

Google makes Android 4.2 Jelly Bean SDK platform available


  • Tuesday, November 13, 2012
  • By Richard Harris

Google has released the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean SDK to the masses, letting anyone and everyone grab the latest software development kit. Available immediately, the API level 17 platform brings a number of new features and improvements to And...


The long lines to get an app approved by Apple

iOS

The long lines to get an app approved by Apple


  • Thursday, November 8, 2012
  • By Richard Harris

Complaints are coming from some developers that Apple’s App Store approval process has slowed recently, with wait times running up to three weeks. The drawn-out process is particularly troubling for some that are hoping to launch games or other ...


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