Piracy for streaming admitted by 44 percent of Asian consumers
Monday, October 23, 2023 by Brittany Hainzinger
Faced with a cost-of-living crunch, half of Asian consumers (59%) say they can no longer afford all of their subscription services. As a result, 44% now access content via illegal piracy sites. That’s according to a new Bango study, exploring subscription trends and the rise of Super Bundling in Asia.
Bango’s study incorporates data from over 6,000 consum...
Cashless society growing in popularity
Monday, March 15, 2021 by Brittany Hainzinger
The argument for a cashless society has been around for a while, but the rapid rise of the Coronavirus crisis has intensified the debate again amid concerns about banknotes and coins transmitting the virus. In addition to this, the increasing decline of high street bank branches and ATMs has made the possibility of a cashless society in the next few years more likely th...
PacketZoom expands its offerings to SEA
Wednesday, June 14, 2017 by Richard Harris
Slow app speeds are a major problem for Southeast Asia, where a recent Digitimes report found that 3G/4G mobile broadband Internet access was expected to reach just 60% in Southeast Asia in 2017, compared to 81% for the United States and more than 90% for countries such as Japan and South Korea. PacketZoom’s own Mobile Observatory report also found a high number of netw...
Stopping mobile ad fraud
Sunday, February 12, 2017 by Richard Harris
ClicksMob just released a data report that gives key insights into the $8.2 billion ad fraud problem by analyzing data collected throughout 2016. In the report they address not only the surface problem of the billions of wasted cash but they go on to talk about how all of this fraud is actually tainting a lot of mobile marketing analytics with "dirty data." As...
5 tips for selling your app in international markets
Friday, January 6, 2017 by Jim Mansfield
What you should know when publishing an app that is targeted for a country outside of the United States.Apps are about as global as the Internet itself, and any successful app developer is smart to look beyond borders for new growth. After all, developers are always on the lookout for new users, particularly high quality and engaged users. They’re also trying to scale t...
CA Technologies says digital transformation is paying off
Tuesday, October 4, 2016 by Richard Harris
A new report from CA Technologies says that there is a significant impact digital transformation is having on enterprises worldwide. The survey – "Keeping Score: Why Digital Transformation Matters", demonstrates the strong connection between business performance and the technologies and practices that underpin digital transformation, yet reveals a significant opportunit...
Why OpenGarden's FireChat Android App Has Adopted ANT
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 by Richard Harris
We recently visited with the OpenGarden development team to talk about their FireChat app, which enables communication among very large groups, in real-time. The app utilizes ANT, an ultra low power (ULP) wireless networking protocol that enables direct connections between many popular products/devices on the market. ANT can be found in everything from fitness sensors t...
Fortumo Expands Carrier Billing Payments to 55 Million Users in Vietnam
Friday, November 13, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Through a partnership with Viettel, the largest mobile operator in Vietnam, Fortumo is bringing direct carrier billing for Viettel subscribers providing the ability for over 36 million smartphone owners to make mobile payments and purchase digital content online by charging payments to their mobile phone bill.Direct carrier billing lets users make payments over a data c...
Malaysian Video Game Development Industry to Be Represented at GDC
Sunday, March 1, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
The Multimedia Development Corporation of Malaysia (MDeC) will be bringing the Malaysian game development industry to GDC this year. The attending companies will include ACE EdVenture Studio, Forest Interactive, Inspidea, Lemonsky, Mediasoft Entertainment, Motiofixo Visuals, Streamframe, Streamline, Terato Tech and WIGU.This is the first year the Malaysian gaming indust...
Asia is a Gold Mine for Android App Developers and Here's Why
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 by Paolo Rizzardini
The Asian consumer and the smartphoneThe Asian market has a strong affection for smartphones, tablets and all manner of other internet-enabled devices, more so than any other region in the world. In a recent survey (Milward Brown AdReaction: “ the daily distribution of Screen-Minutes across countries” published in KPCB report) that analyzed the time consumers spend...
Infobip Announces New Partnerships and Opportunities for Preloaded Apps Using Carrier Billing
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 by Richard Harris
Infobip, an international mobile messaging and payments provider, has announced that its direct mobile billing services will be integrated with RollTechs mobile app and gaming platform for Android smartphones and tablets. Through partnerships with over 70 OEMs, Ay+ enables developers to preload their apps, games and other content on Android-powered smartp...
Will the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c Upcoming Overseas Release Make Inroads on Android and Windows 8 in Those Countries
Thursday, October 17, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
Apple has announced that it will start another wave of selling the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c to a number of countries in two separate launches.
The first launch on Friday, October 25 will have a European focus as the phone is available in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, French West Indies, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, ...
Windows phone store is growing, adds 42 new markets
Sunday, December 2, 2012 by Richard Harris
Despite the late arrival into the mobile World, Windows phone is not going down without a fight! Microsoft just put the Windows phone market in front of a whole lot more people.Now, any one the following countries can get to the Windows phone app store:Angola, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Congo (DRC), Dominican Rep...
