Windows App Store Announces Latest App Download and Monetization Trends
Saturday, December 27, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
The Windows Development Team has released its latest report in a recurring series that provides details about recent Windows App Store trends across categories, markets, and more. Data from the Windows Store is included with Windows Phone Store, to provide information about apps regardless of the devices targeted.This latest update includes several new analyses includin...
Windows Mobile App Ad Mediation Solution Now Available
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
The Windows Mobile team has announced the availability of Windows Ad Mediation, a solution designed to help Windows Phone developers manage multiple in-app advertising SDKs.The solution allows developers to increase fill rates by deploying multiple ad networks in a way that when one ad network is unable to deliver ad inventory, the app calls a second or third ad network...
StartApp Provides 2014 Predictions on Mobile Industry Trends as They Relate to App Developers
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
This is the time of year app development industry insiders put on their prognosticator hats and give their opinions on what app developers can expect for the upcoming year. Cassidy Smith, Social Networks Manager at StartApp, recently posted the company’s insight into 2014.Following is an excerpt of her predictions.In the year 2013, we saw several mobile markets mat...
Windows Dev Center Eliminates “Explore Store Trends Section” to Emphasize Blog Summary Posts
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 by Richard Harris
Sometimes the best intentions don’t pan out. In the past the Window’s Dev Team has been sharing information in the Explore Store Trends section of the Windows Store Dashboard, including some user demographics and catalog information.
As they very diplomatically said in a recent blog post, “Very few developers used these reports, and we received feedback that the presen...
Weekly Roundup: Apple Developer Outage, Jellybean 4.3, Amazon and Windows Phone, Unity and Blackberry 10, and GDC 2014
Saturday, July 27, 2013 by Richard Harris
From the Editors DeskThis weekend is the last weekend before the August issue release and there has been no shortage of news to cover! From the Apple outage, to the Android 4.3 Jellybean update this week has been one for the books! We won't be publishing a podcast this week, while put all of our efforts towards putting the finishing touches on the August issue, but we'l...
Nokia Promotes Windows Phone App Development in China
Friday, July 26, 2013 by Richard Harris
Nokia has announced that it is partnering with China Mobile to host a contest for app developers in China to encourage Windows app development.
According to a report by China Tech News, the contest has a goal of encouraging the launch of 1,000 apps in the Windows App Store....
Windows App Store Debuts Where's My App to Help Users Find Popular Android or iOS Apps
Thursday, July 25, 2013 by Richard Harris
New Windows phone owners looking for a specific app can use Microsoft's newly announced "Where's My App" app to see if the app they are looking for is available in the Windows Store. If the user does not find the app, "Where's My App" will provide potential alternatives with similar characteristics. The app will also allow users to send a request to developers to port t...
Dell stops making smartphones
Thursday, December 13, 2012 by Richard Harris
The computing hardware giant Dell has announced they are dropping out of creating any Dell branded mobile devices, and leaving Android entirely.Jeff Clarke, the head of Dell’s consumer business, said that they could not find a way to build a business from Android. They have decided to start distributing Windows tablets instead, all running Windows 8 or Windows RT.This s...
Rubicon Mobile and the Windows app store
Friday, December 7, 2012 by Richard Harris
Your a popular app developer for Apple, Android, and even Blackberry, so you decide to release your well-known app for the new Windows phone store - only to see your game drop to the depths and not get any mention by the admins at Windows.The developer Rubicon Mobile recently posted an update on their website, sharing their experience in the Windows app store with their...
