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Aragon OSx app launches on Arbitrum

Tuesday, December 12, 2023 by Richard Harris

Aragon has deployed its modular Aragon OSx DAO framework and no-code Aragon App on Arbitrum, opening the door for DAOs to interact with a thriving ecosystem of protocols, applications, and assets. Arbitrum’s rollup technology serves as a gateway to the largest Layer 1 ecosystem - Ethereum - and Aragon’s user-friendly tech stack unlocks the mass adoption of D...

AI voice translator app launches from Addevice

Thursday, November 9, 2023 by Richard Harris

Armenian software development company Addevice has launched idict, a mobile app that allows users to instantly translate both voice and text communications into 137 different languages. idict is now available for mobile phones and tablets on the Apple app store and Google Play. Addevice launches translation app Idict.AI, that allows users to instantly trans...

Slime Rancher 2 gets major updates

Monday, October 16, 2023 by Brittany Hainzinger

Slime Rancher is a life simulation adventure video game developed and published by Monomi Park. First released in 2017, the game is available for multiple platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. In Slime Rancher, players take on the role of Beatrix LeBeau, a rancher who travels to a distant planet known as the "Far, Far Range...

Bell Ringer app launches with brilliant new features

Wednesday, August 16, 2023 by Freeman Lightner

As we surge forward into the digital age, an innovative era has emerged, characterized by exciting applications that introduce unique and enjoyable experiences. A new entrant to the app world, "Bell Ringer," stands out from the crowd, dazzling users with a suite of creative features and immersive effects. Unleashing the magic of 'Bell Ringer': A gro...

What Threads from Meta can teach developers about app marketing

Thursday, July 6, 2023 by Freeman Lightner

In the landscape of mobile applications, every new launch presents an opportunity to learn valuable lessons about app marketing and user engagement. Mark Zuckerberg, has achieved overnight success with the launch of the Threads app. The highly popular app is intertwined with Instagram and offers users a new way to message and network with friends and family.&n...

Photogrammetry set-up in a bid to deliver detailed replicas of people

Thursday, September 10, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger

Overly has launched a portable photogrammetry set-up in a bid to deliver detailed new age replicas of people, animals, clothing, and 3D objects for heritage conservation, archaeology, museums, educators, artists, marketers and game devs. Headquartered in Latvia, Overly's team is equipped to deliver photogrammetry services across Europe. Its portable 3D capture ri...

Being careful about 3rd party APIs

Monday, August 24, 2020 by Ameya Talwalkar

Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen a marked shift in the nature of API traffic from being largely driven by human actions to be increasingly machine-driven. While it used to take a human to click something on a website to trigger an API call and response, there are now sites and apps where upwards of 98% of total traffic is the result of bots -- some legiti...

Fitness app installs up 67% since COVID-19

Thursday, August 20, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger

As gyms and fitness studios closed during COVID-19 lockdowns, consumers have increasingly relied on health and fitness apps to help them stay healthy and maintain fitness routines from home. New data from app marketing platform Adjust shows that in addition to the New Year’s Resolution trend of increased installs in early January, COVID-19 lockdowns drew users to ...

Escape the app launches live-gaming experience

Wednesday, July 22, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger

A virtual reality-powered live video experience which allows gamers to participate in real escape rooms from anywhere in the world, will go live with its Kickstarter campaign to help the experience industry weather COVID-19 shutdowns. Escape the App is an innovative mobile app which enhances the experience of playing real life escape rooms and virtual escape gam...

AudioMob launches beta program to better monetize games

Thursday, July 16, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger

AudioMob has launched its open beta, following a deeply successful closed beta that attracted participation from both high-profile studios and global advertising brands. Rewarded Audio, as an ad format, is a natural successor to rewarded video. It only differs from rewarded video by running the ads in the background of a game, while the player continues to play on, u...

Diffusion Cloud now free from Push Technology

Tuesday, March 31, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger

Push Technology announced that it will provide Diffusion Cloud, Push Technology’s Real-Time API Management Cloud Platform, free for all existing customers and new customers developing systems in the cloud during these challenging times. The unprecedented offer is truly free as it includes: no restrictions on message or connection volume; free onboarding and operat...

Dabel video streaming app launches from Doki Doki and Agora

Thursday, March 5, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger

Agora.io is leading the charge on enabling developers to create truly inclusive and diverse applications for everyone to engage and interact in online communities everywhere, regardless of geographical or physical limitations. Agora and Doki Doki recently announced a partnership to work with the South African National Council for the Blind, to bring the Dabel, ...

John Choi has joined as Vice President of User Acquisition (UA)

Friday, January 24, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger

ConsumerAcquisition.com announced that John Choi has joined as Vice President of User Acquisition (UA). Choi joins the company with a wealth of experience in user acquisition from his most recent role as Head of UA at Zynga overseeing games like Words With Friends, CSR Racing, Zynga Poker, and his previous UA roles at Kabam, Glu Mobile and CAPCOM. Choi will b...

Ad revenue reporting extension from Adjust

Tuesday, January 21, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger

Adjust announced an extension of its Ad Revenue reporting to MAX, the monetization solution from mobile marketing platform AppLovin. Marketers working with MAX can now measure revenue generated from users who engage with in-app advertising -- essential for optimizing retargeting campaigns and accurately measuring user lifetime value (LTV). Ad Revenue, generated from ...

Build vs buying mobile app code

Saturday, December 28, 2019 by Robert Castles

In the business world, it’s sometimes easy to forget that the end customer is still a human being. Consumer technology has spoiled us, in a good way, and now users are demanding the same level of customer experience and problem-solving from business applications as they get from the technologies ubiquitous in their day-to-day personal lives. This leaves companies ...

Measuring the impact of development campaigns

Tuesday, December 17, 2019 by Christian Hargrave

Keywee has announced the launch of Loyalty Score, a new feature that measures the true efficacy and impact of publisher audience development campaigns. Keywee developed Loyalty Score to measure users’ return visits and the number of pages viewed over a given time frame, scoring those visits relative to the performance of other publisher campaigns. Scoring paid ...

Ad monetization app launches from ironSource

Wednesday, December 4, 2019 by Freeman Lightner

Mobile monetization and marketing company ironSource announced the global launch of its comprehensive, mobile app for developers. The app allows developers using ironSource’s growth solutions to get an instant and granular view of revenue and campaign performance in the palm of their hands. In the first stage of its release, the revolutionary app provides rea...

Ahead of GDC 2019, Google drops new app advertising solutions

Monday, March 18, 2019 by Richard Harris

Google has announced new mobile app advertising solutions ahead of the Game Developers Conference 2019. The new tools aim to help developers carve out better revenue and build a better app business, especially those developers making games. There are new tools in most sections of the software lifecycle, including pre-launch, launch, and even post-launch. ...

Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures app launches by Mattel

Tuesday, September 18, 2018 by Christian Hargrave

Barbie is giving an inside look into her famous Dreamhouse with the launch of Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures, a brand new app based on the animated Netflix series by the same title that’s now available on Android devices. The popular iOS version, which debuted on the App Store last month, has already hit the #1 spot for Top iPad Kids App in 100+ countries. Just i...

KaiOS talks smart feature phones and app developers

Wednesday, June 13, 2018 by Richard Harris

KaiOS is a Linux-based mobile operating system built on a fork of Firefox OS that first appeared in 2017 and was developed by KaiOS Technologies Inc. in San Diego. We recently chatted with Tim Metz, Marketing Director at KaiOS Technologies, about KaiOS' emerging operating system for smart feature phones. We discuss why these devices are becoming relevant again, what...

TapSafe warranty app launches at CES

Monday, January 15, 2018 by Richard Harris

TapSafe, a new warranty app and platform, will help consumers find, identify and protect all of their connected devices. The new product, developed by AmTrust Innovation, the products and services innovation arm of AmTrust Financial, allows users to buy warranty protection and technical support for any connected devices. Nearly three-quarters (74%) of US households have...

Pinterest promoted app pins now suported by Bidalgo

Thursday, March 30, 2017 by Christian Hargrave

Bidalgo, a provider of ad automation software and services for app marketers, has announced the public availability of ad automation for Pinterest Promoted App Pins. Recognized as a Pinterest Marketing Partner last November, Bidalgo enables app marketers to scale their growth by using Artificial Intelligence algorithms to optimize ad campaigns using Promoted App Pins an...

Following Joking Hazard: New emoji and avatar creator app launches

Wednesday, March 15, 2017 by Richard Harris

After entertaining fans with their super-popular card game Joking Hazard, Cyanide & Happiness just debuted their custom Emoji and Avatar Creator app on iOS and Android. Packed with the same dark and offensive humor that made Joking Hazard the second most-successful card game in Kickstarter history, the app is the latest release from Explosm - Rob DenBleyker, Kris Wi...

How to integrate business priorities into the DevOps process

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 by Anaud Ganpaul

The business case for enterprise mobile applications is in crisis. Enterprises increased their spend on mobile application development to more than 10% of their overall budgets in 2016, yet fewer than 1% of mobile apps are successful, according to research firm, Gartner.To address this disturbing trend, enterprises are re-envisioning their mobile application development...

The Polaroid Wall app launches with over 2500 photos from the early days

Wednesday, January 4, 2017 by Richard Harris

IPA, The Editing House has announced the release of The Polaroid Wall as an app for iPhones and iPads showcasing its collection of 2,620 Polaroids photos from the early days of video.For 18 years, IPA was the finishing house of choice for Chicago’s independent film and video community, the video equivalent of Chess Records for a budding group of independent filmmakers, ...

The frontiers of messaging and chatbots

Wednesday, January 4, 2017 by Eloise Bune

The appetite for chat can’t be satiated. Facebook recently announced 1 billion users on Messenger and WeChat continues to dominate the app universe in China. Messaging apps are forecast to hit 2 billion users by 2018. Way back in 2015, the monthly active users of the top 4 messaging apps overtook the top 4 social media apps, leading many to believe chat is the new socia...

Stopping the crashes inside your app

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 by Hannah Levenson

If you are a mobile app developer (and we'll take a wild guess and say you probably are, or are at least linked to the industry in some way), then your apps have most likely been downloaded, used a bit – crashed – and then users deleted it.We can confidently say this is the norm for many apps because:Various market studies (like this one from Crittercism) ha...

Conversocial Offers Ability to Respond to Negative Google Play App Reviews at Scale

Thursday, May 19, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson

Conversocial is partnering with Google to offer Android app publishers the ability to resolve issues from Google Play Store reviews at scale. The integration with Google Play provides the opportunity for app developers to immediately read and respond to app reviews left by consumers in real time directly within the Conversocial platform. The integration provides to...

Apteligent Releases Platform Tracking Global Device OS and Device Trends

Friday, March 25, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson

Apteligent has introduced a new global device directory of Android and iOS devices by geography. The new service is calculated from over 8 billion app launches with data from over 175 countries offering information such as global device/OS adoption trends and app performance stats. The company has tracked more than 300 terabytes of data per month over the past 3 ye...

The Best Way to Convert a Web App to a Native App

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 by Bradley Walker

The history of the internet is littered with companies who failed because they did not adapt to new technology. Blockbuster missed the boat on video streaming, Borders didn’t survive the rise of Amazon and e-readers, and Kodak found itself left in the dust by smartphone cameras.Mobile technology has literally taken over the world, and businesses that do not invest quick...

Localizing Apps: Start Early to Cut Complexity

Thursday, August 6, 2015 by Benoit Jurion

The mobile application marketplace is booming – by 2017 Portio Research estimates the number of mobile users will grow to 4.4 billion, half of whom will come from Asia. These numbers are staggering, and also speak to the necessity for localizing apps.Developers understand this need – in a survey of 274 developers conducted at Microsoft BUILD, an annual conference where ...

Study Shows App Publishers Don't Know How to Use InApp Messaging

Friday, July 3, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson

A recent survey conducted by Locaytics shows that app publishers are still struggling to utilize in-app messaging to communicate with users.With a reach of 1.5 billion devices and 28,000 apps, Localytics processes 50 billion data points monthly. For this study, Localytics looked at apps that have integrated in-app messaging across both iOS and Android. For engagement, L...

Don't Use the Same App User Engagement Strategies from Last Year

Saturday, February 14, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson

One thing we learned in 2014 is that the app reigns supreme. Time spent in mobile apps now far outweighs time spent on the mobile web. The fact that there are 1.2 million apps in the Apple App Store alone means that you have a lot of competition if you want to be one of the 25 apps the average person has on their mobile device. And if you’re lucky enough to be one ...

How to Measure the Success of Your Mobile App

Friday, November 21, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson

When answering the question of how to measure the success of your mobile app, as an app publisher you might say “its about how much money my app makes me.” There is no doubt that how much money you are making is crucial information, but to get a truly accurate measurement of your app’s success, you need to consider broadening the scope of your analysis.What Are Your Goa...