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Epic-Games-sues-Google-for-blocking-app-distribution

Epic Games sues Google for blocking app distribution


Tuesday, October 29, 2024 by

Epic Games has filed a court case against Google and Samsung, accusing them of colluding to block competition in app distribution on Samsung devices through the implementation of Samsung’s Auto Blocker feature. According to Epic, Auto Blocker is part of a series of agreements between Google and Samsung that prevents competition and strengthens Google’s monop...


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Google appeals Epic Games verdict


Wednesday, October 23, 2024 by

Google has announced its intention to appeal the recent court decision related to its ongoing legal proceedings with Epic Games. The ruling, which mandates changes to Android and Google Play at Epic’s request, raises significant concerns regarding consumer privacy, security, and competition in the mobile ecosystem. As part of the appeal, Google plans to ask the co...


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Truth Social TV streaming app now available for iPhones and Apple TV


Tuesday, October 22, 2024 by

Trump Media & Technology Group (Nasdaq: DJT) ("TMTG" or the "Company"), operator of the social media platform Truth Social, recently announced that it has successfully launched an app for iOS mobile devices and for Apple TVs to access the Truth+ streaming platform. Now available in the Apple App Store for iOS and the App Store on Apple TV...


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Mobile App Development Market report findings


Friday, September 20, 2024 by

Allied Market Research recently published a report, titled, "Mobile App Development Market by Platform (IOS, Android and Windows), by Store Type (Google Store, Apple Store and Others), and Application (BFSI, Gaming, Retail, Airline, Media & Entertainment, Education, Transport, Hotels & Restaurants and Others): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Foreca...


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UK android app developers file class action suit against Google


Thursday, September 12, 2024 by

A leading competition law expert, Professor Barry Rodger, has filed a legal claim worth up to E1.04 billion against Google before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”). Google is accused of abusing its dominant position to the detriment of a large class of thousands of UK app developers who need to use its app marketplace, ‘Play Store’ or &l...


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Apps that use icons gain users


Wednesday, September 11, 2024 by

New research from SplitMetrics has found that apps that optimize icons can land up to 25% more users. The findings are part of a new report, ASO Benchmarks & Mobile Trends Report 2024, which analysed close to 200 apps and over 3500 A/B tests across Google Play and the Apple App Store. Apps that use icons gain users The study found that the average mobile ...


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Paris 2024 Olympic apps ask for dangerous permissions


Monday, August 12, 2024 by

As Paris city attracted a large number of sports tourists, the apps for the Olympic Games 2024 are tracking them, extracting private data, and peddling it to advertisers and big tech. According to a report from the Cybernews research team, which selected 12 Android apps relevant to the Olympic Games attendees in Paris and tested their permissions, the apps designed t...


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Apps with highest install rates (CPI) revealed in latest report


Wednesday, August 7, 2024 by

SplitMetrics, an app growth solutions company, has released its latest report, ASO Benchmarks & Mobile Trends Report 2024, offering a comprehensive analysis of App Store Optimization (ASO) benchmarks and mobile trends for 2024. The report delves into three key app categories: finance, shopping, and utilities. Apps with highest install rates (CPI) revealed from S...


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Engage SDK and collections launched for Android developers


Tuesday, July 30, 2024 by

Android has unveiled a new on-device surface called Collections, designed to showcase personalized content and enhance user engagement beyond the Play Store. This feature, first teased at this year's Google I/O, is powered by the Engage SDK and aims to extend app discovery by offering a seamless user experience. Engage SDK and collections for Android developers e...


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Multi platform apps are becoming more popular


Tuesday, June 18, 2024 by

Candy Crush Saga is one of the world’s most popular video games, with more than 5 billion downloads. That’s partly because gamers can play it anywhere. It offers versions for multiple platforms, including Android, iOS, and Windows: a practice known as multihoming. Smaller developers, however, often decide not to pursue multiple platforms because it&r...


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Ad free game catalog from Subscrible


Friday, May 17, 2024 by

Subscrible announced the launch of its game catalog app that offers an ad-free, uninterrupted gaming experience. It is free for gamers to use and addresses the problem that developers frequently lose revenues from poor-quality ads, as they degrade the user experience, and disabling ads does not solve this problem for gamers. Founded by Evgeny Unegovsky and ex-Playrix...


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Mobile game store launching from Microsoft in 2024


Monday, May 13, 2024 by

Months on from its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft has revealed plans to launch its own mobile game store, with content including Minecraft and Candy Crush set to be available on the platform. Per Xbox president Sarah Bond, the store will be an alternative to the Apple App Store and Google Play, with its launch allowing Microsoft to break away from the res...


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Epic Games defeats Google in court


Thursday, April 18, 2024 by

In a twist that sounds straight out of a high-stakes courtroom drama, Epic Games has thrown down the gauntlet with a bombshell injunction proposal aimed at shaking up Google Play's entire rulebook. This comes hot on the heels of their David-versus-Goliath victory over Google in December, where a U.S. jury cast the tech behemoth as the big bad monopoly wolf of Androi...


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GPT app store revenue and API insights


Tuesday, March 26, 2024 by

GPT stands for "Generative Pre-trained Transformer." It refers to a class of artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI that use transformer architecture for natural language processing tasks. These models are pre-trained on vast amounts of text data and can generate human-like text based on the input they receive.  It has been two months since...


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Frostpunk Beyond the Ice opens early access


Monday, February 5, 2024 by

Com2uS, in collaboration with NetEase and 11 bit studios, has opened Early Access for Frostpunk: Beyond the Ice on Google Play and Apple App Store for players living in the US, UK, and Philippines. Fans of the original Frostpunk, which has sold more than 3 million copies since its launch in 2018 and was a nominee for both the British Academy Film Awards and BAFTA Game A...


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Apps that share your personal data the most


Friday, January 26, 2024 by

A new study has revealed which popular apps collect and share the most personal data with third parties. SQL Server Consulting studied and analyzed the most downloaded apps on the Google Play Store to see which apps are giving away the most personal information. Top apps most likely to share your personal data according to SQL Server Consulting Rank...


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Most popular digital gaming store in US is Amazon says Statista


Wednesday, January 24, 2024 by

A recent survey from data company Statista claims that Amazon is the most popular digital gaming store among United States gamers. The survey was conducted among 5,111 individuals who play video games and have spent money on digital purchases. The survey, which allowed multiple answers, asked the respondents "Where have you spent money online on digital video games...


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EV charging station app from LeapCharger out now


Tuesday, November 21, 2023 by

LeapCharger, the electric vehicle (EV) charging company announced that its app is now available for download on the Google PlayStore. The launch comes on the heels of a series of beta tests conducted in numerous key and target markets to ensure proper mobile connectivity and availability, including Dubai, the United States, Canada, and India. According to LeapCh...


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Mobile gaming cross platform Pley brings games to the web


Tuesday, November 21, 2023 by

Pley, the cross-platform solution that makes mobile games playable on the web, announced a partnership with Tilting Point to distribute its farming simulation game Homesteads: Dream Farm. Pley’s complete solution has enabled Tilting Point and game developer Enixan to port and distribute the title on Pley’s "native web" browser platform, e...


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AI voice translator app launches from Addevice


Thursday, November 9, 2023 by

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...


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Generate AI videos with Creative RealityTM Studio mobile app


Wednesday, November 1, 2023 by

D-ID has announced the launch of its popular Creative RealityTM Studio as a Mobile App. Available on Google Play and iOS, the app increases access for existing and new users to create videos of digital people from a single image with accompanying scripts in 120 languages. The desktop version of Creative RealityTM Studio already boasts more than 150 million video...


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Galactic Acres mobile game anticipated to launch early 2024


Monday, October 23, 2023 by

Good Gaming, Inc. has announced its first mobile game from its strategic partnership with ViaOne Services. Galactic Acres represents a definitive leap forward for our company. With addictive gameplay, community-building initiatives, and cutting-edge Web3 experiences, Galactic Acres aims to revolutionize the mobile gaming landscape. We will offer a plethora of ...


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Cost per like for paid posts is less than expected says Thumzup


Tuesday, October 17, 2023 by

Thumzup Media Corporation ("Thumzup" or the "Company") has announced that the estimated cost per like for paid posts* on its platform in August 2023 is $0.76, less expensive than the publicly-reported average Cost Per Like on major social media advertising platforms. The Thumzup mobile app, which is available for download in the App Store and Goog...


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The mobile app market is still growing to hit 571 billion by 2030


Monday, October 16, 2023 by

The increasing status of other mobile devices and smartphones, the rising demand for mobile apps in various industries, such as healthcare, gaming, education, and retail, the growing adoption of mobile payment and other mobile commerce solutions, the increasing use of machine learning and artificial intelligence in mobile apps. The mobile app market is also expected to ...


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GPS tracker app celebrates 10 years in the app store with a new update


Wednesday, September 20, 2023 by

When it comes to the world of GPS tracking, the Chirp GPS app stands out for its user-friendliness. It has ranked highly in the app store since 2011, and has consistently consistently set the bar higher for GPS tracking apps. They've just rolled out a new update that simplifies the process of tracking friends, belongings, and shared adventures even further. GPS T...


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WW2 mobile game Warpath reaches 30 million downloads


Friday, August 18, 2023 by

Lilith Games announced that Warpath, the free-to-play competitive RTS game available on PC, iOS, and Android devices, reached 30 million cumulative global downloads, further solidifying its reputation as one of the best military strategy games recognized by military game enthusiasts. Warpath is an epic military strategy simulator that tests players’ courage a...


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Is Temu safe, legit, or dangerous: Perspective from an app developer


Wednesday, July 12, 2023 by

Temu is a shopping website, and app chalked full of products from overseas at ridiculously dirt cheap prices. They have almost everything you can imagine too. From laser pointer slingshots to Expresso makers, the entire ecosystem is built around keeping you shopping with a gamified experience, and it gets addicting quickly. Some of the ADM staff have placed orders an...


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Fake app reviews impact developers more than you think


Thursday, June 29, 2023 by

Developers are well aware that a significant portion of online reviews for products and services, including those on popular platforms like Amazon, eBay, and TripAdvisor, are in fact fake. The issue of fake app reviews has become an increasingly pressing concern. These deceptive reviews have wide effects on both developers and consumers alike, significantly impacting th...


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Warning to app developers from dating app founder


Thursday, May 25, 2023 by

Leading consensual non-monogamy (CNM) app 3Fun, is the victim of an attempted trademark infringement extortion plot that has included the temporary removal of the app from the iOS App Store. This unexpected disruption has greatly impacted 3Fun's business, as it loses new and current iOS users and risks losing its high ranking in the App Store. The extortion plot ...


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In game audio ads platform Odeeo sees growth in active users


Wednesday, March 15, 2023 by

Odeeo, the global audio ads in games platform has recorded 300% year-on-year revenue and daily active user (DAU) growth in 2022, and served over a billion ads, with 10B ad opportunities created. Odeeo connects advertisers to the world's 2.9B mobile gamers. Its record growth is driven by its technical innovation and its timely exploitation of the burgeoning audio ...


How-app-development-is-evolving

How app development is evolving


Wednesday, March 15, 2023 by

Smartphone applications are a ubiquitous part of modern life, we talk to friends, consume media and program our daily life using software available in the palm of our hands. Mobile app functionality has steadily become more advanced and developers have to continuously push the envelope to secure a meaningful segment of the market share. There’s an average of 3,...


What-the-future-of-AR-looks-like

What the future of AR looks like


Friday, December 2, 2022 by

The next two decades hold incredible promise, and danger, as our lives become more intertwined with extended reality (XR) technologies. Visions of exciting possibilities are tempered with privacy concerns, as major XR companies explore centralized visual positioning systems that store personal data. Today’s pioneers of augmented and virtual realities (AR and VR...


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Monetize mobile gaming with NFT marketplace Vessel


Friday, October 21, 2022 by

AppLovin announced its first NFT marketplace to launch in app stores through its subsidiary, OpenVessel Technologies, LLC. Vessel, which is currently live in Apple and Google Play app stores, enables mobile game developers to easily integrate non-fungible tokens (NFTs) into games to drive engagement and revenue. "Vessel represents the next evolution in mobi...


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Mobile tower defense game stats


Tuesday, October 11, 2022 by

One of the most popular genres in mobile gaming is tower defense games. The mobile tower defense games market is especially popular on smartphones and tablets, where gamers can easily take them with them wherever they go. In addition, tower defense games are great for keeping people occupied on long road trips or flights, as they require little to no interaction from th...


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Security practices of apps in the Google Play Store


Monday, September 26, 2022 by

Data removal company Incogni analyzed the top 1,000 paid and unpaid apps available on the Google Play Store to discover the apps’ privacy and security practices.  Key privacy findings: 1 in 2 apps (55.2%) share your data with third parties.   Free apps share, on average, seven times more data points than paid apps.   The worst categ...