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Meta-AI-is-multilingual-now

Meta AI is multilingual now


Tuesday, July 30, 2024 by

Meta has announced that they are expanding access to Meta AI, the assistant in their apps and devices, and introducing new features to help users with answers, ideas, and inspiration. Meta AI is now available in 22 countries, with the latest additions being Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Cameroon. Users can also interact with Meta AI across Whats...


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Global smartphone shipments make huge leap in 2024


Monday, May 13, 2024 by

According to Stocklytics.com, the global smartphone shipment jumped 20 million units YoY to reach 289.4 million units in Q1 2024. The remarkable growth is due to strong performances in EMEA, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Global smartphone shipments jump by 20M units YOY in Q1 2024 "This remarkable uptick in smartphone shipments not only undersco...


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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...


Female-UFC-fighter-to-be-paid-in-Bitcoin

Female UFC fighter to be paid in Bitcoin


Thursday, August 4, 2022 by

Bitwage went into futuristic mode again by working with the #15-ranked strawweight Luana Pinheiro (10-1-0 record) to allow her to become the World’s first UFC female fighter and the World’s first-ever Latin American athlete, in general, to get her paycheck in Bitcoin. By utilizing Bitwage, Pinheiro, the Brazilian phenom on an eight-fight winning streak is ab...


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Global gaming revenue to cross $200B


Friday, May 27, 2022 by

The video gaming industry is set to cross a significant landmark in 2022. According to the numbers presented here by SafeBettingSites.com, the gaming industry will bring in more than $200 billion in revenues for the first time in 2022. The United States and China would continue to be the biggest gaming markets and account for half of the global revenue. Asia-Pacific ...


UFC-fighter-to-be-paid-in-Bitcoin

UFC fighter to be paid in Bitcoin


Tuesday, March 22, 2022 by

The #8-ranked UFC flyweight fighter Matheus Nicolau penned a deal to receive his future fight earnings in Bitcoin through the payroll service, Bitwage, on March 21st, 2022. Nicolau is the first Latin American UFC athlete to take a paycheck in Bitcoin. "I'm thrilled to be receiving my earnings in Bitcoin,” Nicolau stated. "As an athlete, I work har...


Salary-payments-in-Bitcoin-could-become-the-new-norm

Salary payments in Bitcoin could become the new norm


Wednesday, November 10, 2021 by

More than a third of millennials and half of Generation Z would be happy to receive 50% of their salary in Bitcoin and/or other cryptocurrencies, reveals a new survey. The findings from a global poll carried out by deVere Group, one of the world's largest financial advisory, asset management, and fintech organizations, show that 36% of those born between 1980 and...


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Tappx acquires PlayOn Content to monetize video content


Wednesday, September 29, 2021 by

Tappx announced it has acquired PlayOn Content, a fast-growth video generation, and monetization platform. The acquisition will create a platform for global publishers which can generate, display and contextually monetize video content. PlayOn Content supports media publishers to maintain video inventory using its proprietary video players. It currently operates...


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Asia mobile gamers outweigh Europe and America combined


Tuesday, August 24, 2021 by

As the fastest-growing segment of the gaming industry, mobile games continue breaking records and making billions in revenue each year. The most significant part of mobile gaming profits comes from Asian countries, home to nearly half of all mobile gamers globally. There are nearly 1.3B Asia mobile gamers According to data presented by MejoresApuestas.com, the num...


Ekata-releases-global-identity-verification-dataset

Ekata releases global identity verification dataset


Tuesday, June 16, 2020 by

Ekata announced the release of the latest innovation to its global identity verification dataset, Network Score. Network Score is a machine learning prediction that enables businesses to better identify good and bad customers based on a series of insights. The new dataset flags potentially risky digital transactions and fraudulent customers by analyzing the activity pat...


Adjust-hires-Ville-Mikkola-as-Head-of-CAAF

Adjust hires Ville Mikkola as Head of CAAF


Monday, March 23, 2020 by

Adjust announced a new senior hire to spearhead its Coalition Against Ad Fraud (CAAF). Ville Mikkola joins as Head of CAAF, the industry-wide alliance founded by Adjust to tackle ad fraud.  Ad fraud stands as one of the biggest threats to marketing success, having claimed an estimated $42 billion of ad dollars in 2019. Founded by Adjust in 2017, CAAF is a coalit...


Latin-America-loves-business-and-finance-apps-Adjust-study-finds

Latin America loves business and finance apps Adjust study finds


Tuesday, February 25, 2020 by

Adjust global app benchmarks data for Q4 2019 reveals that Latin America has the highest average retention rate (9.36%) for Business & Finance apps after the first day a user installs the app. This strong app loyalty is noteworthy as financial technology in the region continues to evolve and expand. Consumers continue to embrace the convenience of payment apps li...


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StrandHogg Android vulnerability identified


Thursday, December 5, 2019 by

Promon, a Norwegian app security company, has identified tangible evidence of a dangerous Android vulnerability that allows malware to pose as any legitimate app, granting hackers access to private SMS’ and photos, steal victims’ log-in credentials, track movements, make and/or record phone conversations, and spy through a phone’s camera and microphone...


-Facebook-remains-the-top-media-source-for-app-installs

Facebook remains the top media source for app installs


Monday, September 30, 2019 by

AppsFlyer released the ninth edition of the Performance Index. For the very first time, Google has surpassed Facebook in the total number of attributed installs, increasing its share of the app install pie eightfold in the last five years. Importantly, Facebook remains the top media source in the Index's global power rankings, delivering high-quality users in mos...


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Code platform Pulumi 1.0 released


Monday, September 9, 2019 by

Pulumi Corporation announced the general availability of version 1.0 of its modern Infrastructure as Code platform. Pulumi 1.0 introduces new capabilities designed to help developer and operations teams overcome organizational silos and achieve best-in-class levels of productivity, reliability, and security on any cloud using familiar programming languages and open-sour...


Electroneum-proves-there-is-a-real-utility-for-cryptocurrency-users

Electroneum proves there is a real utility for cryptocurrency users


Friday, September 6, 2019 by

Electroneum users can now top up Claro, TIM, Vivo and Oi mobile airtime and data with ETN. This is the first time 95% of a country can top up airtime and data with ETN. Brazil currently represents the fastest-growing Electroneum community. The expansion unlocks new opportunities to partner with other major corporations, retailers, and businesses. After great success ...


American-dating-app-registrations-drop-almost-500-percent

American dating app registrations drop almost 500 percent


Friday, February 15, 2019 by

Liftoff released its third annual dating apps research and analysis. The most comprehensive and longitudinal study of its kind, the data reveals sweeping demographic and regional changes in the world of dating apps that mobile marketers need to know to succeed in 2019. Chief among the insights are the rise of Latin America (LATAM), a drop-off in North America (NAR), and...


Tech-consumer-goods-market-reaches-$1.01-trillion-worldwide

Tech consumer goods market reaches $1.01 trillion worldwide


Tuesday, January 8, 2019 by

The global market for technical consumer goods (TCG) exceeded the one-trillion mark for the first time in 2018 with sales of €1.01 trillion*. This is a four percent increase on the previous year. The product segments of telecommunications (+7 percent), small domestic appliances (+7 percent), consumer electronics/photo (+6 percent), and information technology/office...


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Key insights into app performance and competition from Adjust


Wednesday, December 5, 2018 by

Adjust recently launched the second iteration of its Global Benchmarks tool - offering an overview of the mobile marketing landscape and bringing more transparency to the industry. Based on the company’s aggregated database, Adjust’s Global Benchmarks 2.0 analyzes data from over 7,000 apps and billions of installs. It allows mobile marketers to see t...


Mobile-marketing-benchmark-tool-by-Adjust-brings-light-to-marketers

Mobile marketing benchmark tool by Adjust brings light to marketers


Monday, November 26, 2018 by

Adjust announced the second version of its free mobile benchmarking tool - updated with even more sophisticated metrics and a wider range of data than before. Designed to empower marketers and publishers to better understand the mobile marketing landscape, the tool is the first of its kind to make specific KPIs, such as session data, publicly available. With time spent ...


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Nexmo Customer Communication API Connector gets a boost from WhatsApp


Friday, September 28, 2018 by

Vonage announced that its Nexmo Communication API Connector, available on MuleSoft's Anypoint Platform, is now integrated with the WhatsApp Business solution. This integration enables MuleSoft customers to leverage the new WhatsApp Business solution to elevate their customer engagement. Simple integration of Nexmo APIs into WhatsApp Business solution workflows el...


Node.js-developer-survey-reveals-unique-environment-insights

Node.js developer survey reveals unique environment insights


Tuesday, June 5, 2018 by

The Node.js Foundation announced the availability of its Node.js User Survey Report. Key findings of the survey reveal the benefits of Node.js expand over time, resulting most often in improved developer productivity and satisfaction and reduced development costs. Containers and cloud-native computing are on the rise with 58% of overall users noting they using Kubernete...


Worldwide-smartphone-demand-in-2017-totaled-1.46-billion-units

Worldwide smartphone demand in 2017 totaled 1.46 billion units


Tuesday, January 30, 2018 by

The North America smartphone market saw demand jump six percent year-on-year in 4Q17, its strongest growth in over two years. Sales value increased by four percent to US $28.5 billion. As a result, sales in 2017 rose two percent compared to 2016, totaling 201.3 million units. This recent upturn is not expected to last, though; GfK forecasts demand in North America to be...


Apple-search-ads-is-taking-a-big-bite-of-the-market

Apple search ads is taking a big bite of the market


Thursday, October 26, 2017 by

AppsFlyer has announced the release of their annual AppsFlyer Performance Index H1 2017 - Edition V in their latest blog post. The index gives insights into the leading advertising networks in the mobile gaming and app industries.In the report, Apple Search Ads hit the #1 spot in the iOS ROI Index with a 30% higher ARPU and a 40% lower price than the other networks in t...


The-Google-adoption-case-was-just-presented

The Google adoption case was just presented


Thursday, September 28, 2017 by

ilegra will be participating in the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2017 and presenting results Whirlpool Latin America reached with the migration of the communication and collaboration platform for Google. The case will be exhibited by Whirlpool Latin America's CIO, Renata Marques, on October 3rd, at 10:30am.During Whirlpool's presentation, which owns KitchenAid, Brastemp and ...


The-best-month-to-acquire-users-is-in-September-finds-new-report

The best month to acquire users is in September finds new report


Wednesday, June 21, 2017 by

Liftoff, a mobile app marketing and retargeting company, has released a new report providing surprising insight into behaviors and trends in the rapidly growing world of mobile shopping. The data reveals the best month to acquire users is in September, ahead of the holiday shopping frenzy, and also examines geographical differences in mobile user engagement between Nort...


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ApexBrasil showcases Brazil's finest at SXSW


Friday, March 10, 2017 by

The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) will showcase 68 of Brazil’s most exciting companies at the 2017 SXSW Interactive Festival. As part of its mission to bring the best of Brazil to the world’s global investors and trade fairs, Apex-Brasil will share the abundance of opportunities that exist in its vibrant ecosystem with attendees at SXSW I...


MeshKit-launches-so-you-can-send-data-to-apps-even-without-Internet

MeshKit launches so you can send data to apps even without Internet


Tuesday, February 28, 2017 by

Open Garden, Inc. announced the release of MeshKit, a new platform for app developers. MeshKit is built on Open Garden’s technology in enabling peer-to-peer offline connectivity.The number of smartphones around the world is expected to reach over 6 billion by 2020. Yet many people are not able to use popular apps and services, particularly across Asia, Africa and Latin ...


IBM-and-the-Weather-Company-just-introduced-mesh-network-alerts-

IBM and the Weather Company just introduced mesh network alerts


Wednesday, February 15, 2017 by

IBM and The Weather Company, an IBM Business, have introduced a new Mesh Network Alerts technology that provides a mobile method of communicating with underserved populations in developing countries to notify of potential severe weather events or disasters - even in areas with limited Internet connection, or cellular networks are disrupted due to an outage. Develop...


Getting-beer-faster-in-the-Caribbean-with-F5m-tablets

Getting beer faster in the Caribbean with F5m tablets


Wednesday, February 8, 2017 by

Xplore Technologies Corp.​, a tablet computer manufacturer, has announced that one of the largest beer distributors in the Caribbean has begun using their Motion F5m tablets to track and schedule beer shipments among its 600 delivery trucks in the Dominican Republic. The company is also using F5m tablets to run an inventory control management application on its bottling...


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PMR's report on the global SecurityasaService market


Monday, December 19, 2016 by

Adopting the business model of Security-as-a-Service (SaaS) has become a pragmatic choice for companies looking at integrating security with their business infrastructure. Furthermore, emerging technological trends related to the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud-computing will continue to compel more businesses towards implementation of a Security-as-a-Service busines...


Why-Nearshoring-is-the-solution-to-retaining-your-DevOps-team

Why Nearshoring is the solution to retaining your DevOps team


Tuesday, November 15, 2016 by

DevOps used to be in the domain of Silicon Valley innovators. But now the concept, which emphasizes tight integration between software developers and IT infrastructure professionals, has exploded into the mainstream. In fact, Gartner predicts approximately 25 percent of Global 2000 companies will have adopted DevOps in 2016, meaning more and more teams are now...


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Newzoo offers insight into the app market with new survey report


Wednesday, October 5, 2016 by

Global market intelligence firm Newzoo has announced the release of its first Global Mobile Market Report, a unique publication on the global mobile ecosystem, including global app revenues and forecasts, device brand market share, smartphone penetration, and consumer profiling.    According to the report, global app revenues will reach $44.8 billion in 2016...


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Our 40th Issue Published Today: App Developer Magazine September 2016


Thursday, September 1, 2016 by

With the release of our September 2016 issue of App Developer Magazine we just hit 40 total published magazines, and the end of the Summer season of app development.Thanks to all of the countless readers, contributors, and sponsors for helping us look so good, and believing in our mission! I think this is one of our best issues yet!With over 4500 pub...


Chatting-With-the-Creator-of-Trivia-Crack-About-App-Success-and-the-Smile-Test

Chatting With the Creator of Trivia Crack About App Success and the Smile Test


Thursday, August 25, 2016 by

We recently sat down with Etermax, the creator of Trivia Crack to get the inside track on their success as a mobile team. Trivia Crack Kingdoms, the sequel to its flagship mobile game, has surged in popularity as the game surpassed seven million downloads across all platforms worldwide. Here’s what Maximo Cavazzani, CEO and founder of Etermax had to say. ADM: Who a...