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Holiday App Rush Increased App Downloads and Costs

Published 1/31/12 by Rob LeFebvre

Fiksu, Inc. released their latest report today on the mobile app economy, and found all time highs for marketing costs as well as iOS downloads in December. They attribute this data to advertising bidding wars to lock in top rankings before the App Store froze during the 3 day holiday. “For so many app brands, [...]

Are App Store Sales All That Effective at Bringing in More Revenue?

Published 1/30/12 by Carter Dotson

Sales on the App Store appear to be risky propositions, but ones that pay off well when they pan out, according to a new Distimo report.

Announcing the Winners of the Best App Ever Awards!

Published 1/27/12 by Jeff Scott

It was an amazing year for the Best App Ever Awards. With over 1.5 million votes cast (over three times the number cast last year) and a record number of nominations, we now have the winners.

Game Dojos Wants to Accelerate Your Game Studio

Published 1/10/12 by Rob LeFebvre

Developers looking for help with their fledgling business ventures can look to new business incubator, Game Dojos.

App Developer’s Fortunes Rise and fall on App Category Changes

Published 1/09/12 by Jeff Hughes

App store categorization can make or break an app.

2011 Best App Ever Awards – Nominees Announced

Published 1/03/12 by Jeff Scott

The 2011 Best App Ever Awards voting has started — open through January 25th.

Apps Make More Money on iPhone than Android, According to Flurry

Published 12/14/11 by Rob LeFebvre

Data and analysis from Flurry.

2011 Best App Ever Awards Launch – iOS and Android Apps Included

Published 12/08/11 by Jeff Scott

The 2011 Best App Ever Awards have launched. It’s time to nominate your favorite apps and games of 2011.

App Rank + Helps Devs See Real Time Data on Android App Store

Published 12/02/11 by Rob LeFebvre

App Rank + brings Android App charts to both iOS and Android apps, hoping to add iOS charts as well.

Tablet Users Are Game, Video & Music Consumers

Published 11/28/11 by Rob LeFebvre

In a study put out by comScore and reported by Fierce Mobile Content and the appside, interested parties can see that the number one use of tablet devices is games, with 67% of surveyed tablet users saying they’ve played a game at least once in the past month, as compared to 49% of smartphone users [...]

APPNATION III Kicks Off Next Week – Get a Discount

Published 11/23/11 by Jeff Scott

Join 148Apps at APPNATION III in San Francisco next week.

Sprint Open Solutions Conference Recap

Published 11/07/11 by Jeff Scott

I attended the Sprint Open Conference with the main goal of seeing how the addition of the iPhone to the Sprint portfolio of devices would impact the conference. I was impressed.

iCloud: Implications for Developers

Published 10/28/11 by Rob LeFebvre

The arrival of iCloud has new implications for app developers.

Xyologic Releases Monthly App Download Data for 29 Countries

Published 10/11/11 by Rob LeFebvre

Get a more informed insight to what and how much consumers are downloading in the mobile app space.

Unity Spreads Its Wings with Version 3.5 Announcements

Published 9/29/11 by Jeff Scott

Unity today made some very impressive announcements at their Unite11 conference keynote. Highlighted by new features in their upcoming 3.5 release.

Chomp Search Ads Announced – Cost Per Click Sponsored Listings in Chomp Search App

Published 9/27/11 by Jeff Scott

Chomp today announced a new advertising platform to enable app developers to sponsor search results in the Chomp app search, similar to the way Google sponsored search listings are done.

HTML5 Conference Set For Next Week

Published 9/20/11 by Jeff Scott

The first HTML5 Developers Conference is set to launch next week. And just announced they will be hosting a hackathon with a special focus on mobile gaming.

Sharing is Caring: The iOS Game Developer Revenue Survey

Published 9/19/11 by Rob LeFebvre

Owen Goss has created a survey to get a more data-based sense of the iOS game market. Now he just needs developers to fill it out.

PhotoAppLink Initiative Solves a Multi-App Photo Editing Dilemma

Published 9/09/11 by Rob LeFebvre

iPhone photo app developers collaboratively create solution to simplify multi-app photo-editing.

50% of Tablet Owners watch TV Shows and Videos on Their Device

Published 9/07/11 by Kyle Flanigan

The iPad is a powerful business tool. We’ve seen it as a means to present reports, illustrate new concepts and ideas, and as a portable machine that can, at least in part, replace a conventional laptop. No wonder Apple wish to showcase the iPad in Business, in conjunction with multinational bank Standard Chartered. But with [...]

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