As announced at the Google I/O conference last May, Google is now rolling out In-App Purchases for web applications. The in-app purchase business model is on the high-rise for mobile apps. Following the introduction of in-app purchases in the Android Market last March, this is now also available for web developers in the Chrome Web [...]
A finding from one of our recent publications was that the refresh rate of top application charts is significantly higher in the Apple App Store for iPhone than in the Google Android Market. During the month of April, there were 94 distinct applications with a top 10 position in the Apple App Store for iPhone in [...]
Last April we reported that Google was adding support for manufactures and carriers to have their own section of promoted applications within the Android Market. Sony Ericsson was the first player to offer such a channel and now Vodafone is following as well. An interesting move, considering the fact that Vodafone already offers an own app store [...]
We just gave a presentation at Mobile 2.0 Europe in Barcelona, titled “Market Shifts In Content Distribution”. This goes into four major shifts we identify in the current mobile content distribution landscape: Traditional business models are no longer in the lead App store content leaders of today are not those of tomorrow Impact of Asian countries on the [...]
We are at Mobile 2.0 Europe, where the AppCircus app contest is just being held. AppCircus is an app contest and showcase that travels around the world promoting the most innovative apps, and today 10 newly launched apps have pitched in front of a jury consisting of member from Telefonica, RIM, Intel and Nokia. Each of the [...]
This June, we are happy to head back to Barcelona to attend Mobile 2.0 Europe. For us this is a very special conference, it is the place where we launched Distimo on stage in 2009. This year’s edition of the event is themed “openIDEAS – imagine & build the future of mobile”. The program will be [...]
Most of the largest app stores now also offer users the ability to browse, purchase and install apps on their phone from their desktop. The Apple App Store for iPhone & iPad (view applications only), BlackBerry App World, Google Android Market and Nokia Ovi Store all offer web storefronts. So does Microsoft’s Windows 6.5 Marketplace, but this [...]
Microsoft has announced that 15 July 2011, developers will no longer be able to submit new apps to its Windows Marketplace for Mobile, its store for products targeting Windows Mobile 6.5 devices: While apps will still be available for sale, it will not be possible to modify prices, metadata or other information, and apps can [...]
In early 2010, Samsung added support for its TVs in the Samsung App Store. Now Samsung announced that it has seen 5 million downloads of TV apps. This might seem like a large number, but when taking into account the total timeframe it took to reach this milestone, the impact is not that heavy. Since [...]
Today we are pleased to announce our partnership with international games market research firm Newzoo to provide unique monthly data on game sales and downloads across all Apple App Stores. In this partnership we will combine the demographics of worldwide gamers that Newzoo collects through its Gamers Surveys with in-depth app store data from Distimo focused [...]
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