Articles tagged with: App Store

More than 350 Billion smartphone and tablet app downloads by 2017

The launch of the iPad Mini and the continued dominance of the iPad allow Apple to be the premier destination for tablet downloads for the next five years, according to Strategy Analytics.  more

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Wiping Off Download Bots Pulls iPhone's Share of App Downloads Below 30% for First Time

­The iPhone's share of quarterly global smartphone app downloads stood at 29% in the second quarter of 2012, significantly below the 47% attributed to Android smartphones, shows new Market Data from ABI Research.  more

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Mobile Apps Development has Created Over Half a Million US Jobs

­The USA's mobile app economy has created 519,000 jobs nationwide  and is a significant economic driver for a number of states, according to a study released today by the CTIA and the Application Developers Alliance.  more

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Apple Ordered to Pay $82,500 for Mobile App Copyright Infringement

­Apple has been ordered to pay US$82,500 in compensation to a Chinese publisher after a court found the company guilty of copyright infringement.  more

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Free Apps Will Account for Nearly 90% of Total Mobile App Store Downloads in 2012

"In terms of the apps that consumers are buying, 90 percent of the paid-for downloads cost less than $3 each," said Sandy Shen, research director at Gartner. "Similar to free apps, lower-priced apps will drive the majority of downloads. Apps between 99 cents and $2.99 will account for 87.5 percent of paid-for downloads in 2012, and 96 percent by 2016."  more

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Amazon Expands Android App Store into Europe

­Amazon has announced the expansion of its own Android Appstore into the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain.  more

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MobileApps Website Closes - Wants $1 Million for the Domain Name

­The Singapore based mobile apps website, MobileApps.com has closed down and is seeking offers in excess of $1 million for just the domain name.  more

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US Law Officials Shut-Down App Stores Offering Copyrighted Mobile Apps

The USA's Department of Justice has shut-down three websites that were distributing illegal copies of copyrighted Android Apps. The DoJ said that this is the first time website domains involving cell phone app marketplaces have been seized.  more

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Aggressive Virus Detected in Chinese Android App Store

­An anti-virus vendor, TrustGo says that it has discovered a new and "extraordinarily aggressive" virus in China's largest Android marketplace, GFan.  more

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Smartphone penetration in emerging markets to increase dramatically from 2013

­Mobile App stores are gaining ground in the emerging markets of Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, South and Central America and Africa as smartphone penetration increases and users seek a richer experience on their mobile devices, says Ovum.  more

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