Articles tagged with: Apple App Store

Apple Tells GetJar to Stop Describing itself as an App Store

­Although Apple faced a recent setback in its attempt to trademark the App Store term, that has not stopped its lawyers from sending cease and desist letters to other App Stores trying to pressure them into dropping the phrase from their websites.  more

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Apple Orders List of Alternative App Stores to Stop Calling them App Stores

­A mobile applications developer community that also publishes a list of alternative app stores to the official Apple App Store has received a cease and desist letter from Apple.  more

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Mobile App Downloads to Approach 48 Billion in 2015

­The mobile applications market has had strong growth over the past several years, as a result of the addition of new products, players, and business models. This growth will continue, driven mainly by increased smartphone penetration, as well as growth in consumer mobile application libraries.  more

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Revenue for Major Mobile App Stores to Rise 77.7 Percent in 2011

­Combined revenues from the four major mobile application stores run by Apple, Google, Nokia and Research In Motion will leap 77.7 percent in 2011 to $3.8 billion, with the Apple App Store projected to eat up a gargantuan three-quarters share of the total market, according to new IHS Screen Digest research.  more

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Android Overtakes Apple for Free Applications on Apps Stores

According to the apps store analytics firm, Distimo, there are now more free apps on the Android Market th­an on Apple's App Store.  more

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Apple Maintains Dominance of Mobile Application Store Market in 2010

?Despite the flood of so-called "iPhone killers" entering the market in 2010, Apple largely maintained its dominance of the global mobile application store market for the year, IHS Screen Digest research shows.  more

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Mobile App Store Revenues to Surpass $15 Billion in 2011

­Worldwide mobile application store downloads are forecast to reach 17.7 billion downloads in 2011, a 117 percent increase from an estimated 8.2 billion downloads in 2010, according to Gartner. By the end of 2014, Gartner forecast over 185 billion applications will have been downloaded from mobile app stores, since the launch of the first one in July 2008.  more

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Apple iPad Applications Growth Outperforming Smartphone Apps

Mobile apps store analytics firm, Distimo has published its latest review of the most popular applications being sold in the USA between April and October 2010. The report noted that the proportion of iPad only applications outgrew the proportion of universal applications during the second quarter of 2010. ­This trend reversed in July 2010 with the proportion of iPad and universal applications in November being equal (7%).  more

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Gaming to be the future driver of mobile internet on both sides of the Atlantic

Developers should be focusing on gaming and social networking as the key to persuading consumers to use mobile internet services more regularly, states the Mobile Web Usage Forecast from mobile internet firm Volantis.  more

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The Mobile Content Industry Looks at the Opportunities of the Mobile Web

The mobile content industry is experiencing a moment of a strong success thanks to the Apple App Store bringing into the market place a well functioning content delivery model. Market players, including mobile network operators, are trying to compete with established stores through the launch of storefronts and joining forces in open innovation initiatives. Developers are using the stores as a medium for publishing cutting edge services and solutions. Businesses like banks, newspapers or public services are exploiting the stores to engage with their audience and clientele. According to Frost & Sullivan, this success will bring in revenue growth and pace of innovation over the next three years.  more

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