FT Web-based app more popular than app sold in Apple store

Reuters Canada - Jennifer Saba - ‎Sep 22, 2011‎
(Reuters) - More than 700000 people use the Financial Times' Web-based mobile application to access news and other content, making it more popular than the version sold in Apple's App Store. The business newspaper, which is part of ...

Android is best for developers, Blackberry is best for making money

Inquirer - Dean Wilson - ‎Sep 22, 2011‎
MOBILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google's Android operating system (OS) is the best place for developers in general, while the Blackberry OS is the best place for developers to make money, according to a report by Evans Data. ...

Apple Store Updated... You've Got To Be Joking

GizmoCrunch - Jacob Palmer - ‎Sep 23, 2011‎
Apple has gone ahead and update its Apple Store app which is now available for download via the iTunes App Store. Are you still with us? Good read on. Now just like with all apps that get an update on the App Store, the developer usually leaves a ...

Financial Times: Mobile web app more popular than iOS version

Fiercemobilecontent - Jason Ankeny - ‎Sep 23, 2011‎
A month after Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) App Store subscription restrictions prompted The Financial Times to scrap its iOS applications in favor of an HTML5-based mobile web app, the international business publication said more than 700000 users worldwide ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me check already-purchased app prices

tuaw.com - Erica Sadun - ‎Sep 23, 2011‎
While I await a reply back on Twitter from Apple's @AppStore account, I was hoping you could help me out, given your past as a ninja and Olympian. As I try and gift purchases of awesome apps from the App Store to ...

How many apps are too many? Great article from eMarketer

GoMo News - Bena Roberts - ‎Sep 23, 2011‎
We don't link to whole articles too much here at GoMo News â€" unless we learn something new. Guess what! We learned a lot from the article below from emarketer and some great graphics too. The tablet app marketplace is expanding quicklyâ€"the Apple App ...

4 awesome ways to monetize your app

SGentrepreneurs (press release) - Terence Lee - ‎Sep 23, 2011‎
These days, every Tom, Dick and Harry wants to build an app. While many do it for vanity reasons, a lot of us want to develop a great product and make money out of it. Happily, app monetization has seen plenty of innovation over the past few years, ...

How Financial Times is Helping Consumers Unshackle Themselves From Apple

Gotta Be Mobile - Chuong Nguyen - ‎Sep 23, 2011‎
Financial Times just disclosed early results behind its newly launched web application and the data suggests a shifting trend from the apps ecosystem, in which Apple's iOS mobile platform leads, to web apps, which can be accessed from any browser on ...

Reuters: Financial Times' Web App Has Attracted More Than 700000 Readers

AppAdvice - ‎Sep 22, 2011‎
Many publishers were outraged by Apple's in-app subscription policy, because it prohibited developers from linking to their own subscription model from within an iOS application. This meant that the only way users could subscribe to content from within ...

Wither apps: Financial Times web app more popular than iOS app

9 to 5 Mac - ‎Sep 22, 2011‎
Reuters is reporting that the Financial Time's web app is more popular than their recently Apple-removed iOS app. You'll recall that the Financial Times' iOS app was removed by Apple, due to the publication trying to dodge Apple's 30% cut regulation. ...

Disney bets on iOS App Store games to return interactive unit to profitability

Apple Insider - Daniel Eran Dilger - ‎Sep 22, 2011‎
After losing millions of dollars trying to produce console games for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, Disney is betting on Apple's low cost app market to become profitable and create new characters capable of driving sales of movies ...

Evans Data Publishes a New Application Distribution Survey

TMC Net - Raju Shanbhag - ‎Sep 22, 2011‎
Evans Data's has released a new Application Distribution survey of over 400 commercial developers where it stated that Google's (News - Alert) Android Market is the most used app store amongst commercial developers. ...

Financial Times finds life outside the App Store pretty good so far

GigaOm - Darrell Etherington - ‎Sep 22, 2011‎
The Financial Times struck out on its own recently with a web-based mobile app, opting to remove its native iOS applications from Apple's App Store. So far, the experiment has been a success, ...

Facing Facebook f8

SDTimes.com (blog) - Alex Handy - ‎Sep 22, 2011‎
Here at Facebook's developer conference, AKA f8, the big story is all about app discovery. It's a theme many of the major app stores have been struggling with: the Android App Store was recently redesigned, ...

Report: In-app purchases a strong source of iOS app revenue

tuaw.com - Steven Sande - ‎Sep 22, 2011‎
iOS app developers who are looking to make big bucks on the App Store should consider using the in-app purchase model, according to a recently published study from Distimo. In-app purchases are a huge source of ...

Is the Amazon Android App Store open to UK users?

Bitterwallet - ‎Sep 22, 2011‎
The muttered about Amazon Android App Store may well be open to UK users despite no official word from Amazon themselves. It certainly seems that the whole project is very close to being unveiled properly to everyone as a number of British-based users ...

AppsFriends - The App Store finally gets Social

prMac (press release) - ‎Sep 22, 2011‎
[prMac.com] Paris, France - Allty today is pleased to announce both the web launch and immediate release of AppsFriends, their new free social network dedicated to allowing users to share apps with their friends. With more than 450000 apps and counting ...

The Pet Peeves of a Longtime Apple Fan

TechNewsWorld - ‎Sep 22, 2011‎
By Chris Maxcer I don't think it's a stretch to call myself a long-time Apple fan. But as loyal as I am to the company, there are always a few things about their products that annoy me -- designs I just don't agree with, feature absences the boggle the ...

Apple's iPad 3 should have a Kids Edition

CNET UK - Stuart Dredge - ‎Sep 22, 2011‎
The iPad 3 isn't expected to break cover until 2012, but there has been a steady flow of rumours about its likely specs and features. A better display is expected to be included, as is a lighter ...

iPhone App of the Week: Apple Store

StartupSmart - Patrick Stafford - ‎Sep 21, 2011‎
The Apple Store is one of the most iconic retail destinations around, so it's only fitting there's a great app to go with it. The app allows users to browse through all the different products available in the Apple Store, ...

Apps for tradies

Australian Macworld (blog) - Danny Gorog - ‎Sep 21, 2011‎
There are many cross-sections in societies that have their own set of apps â€" education, medicine and business, for instance. But one area that's often neglected are tools for tradespeople. My inspiration for focusing on these tools came from a recent ...

The 10 Best Photo Portfolio Apps for the iPad

Photo District News - Dan Havlik - ‎Sep 21, 2011‎
When it comes to displaying digital images, there's never been anything quite like Apple's iPad. With its gorgeous, touch sensitive 9.7-inch LED-backlit LCD screen with 1024 x 768 resolution, the iPad is a device that just begs to be used ...

In-app purchases account for 72% of iPhone app revenue

BizReport - Helen Leggatt - ‎Sep 21, 2011‎
Apps offering in-app purchases now account for almost three-quarters of iPhone App Store revenues, according to a presentation by the head of Distimo, more than doubling from just 28% at time last year. by Helen Leggatt Hendrik Koekkeok of app store ...

In-app purchasing dominates App Store revenue

GamesIndustry.biz (registration) - Matthew Handrahan - ‎Sep 21, 2011‎
In-app purchases now account for 72 per cent of revenue generated by the App Store, according to analytics firm Distimo. In a presentation at the Verizon Developer Community Conference in Las Vegas, Distimo's Hendrik Koekkoek gave a presentation ...

In-app purchases drive iOS app revenues

TECH.BLORGE.com - Ronald O Carlson - ‎Sep 20, 2011‎
If your iOS development model can be summarized by the words “show me the money,” then you need to sit up and pay attention. Whereas last year at this time paid apps accounted for the lion's share of the cash, freemium is the new ...

Study: In-game transactions account for 72% of iPhone app revenue

Joystiq - David Hinkle - ‎Sep 20, 2011‎
At the Verizon Developer Community Conference in Las Vegas, Hendrik Koekkoek of Distimo, a firm that monitors app stores, spoke about iPhone revenue. According to his research firm, most app revenue doesn't come ...

Financial Times Web App More Popular Than Native iOS App

Mac Rumors - Jordan Golson - ‎Sep 22, 2011‎
The Financial Times reports its web app, launched this past June, has more readers than the version sold on the App Store, which has since been removed. The web app has more than 700000 readers according to Reuters. The FT chose to develop an HTML5 app ...

Google Android Market is Top Store for Developers, though BlackBerry ...

Promotion World (press release) - ‎Sep 21, 2011‎
SANTA CRUZ, CA â€" Goggle's Android Market is the most used app store amongst commercial developers with 47% of commercial developers having some experience with the store compared to 43% who have used Apple's App Store, according Evans Data's new ...

Bad Apples: Porn Finds Way into App Store

CRIENGLISH.com - ‎Sep 21, 2011‎
A dirty worm has found its way into the core of Apple's App Store software platform, china.org.cn reported Monday. Apple fans are now reporting finding pornographic apps among download rankings, the report said, adding that three of the 100 most ...

 

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