App Distribution Changes: Updates to Support Compliance in the European Union

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App Distribution Changes are pivotal in shaping the landscape of app distribution, with recent updates from the European Union (EU) prioritizing fair competition and user protection. These changes carry significant implications for developers, platforms, and users, prompting widespread adaptation across the digital ecosystem. by Liz Rustia Understanding the Updates The updates introduced by the EU… Read more »

Important Advantages of Android App Development

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Important Advantages of Android App Development shine brightly in the ever-evolving digital landscape, emerging as a key player that provides numerous benefits for developers, businesses, and end-users alike. With a dominant global market share, Android’s open-source nature and extensive user base position it as an attractive platform for crafting innovative and user-friendly applications. This article… Read more »

Mobile App Development Trends and Predictions for the year 2024

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Mobile App Development, as we embark on the journey into 2024, not only holds the promise of groundbreaking advancements but also signifies a transformative era for companies aspiring to adopt a genuinely mobile-first approach. The integration of plug-and-play mobile app development tools and the evolving landscape of third-party app stores highlights the industry’s dynamic shift… Read more »

Epic Games’ Legal Victory Casts Shadows on Google’s App Store Monopoly

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Epic Games has achieved a notable legal milestone, securing victory in its prominent antitrust case against Google. The jury’s determination revealed that Google’s Play app store was deemed an illegal monopoly, exerting control over the Android app distribution and payments market. This decision carries significant implications for the tech giant’s app store business model, posing… Read more »

Heroes of coding unite! Contribute to the biggest Developer Economics Report

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We’re proud to be supporting the new developer survey run by our friends at VisionMobile! This is the 11th developer survey and it’s entitled Developer Tools Benchmarking – as you can understand, the focus is on developer tools. The survey features questions on topics like programming languages, platforms, app categories, tool categories, revenue models, IoT… Read more »

Why Alternative App Stores Matter

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Let’s face it, your app is probably a commodity. As noted by Wikipedia, “a commodity has full or partial fungibility; that is, the market treats its instances as equivalent or nearly so with no regard to who produced them.” In basic English it means that your product can be easily replaced in part or completely by… Read more »

Amazon Appstore Developer Select

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From Amazon Dear Mobile App Developer, We recently launched Amazon Appstore Developer Select, a program designed to help your apps get discovered and give you more opportunities to boost your sales and revenue. As a developer with one or more qualifying apps live in the Amazon Appstore, you will receive the following benefits: • Discover:… Read more »

Amazon mobile ads API available

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From Amazon Dear Mobile App Developer, Today we announced the general availability of the Amazon Mobile Ads API which gives you the ability to earn great eCPM by monetizing your app with mobile ads from the Amazon Mobile Ad Network. Our eCPM has increased 30% since the beta launch in March, and early adopters such… Read more »

App Store Distribution Growing in Importance

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The dominance of the iTunes store and Google Play continues to maintain a strong hold on the attention of most developers but we’re seeing the smart developers and publishers begin to look beyond these 2 marketplaces to drive incremental downloads for their applications. A recent whitepaper by mobile research specialists Research2Guidance titled “Smartphone App Market… Read more »

Amazon App Store now in nearly 200 countries

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From Amazon: You Can Now Distribute Apps in Nearly 200 Countries Worldwide on Amazon Today we announced that the Amazon store is now available to millions of customers in nearly 200 countries around the world, giving them global access to Amazon’s broad selection of quality apps. Customers will be able to access a large and… Read more »