[Infographic]: Top 5 Paid Android Finance Apps


There is nothing better than having an app on your phone that can make a difference to your life. No, we are not talking about the fame of leading the scoreboard in Angry Birds or Temple Run, but about the best premium finance apps that you can download onto your android device and start using… Read more »

Will the death of PSMS bring on the dawn of direct billing?


Success in in-app payments require a great deal of things coming together. First, your app has to be compelling and the item the user purchases has to be priced right and provide a value to the user.  Then the payment experience needs to be seamless. In the now over a decade long history of mobile… Read more »

Samsung: Notification regarding service improvements in November


From Samsung: Dear Seller Thank you for using Samsung Apps Seller Office; we deeply appreciate your support for our service.The changes detailed below will be introduced as part of our ongoing commitment to service improvement.  Effective from – November 28th (THU)  Major changes 1. Payment methods for buyers now available in more countries We are… Read more »

Opera: Announcing cooperation with OpenMobile World Wide


From Opera: Dear App Developer, We are happy to announce our partnership with OpenMobile World Wide, Inc. OpenMobile developed a game changing technology, known as Application Compatibility Layer (ACL)™. ACL enables Android applications to run seamlessly on other operating systems with native performance, zero latencies, and no expense or efforts! To put it simply, ACL… Read more »

Samsung: Changes to the Terms and Conditions


From Samsung: Dear Seller This is the Samsung Apps Seller Office Team. Thank you for your continued support of the Samsung Apps Seller Office.Please note the following changes to the terms and conditions for the Samsung Apps Seller Office. Terms and Conditions of the Samsung Apps Seller Office will be revised as of 12/01/2013. Sellers… Read more »

In-app Merchandising : A new monetization tool


by Matthieu Saint-Denis Even if F2P business models have existed since 2002 on mobile – and I was lucky enough to belong to the company that pioneered it on Java – we have to acknowledge that it’s only been widely adopted by developers in the last 3 years, when Apple brought in-app purchases. Since then,… Read more »

Samsung: Change of profit distribution rate for In-App Purchase


From Samsung: Dear Seller Thank you for using Samsung Apps Seller Office; we deeply appreciate your support for our service. To stimulate interest and promote development in the Samsung Apps ecosystem, we will introduce a new profit distribution rate to better benefit our Sellers. According to the current terms and conditions, the profit distribution rate… Read more »

5 Great Resources For Aspiring Mobile App Developers


There’s no use in denying the fact that we’ve seen an astounding increase in mobile web usage since the debut of the smartphone. As of August 2013, 17.4% of web traffic is mobile in nature. As a result, there’s been an understandable surge in interest in mobile website and app development. For the uninitiated, mobile… Read more »