Google Play changes payout schedule


From Google: We are committed to providing you with a consistent and reliable payout experience while we introduce new forms of payment to better serve your users and create more revenue opportunities for you. In order to do so, we are shifting our payout date to 15 days after the month’s end. Starting in February… Read more »

BlackBerry updates features and search


A number of things have happened on the BlackBerry app world lately. These are excerpts from BlackBerry announcements: Changes of note include: Feature image per platform: Submit a feature image that is specific to each platform App icon per platform: Submit an icon image that is specific to each platform Ratings and reviews per platform:… Read more »

3 guides from Samsung to help get certified


Samsung just published 3 helpful guides for developers to help in the certification process: [Certification Team] 3 types of Guide for passing the certification are newly uploaded. On the Samsung Apps Developer Site, Samsung Apps certification team uploaded 3 types of Guide which will help seller to improve certification pass rate. These guides are available… Read more »

Growth of Google Play leads to app store innovation


If you are a developer of mobile apps, a milestone has until now somewhat quietly become a reality: Google Play now has the same amount of apps as iTunes, standing over 700,000 apps strong.  App discovery is a huge challenge, which probably means developers may be more likely to cry than cheer when hearing the… Read more »

Samsung changes file sizes


From Samsung Dear Seller, Thank you for using Samsung Apps Seller Office; we deeply appreciate your support for our service.Please note that Seller Office is planning to change the size of icon images, as below, so that it will support the registration of devices with higher resolution; so please check the notice to reduce the… Read more »

Samsung introduces flexible pricing, adds countries


From Samsung: Dear seller, Thank you for being a part of Samsung Apps.Please note that the following improvements will be made to the service to reflect your valuable opinions of using Seller Office. Effective from  – Thursday 13th December, 2012 Major changes 1. Multiple Binary  – You can upload up to 10 binary files to… Read more »

Google Play including taxes in Brazil prices


From Google: We’re writing to let you know that Google Play will be supporting tax-inclusive prices in Brazil. Prices set in the Developer Console must be tax inclusive. We encourage you to log into your Developer Console  and make any necessary adjustments to your pricing. To learn more, please visit our Help center at http://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=138000… Read more »