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 »

BlackBerry to developers: Help us please!


BlackBerry is arranging a “port-a-thon” to attract developers to the new BlackBerry 10 platform. In a 36 hour event, they will put a ton of technical resources and people at disposal for developers, and they’ve opened the goodie bag: Developers receive $100 for each approved app (up to a max of $2000). Interesting twist as… Read more »

Samsung adds countries and billing options


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. Major changes  – Countries with paid stores added : New Zealand, Nigeria  – Countries with P-SMS added : Philippines, Kuwait, Qatar  – Date of Implementation for Seller Office: November 09, 2012… Read more »

Samsung: Service Improvements in November


From Samsung: We have made selling game applications in Brazilian stores more convenient.  – Before : An MJ/DEJUS certification must be acquired.  – After : If an application has an ESRB or PEGI certificate instead of an MJ/DEJUS certificate, it will be assigned the corresponding MJ/DEJUS age classification.  – If it does not have an… Read more »

India and Russia opening up for Google Play


From Google: We’re writing to let you know that we will be introducing Buyer’s Currencies in two new countries, India and Russia. All prices for these locales will be in the Indian Rupee (INR) and Russian Ruble (RUB) currencies, respectively. Please visit the Google Play Developer Console to set prices for these new countries by… Read more »