From Samsung Dear seller, This is the Seller Office team. Thank you for your continued support of the Samsung Apps Seller Office. The May update has introduced the following changes: – the size of the background image in the Seller Page has been changed – an Auto Detection Item has been added for Android applications…. Read more »
Amazon App Store now in nearly 200 countries
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 »
Samsung changes image requirements and launches in Spanish
From Samsung: [Seller Office] Service improvements in April Dear seller, This is the Seller Office Team. Thank you for your continued support of the Samsung Apps Seller Office.In consideration of your valuable advice and opinions, we will further improve the Seller Office service for your convenience. Please note the following information when using Seller Office…. 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 »
Samsung improves binary upload process
From Samsung: We understand that it can be a hassle to enter the binary file information when you register applications and we have tried to improve the Seller Office service based on your comments and opinions. Please note the following improvements have been made to device recommendations and category settings. 1. When you upload a… Read more »
3 Alternate Android app stores you should be in but aren’t
Everyone who develops for Android knows about the Google Play store. Slightly more sophisticated publishers go beyond Google Play and feature in the Amazon Appstore, Samsung Apps or possibly even Getjar. In report after report the number one thing developers look for when choosing a platform is reach. Naturally this also extends to the app… Read more »
The Windows effect may be coming
We have mentioned before that Microsoft Windows is definitely there in terms of developer mindshare. However, developer support towards iOS and Android is so dominant due to those platform’s reach, and for Android, it was also considered by developers to be the easiest to develop for: However, now it seems like Microsoft has been able… Read more »
Are Android users cheap?
There have been a number of articles and research on how much less Android users spend vs iOS users. The latest research from Lightspeed Research confirms that this is still the case: Now with Android currently being the dominant OS, you would think that demographically both Android and iOS should represent a broad selection of… Read more »
The life and death of mobile platforms
Simply too good not to have on our blog (click to expand):
