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Distimo: Apple's App Store Still Beats Android On Revenues; Freemium Rules

By Ingrid Lunden Dec. 21, 2011, 11:09pm Comments Off

Android’s Market and the App Store from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) may be getting ever-closer to being level in the number of apps on offer, but whe… Read More »

Windows Phone Marketplace Is Riding High On Free Content

By Ingrid Lunden Nov. 23, 2011, 5:00pm 2 Comments

Last week, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) revealed on the anniversary of the Windows Phone Marketplace that the app storefront now has some 40,000 a… Read More »

Angry Birds Aside, Think Globally, Act Locally When It Comes To Mobile Apps

By Ingrid Lunden Oct. 3, 2011, 3:36pm Comments Off

There’s no question that apps have become a global phenomenon in the mobile world — and who doesn’t want to catapult a cute red bird onto s… Read More »

Mobile Game Prices Falling But Revenue Up From In-App Purchases

By Tom Krazit Jul. 26, 2011, 10:53pm Comments Off

Mobile games remain one of the best ways to make money from mobile applications, according to a new report from mobile app researcher Distim… Read More »

China Is Apple’s Second-Biggest Apps Market After U.S., Free Apps Reign

By Ingrid Lunden Jun. 22, 2011, 9:57am Comments Off

When it comes to battling for smartphone share in China, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is right in there with Android OEMs and Nokia (NYSE: NOK), and i… Read More »

A Rock And A Hard Place: Tapjoy Says Apps Struggling Since Apple Nixed PPI

By Ingrid Lunden Jun. 1, 2011, 5:24pm 1 Comment

Given how hard it is for some developers to get their apps noticed these days (hundreds of millions of apps out there, and counting), it’s n… Read More »

What’s In An App Name? The Most Popular Words And A Meteoric Rise For Birds

By Ingrid Lunden May. 26, 2011, 5:04pm Comments Off

With half a million apps and counting out there, and problems discovering the good ones, it’s likely that we are going to start to see some… Read More »

Apps: Apple Reaches For 10B Downloads, Microsoft Plays The Generation Game

By Ingrid Lunden Jan. 14, 2011, 10:26pm Comments Off

Apple’s quickly racing to break the 10-billion download mark in its app store. In fact, by the time you read this, it may have already made… Read More »