According to a report from app market analysts Flurry, downloads from the new Droid phones on Christmas day were almost equal to the number of downloads from all other Android phones combined. When asked whether it was just a one-off scenario, Peter Farago, Flurry’s head of marketing, told Venturebeat that the trend will probably continue. [...]
In another report by app market analyst Flurry, the spotlight is on Apple Inc.’s iPod Touch which has apparently exceeded iPhone downloads for the first time. According to the report, software downloads from the iPod Touches (all generations) of consumers jumped more than 1,000 percent on Christmas day. The growth was based on the comparison [...]
Apparently, people are so much on-the-go that they’re not purchasing in eBay online but on cellphones too, thanks to the eBay app. According to eBay, shoppers are using their cellphones to make more purchases this holiday season, with 1.5 million products sold in the past several weeks – that’s three times the number for the [...]
Apple sent some emails today containing good news, especially to developers. In-app purchases are now being permitted in free apps. Why is this good news? You can now download, say, a news content app which will allow you to test out the interface and content without shelling a few bucks. Then if you decided that [...]
Well, it isn’t surprising to find useless, unusual, and sometimes offensive apps scattered around the market, and they usually go by without a buzz. But when an international company develop that kind of app, well – that’s a different story. PepsiCo Inc., as part of their marketing strategy for their Amp energy drink, has released [...]
An end to Apple’s exclusive deal with AT&T could double iPhone sales in the US – at least that’s what Morgan Stanley analyst Kathryn Huberty says. This prediction stems from the fact that the exclusive arrangement between the two companies limits the sales of iPhones. Huberty says that when Orange lost its exclusivity deal with the [...]
Major League Baseball fans have also something to be happy for. Previously, users of At Bat 2009, Major League Baseball’s iPhone app, had the option to watch up to two live games on their iPhone or iPod touch everyday for free. Now, with the release of the Version 1.4 update, developer MLB.com gives users the [...]
Posted on August 03rd, 2009 in Tech News
Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO has been on Apple’s board of directors since August 2006. Times have changed however, and competition slowly arose between the two companies as Google develops products that rival Apple’s. Today, Apple Inc. said that in order to avoid potential conflicts of interest, Schmidt would have to recuse himself from “portions of [...]
For all of you going crazy wondering what mysterious standards and processes does Apple employ in choosing the applications they would allow in their App Store, you can start smiling now. The company’s way of choosing which apps to approve has been a subject of controversy ever since their app store was launched a year [...]
Posted on July 20th, 2009 in Tech News
The newly revamped Yahoo home page, which will debut today in the US, is supposed to make it easier for users to see what’s happening in other popular sites. The move is part of an overhaul aimed “at recapturing some of the buzz that Yahoo has lost to increasingly popular online hangouts like Facebook, MySpace [...]
