How to have the most successful app store listing

How to have the most successful app store listing

Relying on reviews and going by the photo are often two fall backs to making a decision. Global App Testing have uncovered what it takes to have the most successful app in the app store with speed, visuals and reviews playing a part. There’s an app for that! Apps are at the forefront of our […]

Angry Birds AR game launches on the App Store

Angry Birds AR game launches on the App Store

Following an initial App Store pre-order campaign, Rovio and Resolution Games released Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs for iOS devices, bringing the iconic Angry Birds slingshot gameplay to mobile augmented reality (AR) for the very first time. Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs provides fans with an up close look into a remote vacation […]

Bidalgo announced as Apple Search Ads partner

Bidalgo announced as Apple Search Ads partner

Bidalgo recently announced that it has been named as an Apple Search Ads Partner as part of the program recently announced by Apple Search Ads. Bidalgo is among a select group of partners that meet Apple Search Ads’ goal of identifying leading companies that provide its customers with the highest level of support and expertise […]

Apple app store ads set to become a $2BN business by 2020

Apple app store ads set to become a $2BN business by 2020

Apple’s Search Ads business could be set to generate more than $500m in revenue this and then make four times that by 2020. According to a note from Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi, seen by CNBC, Search Ad revenue for Apple could approach $2bn by 2020 – and that’s a “conservative” estimate. With this development, it’s […]

Google partners with OEMs to bring AR service to China

Google partners with OEMs to bring AR service to China

To make further inroads in China, Google has partnered with three Chinese Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to bring its Augmented Reality (AR) service to the country. The company’s AR SDK for Android “ARCore” was launched in full in China following its announcement in November. According to Google, there are 100 million devices that support ARCore […]

Global app downloads surge to 175 billion in 2017, India second largest market after China

Global app downloads surge to 175 billion in 2017, India second largest market after China

India downloaded more apps than the US in 2017, a new report by app analytics provider App Annie has revealed. Riding on increased smartphone penetration and dirt-cheap 4G data access, India accounted for nearly 58 billion of the world’s 175 billion app downloads in 2017. Only China, the world’s largest internet market, is ahead with […]

Netflix beats Tinder to be top earning non-game mobile app of 2017

Netflix beats Tinder to be top earning non-game mobile app of 2017

Netflix was the world’s top earning non-game mobile app in 2017, according to SensorTower’s new year-end report, with Tinder finishing second. Netflix saw gross subscriber revenue of approximately $510m last year according to the report, representing a 138% increase or about 2.4 times the $215m users spent in the app during 2016. Netflix was also […]

App Store kicks off 2018 with record-breaking holiday season

App Store kicks off 2018 with record-breaking holiday season

App Store customers around the world made apps and games a bigger part of their holiday season in 2017 than ever before, culminating in $300 million in purchases made on New Year’s Day 2018. During the week starting on Christmas Eve, a record number of customers made purchases or downloaded apps from the App Store, […]