Archive for the ‘apps’ Category

Just a few years ago, mobile users worldwide were very content with a new option they could use with their phones in addition to the voice capabilities; the simple text message. Sent at  a fraction of the cost per minute of a voice call, the SMS revolutionised our mobile use. Well, that was then, and… Continue reading →

100 million users. Not bad for a service built on word of mouth. Drew Houston, founder of Dropbox, shunned pay-per-click marketing in favour of referral links and loyalty rewards when he built his cloud storage service. It’s now hit a milestone that its more competitors can only dream of.   Despite being more expensive than… Continue reading →

Facebook isn’t slowing down as it kicks off its IPO roadshow and has launched a brand new app store featuring apps which utilise its Connect feature. The app store has attracted a lot of coverage and its timing couldn’t better when all eyes are on the company as it prepares to float its shares on [...]

I USA ökade under 2011 den m-handeln med 91,4 % och omsatte 6,7 miljarder dollar.  Fler och fler E-handelsföretag erbjuder nu sina kunder förmånen att shoppa via sin mobiltelefon och en större variation av betalningslösningar bidrar till fortsatt ökning. Enligt … Continue reading →

            Updated 15/03/2012 Statistic Details Date Country   100 million the number of times the Facebook app has been downloaded Feb-12 Global Check our sources 1 in 4 mobile apps once downloaded are never used again Feb-12 Global Check our sources 10.9 billion The number of times apps have been [...]

For those of you who lack the time or inclination to count that many zeros, that figure is 25 billion…yes billion! And, given that app downloads across all platforms are only scheduled to reach 44 billion by 2016, that figure … Continue reading →

Jon Pollard explores the popularity and effectiveness of Apps in business.

  It is so darn hard to keep up with social media. Yes, I say that a lot, but I say it a lot because trying to keep up with new platforms, apps, tools, guides, and everything else related to social media is like trying to keep up with a Porsche …

Pay-per results model set to appeal to developers buzzdoes, an app marketing tool developer, has  unveiled its flagship viral app marketing product at AppsWorld Europe. Designed to help app developers get users’ attention, buzzdoes is a reward-based viral distribution add-on that encourages people to recommend apps to others, turning users into apps distributors. Assaf Kolirin, [...]

Google are bringing in some exciting changes which will enhance mobile advertising for companies and users, making it easier to match up customers with the information they are looking for. The first update is the introduction of Custom Search Ads for mobile apps which will improve the way users view results when searching within a [...]