Start-up Reaches 10m Download Mark In Just 10 Months
UK app developer Neon Play has achieved over ten million downloads since its launch ten months ago and just three weeks after its app Paper Glider was announced as Apple’s ten billionth download. Spookily, the company has also just employed its tenth member of staff. Last month Neon Play became the talk of the press when it was announced that Paper Glider, a huge hit on both sides of the Atlantic, was the 10 billionth app to be downloaded from the Apple App Store. "It’s weird how these things go sometimes but ten is definitely our magic number at the moment," said Neon Play CEO Oli Christie. "I’d like to…
Our App Of The Day – 02/28/11 – Tilt To Live: Viva La Coop! – Update
One Man Left Studios has announced the release of its first multiplayer gametype for Tilt to Live for iOS, called Viva la Coop! It’s a free addition to the game’s 99¢ (US) Expansion, Viva la Turret, released in December of 2010. This cooperative mode works over wi-fi or Bluetooth between two local devices. Wi-fi play will sync the pair’s highscore to a dedicated Coop leaderboard. As our App of Day, all our regular readers know the trailer for this app will feature on every page of our site for a whole day. Just scroll to the bottom of this page to take a look. Tilt to Live, currently enjoyed…
App Store Publishing Made Simple
Today marks the launch of Fuse, an iOS game publisher with a data-driven twist. Announced by game industry veteran, Jon Walsh, Fuse represents top iOS content developers and established brand partners around the world. Fuse brings top quality games to the forefront of the increasingly competitive App store marketplace, giving developers the visibility and back-end support they need for success. “It’s difficult to be successful in the app store. We know because we’ve lived it,” said Jon Walsh, CEO and co-founder of Fuse. “We’re huge believers in the iOS game platform and decided early on to make the investment required to understand the marketplace. We built a set of tools…
Our App Of The Day – RoboSockets – 02/22/11
As our App of Day, all our regular readers know the trailer for this app will feature on every page of our site for a whole day. Just scroll to the bottom of this page to take a look. RoboSockets is a fascinating arcade-puzzle with a unique combination of tetris, pipes and match 3 mechanics, surrounded by elaborate and engaging story. Direct robots to connect to each other with their hands/sockets and create a chain of 5 or more robots. Each chain gives you energy needed to restore the planet’s functionality and revive once flourishing RoboCivilization. It’s as simple as genius and brings a breath of fresh air to the…
Top 10 Price Drops In The iOS Photography App Store – 02/21/11
Price drops are always occuring in the App Store, we’re here to help you know what they are so you don’t miss out on a bargain, take a look at these photography apps for example… Xtrafolio Photo Portfolio Professional This application provides you the possibility to personalise and the control to use your iPad as a professional photo Portfolio. With the Xtrafolio application your iPad will look as if it were designed especially for you. Only you will be able to enter the hidden edit menu, with an optional passcode. You can change the way it looks, so it will fit your personal style. Change Background colours, change Folder colours…
Kindle More Popular In US Than iPad and iPhone
Now this is an interesting bit of news from MacStories who received information from Market Research firm Book Marketing Ltd, via Gigaom, stating that the eBook of choice in the US is the Kindle and yet in the UK it is either the iPhone or iPad. It has not been made clear in the article whether the iOS user may actually be using the Kindle app on their device, this much was not clear, but there’s no question that in the US the Kindle is king. It’s great news for us of course, as we submitted our blog to the Kindle blog store only a few days ago, check it…
Hipstamatic App Gets Updated For Verizon
That wonderful app, Hipstamatic has been updated today, head over to the App Store to download the latest version, which as well as bug fixes for iOS 4.2.6 – Verizon iPhone – there are also some shiny new FreePak prdoucts, Chunky Lens and Fasionista Camera Case and lots more besides… What’s New ** Version 201 fixes a bug with iOS 4.2.6 (Verizon iPhone) and iOS 4.3 which caused crashes when setting up a Hipstaccount (and also prevented downloading the new Fashion FreePak) ** It also includes all the new goodies from the 200, including: * Quicksta Snap film queue system – as you shoot images are processed in the background,…
More Information About The Amazon Appstore
Since the official launchof the Amazon Developer Portal, Amazon have received tons of positive feedback regarding the developer registration and app submission process. There are questions still being asked by developers, hopefully, you will find the answers here… Are you required to submit a video along with other multimedia content, such as icons and screenshots? Although compelling videos can be helpful to customers when they are deciding on which app to buy, they are not required. The only multimedia files that are required are: • Device icon (114x114px) • Large icon (512x512px) • A minimum of three screenshots (480x854px or 854x480px each) The maximum size for each image is 3Mb.…
App Gifting Comes To BlackBerry App World
Very much like the successful gifting facility in the Apple App Store, BlackBerry has now announced a new mobile gifting platform that will integrate with BlackBerry App World and carrier billing systems to allow BlackBerry subscribers to instantly gift airtime, apps and other carrier services from one subscriber to another using BBM. The official press release reads, "the innovative BBM mobile gifting platform will integrate with BlackBerry App World™ and carrier billing systems and allow the gifting requests and approvals to be handled directly between the BlackBerry subscribers using BBM™ (BlackBerry® Messenger) with transactions that are secure, authenticated and non-repudiable. The platform will also allow carriers to more easily sell…
Pick Up A New iPad Magazine Subscription From The App Store Now
Now even before the official public release of iOS 4.3, iPad magazines using the new billing system, announced earlier today, have started showing up in the App Store. We’ve listed three ultra popular ones below, Popular Photography is a particular favorite of mine, not least as a previous contributor, I know how good this magazine is. Popular Science is also great and becoming more and more popular and of course Elle, who doesn’t like that? $2.99/download $2.99/Download Free/Download
