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Posted by on Feb 26, 2013 in Apps, Mobile | 0 comments

App Annie & IDC Portable Gaming Report | Including the iOS App Store, Google Play and Consumer Spending

App Annie & IDC Portable Gaming Report | Including the iOS App Store, Google Play and Consumer Spending

Several key takeaways were unveiled late last week in a quarterely report by App Annie and International Data Corporation (IDC) here’s a quick list of the major ones:   Android significantly outpaces iOS Adoption in 2012 54% Android vs 18% iOS.   Nintendo accounted for 73% of Handheld Packaged Game Shipments in 2012 compared to Sony’s 27%. While iOS one-upped Google Play in ‘Share of Game Downloads’ Google Play outperformed iOS for ‘Share of spending on Games’.  Also, over one-third of iOS App Store & Google Play app downloads were  games. IDC surveys indicate that well over 20 billion games were downloaded across all smartphone & tablet platforms in 2012.   Total iOS App Store and Google Play consumer spending on games  eclipsed that of dedicated handhelds.  Dedicated handheld game consumer spending was significantly more  seasonal, with nearly 60% of 4Q spending taking place in December.   Google Play game revenues skewed towards Asia-Pacific with South Korea and Japan driving growth in 2012. The Top 5 grossing Portable Games Worldwide by Platform...

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Posted by on Feb 25, 2013 in Mobile | 0 comments

Zynga Closing Down More Offices – Texas,NYC,Baltimore

Zynga Closing Down More Offices – Texas,NYC,Baltimore

In a statement earlier today by Zynga COO David Ko it was revealed that several of Zynga’s offices will be closed down and consolidated. These offices that will be closing are: McKinney Texas Downtown-Austin Texas (Both of which are consolidating and moving to North Austin) New York City and Baltimore. The New York City will also be consolidated to Zynga’s Mobile Studio.   Zynga states, “While these decisions are always difficult, these steps will affect approximately 1% of our workforce and enable us to focus our resources on the most significant growth opportunities.” While it’s never exciting or joyful to hear this type of news, it is news that impacts the industry nonetheless.   Maybe it’s time for the rise of Indie...

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Posted by on Feb 25, 2013 in iOS Updates, Mobile | 1 comment

Facebook releases new SDK 3.2 for iOS

Facebook releases new SDK 3.2 for iOS

Facebook announced on their developer blog today the release of version 3.2 of its SDK for iOS.  The updated SDK makes it even easier for app developers implementing any of Facebook’s many features.  Improvements to the API and better tools for Ad tracking and optimizing Ads are some of the new changes.  Version 3.2 now has improved analytics and metrics such as the ability to track “iOS 6 native share sheet and built-in UI controls usage.” Facebook also mentions that it’s including a beta for select partners showing off upcoming support for “logging in-app purchase events”.   To recap, the 3 major changes: Better Mobile Analytics Enhanced Error Handling and API Improvements   Check out their blog for more info or.. You can download the newest version of this SDK...

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Posted by on Feb 24, 2013 in Apps, Mobile, Startups | 1 comment

Moglue – The Simplest Way to Make Your Own Interactive eBooks

Moglue – The Simplest Way to Make Your Own Interactive eBooks

Certainly this writeup is long over-due.  I had a chance to connect with some of the Moglue team late last year at GMIC.  Also where I met one of my business partners who runs Global Centrics, a full service app development company.   Whether you’re a joker, a smoker, or a midnight toker.  Whether you’re a picker, a grinner, a lover or a sinner.  Or maybe you’re just a someone who’s been looking to get their book published but hasn’t found the best method for doing so.   Enter Moglue As the video below illustrates.  You can easily use Moglue’s web platform to create animated eBooks that can be used and optimized (no doubt) for mobile devices.  As far as the team behind the company, Moglue’s founders met in May of  2010 at a Start-up Weekend event in Seoul, South Korea. Their team spent three days developing the concept behind what would eventually become Moglue. By end of the third day they had a working prototype. Since their skill-sets...

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Posted by on Feb 24, 2013 in Apps, Marketing, Mobile, Startups | 0 comments

Magic Solver – The User Acquisition Specialists

Magic Solver – The User Acquisition Specialists

Similar to the likes of AppGratis, AppsFire, Tapjoy, FreeAppADay and the countless others Magic Solver and their team strive to test thousands of apps from talented developers in 5 continents and select a ‘la creme de la creme every day’.  While I was under the impression that one of Apple’s most recent developer updates last year indicated that, “Apps cannot exist for the sole-purpose of promoting other apps”   If it is the case that MagicSolver is relying mainly on their positioning and performance in the App Store, it might be disappointing to later down the road if Apple mandates they change their business model or take the app out of the app store.   It is worth mentioning however, Magic Solver has helped a large number of well branded companies which include: Zynga, Zoopla.co.uk, BooYah!, Gameloft, Z2Life, Sunstorm, TinyCo, GREE, Kabam, PocketGems, Playmesh, Ngmoco, Playdom, CBS | Interactive, and the like.. Magic Solver  also boasts the following stats: 2 million FreeAppMagic users, who have saved over $16 million getting...

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