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Posted by on Dec 9, 2012 in Apps, Mobile | 0 comments

GameSalad – What can Game Salad do for you?

GameSalad – What can Game Salad do for you?

First of all.. What is Game Salad any way? Game Salad is said to be the World’s Fastest Game Creation Engine. Where you can design Games for Free with No Coding Required! Additionally.. GameSalad is an online community that empowers everyone to express and share their ideas through games. Our company was founded on the belief that all people should have the tools to make popular games, limited only by the boundaries of their imaginations. GameSalad provides a platform used by creators to rapidly design, publish and distribute original games that have been played by millions of people worldwide. GameSalad Inc. was founded in August 2007 by Michael Agustin, Dan Treiman, Tan Tran, and Joshua Seaver. We have studios in Austin, Texas and Los Angeles, California, and we are now hiring for a studio in San Francisco, California. So, from the sounds of things..Game Salad appears to provide a win-win platform for creating games on the fly with no coding experience. I had a chance to test out one...

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Posted by on Dec 8, 2012 in Apps, Mobile | 0 comments

Prepare for the “Power Week”

Prepare for the “Power Week”

This is as Flurry refers to, as the week between Christmas and New Year which last year saw 1.2 billion app downloads across iOS and Android. Additionally, Flurry tracked the activation of 20 million new devices in this period.   This year it’s expected that 2 BILLION apps will be downloaded in this ‘Power Week’. The problem is..   Unless you’re loaded with $ you’re going to have a slim chance of getting to the Top of the Charts. According to Richard Firminger, European MD of mobile analytics and advertising outfit Flurry,   “The US top 10 is not as important as it used to be,”   Evidently the top 10 US apps and games only account for 29% of global sessions. This has dropped significantly from 49% where it was last year in 2011. On a positive note, (for China and Russia at least) the market continues growing rapidly with the number of smart devices in these countries up 200% year over year. Firminger went on to say,...

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Posted by on Dec 7, 2012 in Apps, Mobile | 0 comments

Majority of game revenue comes from higher price points

Majority of game revenue comes from higher price points

An interesting chart today by W3i has revealed that 47 percent of total revenue comes from transactions costing $9.99 – $19.99. Evidently games in the $0.99-$1.99 price range only account for 6% of the total game revenue.   This research is based on data from hundreds of W3i’s partners, which account for 66 million monthly active users across iOS and Android. W3i also found that the UAE and Japan were the most lucrative markets with 55% of revenue in the UAE coming from the $19.99 transactions, and 43% in...

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Posted by on Dec 6, 2012 in Apps, Mobile | 0 comments

Small Businesses and Apps

Small Businesses and Apps

Sometimes in the vast world of Apps we forget about the people that count. Us. Small businesses I mean.   I mean, let’s look at some quick facts..   They Represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms.  Employ half of all private sector employees.  Pay 44 percent of total U.S. private payroll. Generated 65 percent of net new jobs over the past 17 years.  Create more than half of the nonfarm private GDP.  Hire 43 percent of high tech workers ( scientists, engineers, computer programmers, and others). Are 52 percent home-based and 2 percent franchises.  Made up 97.5 percent of all identified exporters and produced 31 percent of export value in FY 2008. Produce 13 times more patents per employee than large patenting firms.     So what does all this have to do with You and Apps? Well.. While EVERYONE is so focused on creating the next Angry Birds, WhatsApp, or Flashlight app you have to ask yourself at some point..what other markets are there? Believe it or...

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