App-store-for-all Appitalism adds 300K free Android apps (exclusive)
Appitalism, an app store tailored for all phone platforms, has made more than 300,000 free Android Market apps available for download through its service, the company revealed today.
The main purpose to use Appitalism versus traditional app stores, argues creator and CEO Simon Buckingham, is that people have all kinds of devices. By using Appitalism, you can search for every possible app, not matter if you own an iPhone, Android phone, iPad tablet, Android tablet, … Continue Reading
Verizon relaunches Android app store with Chomp’s help
So long, VCast. Verizon Wireless is relaunching its Android app store as simply “Verizon Apps,” and it’s tapping into Chomp’s powerful app search engine to help power it.
With the change, Verizon is hoping its app store will be more useful to subscribers. Chomp’s technology allows users to search for apps based on type rather than name. So, for example, you can search for “kids games” to quiet your obnoxious progeny, instead of having to … Continue Reading
Windows Phone Marketplace hits 30,000 apps
Though it still has nothing on the Apple or Google mobile app stores, Microsoft’s Windows Phone Marketplace now has more than 30,000 applications available for the Windows Phone 7 platform, according to Windows Phone App List.
Microsoft has struggled to make a dent in the app market share against Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS operating systems, but at least it’s putting on a good face when it comes to releasing a large selection of applications. … Continue Reading
Hands-on: Intel's AppUp store makes it easy to port, test, upload apps
This post is sponsored by Intel.
Semiconductor giant Intel has a new app store, called AppUp. It’s a market for apps that run on netbooks, tablets, computers, and other devices that support Intel’s latest low-power processors.
At Intel’s invitation, we tested AppUp by porting a beta version of our Windows Phone 7 application to the store. It made it very straightforward to port a mobile app to the Windows desktop.
The procedure for submitting the … Continue Reading
Why in-app billing doesn't solve all of Android Market's problems
Google’s recent launch of in-app billing in the Android Market gives app developers a way to make more money by letting them sell digital content within their applications. It’s a great improvement for game and app developers looking to do business on the Android platform. But before you commit, you should be aware of a number of challenges you’ll face in selling apps on the Android Market.
1. Cumbersome Check-Out Process: Most of the applications … Continue Reading
DEMO: ApSynth aims to democratize Web app development
ApSynth is one of 53 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2011 event taking place this week in Palm Desert, Calif. After our selection, the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage of them remains objective.
Mobile apps are a hot topic at the moment, but ApSynth believes there’s still plenty of opportunity available in Web apps meant for desktop Web browsers.
Today, the company is launching a Web-app editor … Continue Reading
GetJar raises another $25M for its mobile app store
Independent mobile-app seller GetJar just announced that it has raised $25 million in a third round of funding for what it calls the largest “open” app store in the world.
The news comes just a few days after chief executive and founder Ilja Laurs published an op-ed arguing that the United States is “still the land of opportunity for VC funding.” It seems he had even more reason to make that argument than was obvious … Continue Reading
Amazon's Android app store: an exercise in narcissism
Peter Yared is the vice president of apps at Webtrends, which acquired Transpond, a social-apps developer he founded. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.
Why did Amazon launch an Android app store this week? Chalk it up to a case of Apple envy.
Thanks to the iPod, iPhone, and iTunes, Apple is now making an estimated $5 billion per year in digital content distribution. Amazon.com, caught by surprise, has been struggling to keep up in … Continue Reading
Developers: Get ready for your closeup in VentureBeat's Mobile App Spotlight
Are you an app developer with a creation that’s ready for the klieg lights? VentureBeat has partnered with Intel to provide a new showcase for your mobile app: VentureBeat’s Mobile App Spotlight.
Why did we create this program? Fundamentally, we want to help connect our readers with the latest innovations in the mobile and app worlds, and boost the efforts of entrepreneurs and inventors who are coming up with great new ideas. There’s been an … Continue Reading
Intel's AppUp doesn't fix app fragmentation, but it might help
For Joe Morris, vice president of mobile content for game company Konami, the difference between having to port a game to 200 platforms and just a handful is more than enough reason to get excited over Intel launching its application-distribution platform, AppUp.
“It’s extremely difficult to get our content out there on every platform and do it in a financially responsible way, but that’s the only way to do it now,” Morris said. “AppUp is … Continue Reading
RIM acquires Cellmania in bid to revive its app store
Research in Motion has acquired app store infrastructure developer Cellmania, a sign that RIM is getting ready to resuscitate its app store platform.
Cellmania sells something called mFinder, which is a content delivery and app store ecosystem infrastructure product. The company lists Sprint among the content providers using its infrastructure.
This isn’t the first signal RIM has sent that it is ready to overhaul its app store, called the App World: The Wall Street Journal … Continue Reading
Jetcast's new UniversalPlayer boasts built-in app store
Research in Motion has acquired app store infrastructure developer Cellmania, a sign that RIM is getting ready to resuscitate its app store platform.
Cellmania sells something called mFinder, which is a content delivery and app store ecosystem infrastructure product. The company lists Sprint among the content providers using its infrastructure.
This isn’t the first signal RIM has sent that it is ready to overhaul its app store, called the App World: The Wall Street Journal … Continue Reading
Sony Ericsson takes cues from Apple, RIM app store pricing
Research in Motion has acquired app store infrastructure developer Cellmania, a sign that RIM is getting ready to resuscitate its app store platform.
Cellmania sells something called mFinder, which is a content delivery and app store ecosystem infrastructure product. The company lists Sprint among the content providers using its infrastructure.
This isn’t the first signal RIM has sent that it is ready to overhaul its app store, called the App World: The Wall Street Journal … Continue Reading
