Twitter just gave mobile app developers an absolutely massive user-acquisition gift

Developers and marketers can now add users directly via Twitter, simply by adding a few lines of code to any content shared from their app to the social network.

User acquisition may not be sexy, but it’s critical in mobile games (part 2)

A panel of experts describes both paid and non-paid user acquisition tactics.

User acquisition may not be sexy, but it’s critical in mobile games (part 1)

A panel of experts describes both paid and non-paid user acquisition tactics.

Report: User acquisition costs for iOS shot up 30% last month

The cost of acquiring loyal users for iPhone and iPad apps shot up by almost a third last month as marketers started the big Christmas season push.

6waves unveils free WaveX platform so developers can exchange mobile game traffic

Developer 6waves unveils free WaveX platform so developers can exchange mobile game traffic

Apsalar lets developers target (and retarget) audiences for mobile apps

Apsalar is introducing its "behavioral advertising solution," called ApEngage. It helps app makers target audiences and make money from them.

How Dropbox continues to win: Pre-loads on devices like the Samsung Galaxy S3

Over 50 million people currently use Dropbox, and users are adding files at a rate of one billion every 48 hours. But it’s not just viral growth, word of mouth growth, smart branding, and effective marketing.

It’s also preloads on …

Rising costs of marketing iPhone games scares developers

It's hard enough for most makers of iPhone games to find an audience. The costs of doing so are now terrifying developers (and making some nearly pull their hair out).

Where is app user acquisition headed? Join us at GamesBeat 2012 to find out

Without users, it doesn’t matter how innovative your mobile app or game is. At next week’s GamesBeat 2012 conference in San Francisco, we explore the future of user acquisition with speakers such as Rober Weber, a cofounder of W3i; Gabriel …

The DeanBeat: How developers can avoid a bloodbath in fighting for new users

In the past month, what app makers have to spend to get the attention of Apple device users has risen out of control. That’s a tough fact of life that could make survival hard in the Darwinian mobile app ecosystem. …

Iddiction and Tapjoy: Getting app users doesn’t have to be crazy expensive

In the wild world of the app economy, there is an overwhelming concern about the cost of bringing users to apps. Budgets can be in the millions now for marketing an app launch, but execs from Iddiction and Tapjoy said …

Twitter: 125 million users and climbing

Twitter’s growth is still accelerating. The service has reached 125 million registered users, up from 105 million almost two months ago.

When the company said it had 105,779,710 million registered users on April 14 at its first developer conference, Chirp, …