iOS app downloads could exceed 100 million per day within four years
It can’t be said enough: people really do love mobile apps. And according to new analysis published by Asymco’s Horace Dediu, Apple (AAPL) fans may …
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Apple’s App Store has delivered 40 billion downloads, including nearly 20 billion in 2012
Yes, people really do love mobile apps. Apple (AAPL) on Monday announced that its App Store has delivered a total of 40 billion iOS app …
$35 Raspberry Pi computer gets its own app store
DIY developers adore the $35 Raspberry Pi and huge communities have enabled the Linux-powered computer to do cool things like emulate Super Nintendo games and run …
Games top App Store revenue in 2012
Apple (AAPL) this week released its annual lists of the top free, paid and grossing iPhone and iPad apps of 2012. To no one’s surprise, …
More than 1 million apps have now been submitted to Apple’s App Store
Yes, mobile applications are pretty popular. Mobile app marketing platform Appsfire said on its Twitter account Monday that Apple’s (AAPL) App Store “has seen 1 …
Android app revenue on the rise, closing gap with iOS
For a while now, developers looking to make serious money selling their apps were better off trying their luck at Apple’s (AAPL) App Store than …
App Store briefly plagued with bug that prevented all app downloads
App Store customers went through a rather frustrating ordeal over the weekend, as Apple’s (AAPL) online app market was plagued by a bug that blocked …
Maps and Passbook estimated to help Apple increase App Store revenue by 70% in 2012
New numbers from research firm IHS iSuppli on Wednesday revealed that Apple’s (AAPL) App Store revenue in 2012 is estimated to increase nearly 70%. The …
Passbook-enabled apps begin arriving in Apple’s App Store
Following the release of iOS 6 on Wednesday, Passbook-enabled apps have started trickling into the App Store, MacRumors reports. A small selection of apps from …
Free apps will account for nearly 90% of all downloads in 2012
Surprise, surprise: People would rather not pay for smartphone apps. The latest numbers from Gartner research released Tuesday showed that free apps accounted for 89% …
Russian hacker battles with Apple to keep in-app purchase exploit alive
A Russian hacker named Alexey Borodin recently introduced a program that allowed users to steal in-app purchases from a number of popular apps on Apple’s (AAPL) …
iPhone hacker shows the world how to steal in-app purchases [updated]
In Russia, iPhone hacks you! Via 9to5Mac, it seems that a crafty Ruskie hacker who calls himself “ZonD80” has concocted a method that lets even …
App-crashing bug is fixed, Apple says
Apple’s long one-day App Store nightmare is apparently over. Speaking to All Things D late Thursday, Apple said that it has fixed bugs within a DRM …
Apple changes App Store search without warning, costs developers sales
Apple recently made some changes to the search algorithm used by its iOS App Store, and the move may end up having a serious impact on app …
Pandora touts more than 150 million users
According to CEO Joe Kennedy, Pandora has surpassed 150 million users in the United States and is the second most downloaded app in the history …
New iPhone app helps travelers speak a foreign language
A new iPhone app aims to remove the language barriers users face while traveling abroad. SayHi is a translation app available in Apple’s App Store that flawlessly translates …
Google Play Store surpasses 15 billion downloads
After reports surfaced claiming the Google Play Store was about to reach 15 billion app downloads, Google confirmed to TechCrunch that it reached the milestone …
New iPhone app enables self-destructing sext messages
Sexting, or the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photographs between mobile phones, continues to grow increasingly popular. Mobile users often have private photos …
Apple discontinues Chomp for Android
Apple in February acquired the San Francisco-based company Chomp, a startup that develops application search and discovery software. Apple went forward with the acquisition in …
‘HackStore’ brings Cydia-like app store to Macs
A group of developers in Russia recently launched the “HackStore,” a centralized location for third-party OS X applications. Like Cydia on iOS, the HackStore is …
Image of Spotify’s official iPad app leaks, launch is ‘getting closer’
While Spotify offers a native iPhone app, the company still doesn’t offer one for Apple’s iPad. According to a photo recently published to the web, …
Instagram becomes No. 1 free iOS app for the first time ever after Facebook acquisition
Facebook’s $1 billion acquisition of Instagram has had a great impact on the photo-sharing app’s popularity. Despite public outcry with some users looking to delete their …
Amazon Appstore apps earn three times more than Google Play apps; Apple still No. 1
Earlier this month, Apple crossed a record 25 billion downloads from more than 550,000 available apps, while Google in December surpassed 10 billion downloads from …
Windows Phone Marketplace tops 70,000 apps
Microsoft’s Windows Phone Marketplace has reportedly reached another milestone according to Chinese website Sina. The company’s chairman and chief executive officer for the Greater China …
Angry Birds Space now available for $0.99 [video]
Rovio on Thursday released Angry Birds Space for iOS and Android devices, as well as OS X and Windows PCs. In the fourth major Birds …
Instagram and Hipstamatic to announce photo-sharing partnership
Instagram, the increasingly popular photo-sharing platform for Apple’s iPhone, has always allowed users to export photos taken within the app to other social networks. The …
Sparrow launches email client for iOS with gorgeous UI, no push notifications [video]
Sparrow’s desktop email client for OS X includes a great UI and a number of great features such as multiple accounts, a unified inbox and …
Path CEO grilled by Tim Cook and Apple over privacy
Last month it was discovered that the popular social network Path was uploading entire address books — including email addresses, names and phone numbers — …
Temple Run coming to the Android Market on March 27th
Imangi Studios on Tuesday announced that its hit iOS game, Temple Run, will be coming to the Android Market on March 27th. Temple Run is …
Angry Birds, Facebook rank as App Store’s most popular apps of all time
After delivering over 25 billion apps from its App Store, Apple has listed the top-25 free and paid apps of all time for the iPad …
