Apple summed up the results of the year: the company presented its favorites this year, and also told which games were the most successful in terms of downloads and revenue. 

Yesterday we wrote that iTunes has learned to understand Yandex.Money. And we tried to understand whether the revenue of the Russian App Store will increase after that. Today we received an official comment from Yandex on this issue. 

Russian iOS users have the opportunity to pay for purchases in iTunes using Yandex.Moneys’. Read about whether this will lead to an increase in App Store revenue in Russia in our material.

Apple banned changing screenshots in the App Store after the app was published. It is assumed that this will protect users from unscrupulous developers.

On the night of December 3 to 4, the Russian version of the iTunes digital supermarket was launched, in which both domestic and foreign music albums and films are already available for purchase.

With a delay of about a month, Apple still released an updated version of its “media store” – iTunes 11. Yesterday, November 29, the program became available to OS X and Windows users.

Two days ago, Apple started testing Russian iTunes, initially planning to launch the service on November 20. But in Russia, the company faced a problem, because of which it postponed these plans indefinitely.

Access to the iTunes Music Store is now available to Russian users, and the prices in it are 2 times lower than American ones.

Great news for those who promote apps on Apple’s mobile platform: Google has implemented monitoring of iOS downloads through AdWords.

Recently, Apple has been significantly expanding its presence in Russia: Apple Rus registration, in the future, the opening of its own Apple Store stores in Russia, and now access to iTunes. 

According to the results of a mini-study conducted by Ampulum companies, users find mobile games thanks to the recommendations of their friends and using search queries in the app store. At least that’s what they claim.

Apple has started to feature two new categories of applications directly in the mobile version of the App Store. The growth of downloads should be expected by those whose programs or games are marked by Cupertinos with Editor’s Choice or Free App of the Week medals.

At the top of the free iPhone games chart is the 100 Floors puzzle. On the iPad, the situation is different: the Highway Rider racing runner is the most popular. As for the growth rate, Ice Rage hockey is out of competition among free iOS games. 

The analytical company AYTM claims that men are more likely than women to spend money on applications, but women install them more.

The Apple company has published a detailed description of how to develop, test and register applications for the App Store.

Some developers admitted that they used the services of bots. Among them are such companies as Fiksu, TinyCo and Storm8. Apparently, it’s time for Apple to change the ranking algorithm. 

Fans of the company NibleBit massively underestimate the rating of the newly released game Dream Heights from Zynga in the App Store. 

Continuation of the material devoted to the promotion of games using search engine optimization, work on the description of applications, as well as the correct submission of games in the App Store and Android Market. 

There are marketing companies that guarantee that the game will get into the top free apps. They use bots to promote. Apple is already aware.