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Other February 9, 2012

History of the markets

Experts from ShoutEm drew a wonderful infographic dedicated to the history of the development of the mobile market for four years – from the summer of 2008, when the App Store appeared, to August 2011. We have translated it in App2Top and now present it to your attention.

Other February 8, 2012

Mass Effect on iOS and the last days of iPhone 3GS

Electronic Arts publishing house announces the imminent release of the mobile version of Mass Effect; Apple today calls for changing the standard resolutions of screenshots in the App Store to those made in HD.

Other February 8, 2012

“Light” news

Today, girls spend almost as much on electronics as representatives of the strong half of humanity; the Tiny Tower game, developed by only three people, has crossed the threshold of 10 million downloads.

Other February 8, 2012

Clones are a temporary phenomenon

One of the former directors of EA said that with an increase in budgets, the mobile games industry will forget about clones.

Other February 7, 2012

Only 8.5% of Internet traffic comes from mobile devices

The explosive growth of the mobile market does not ensure the equally rapid development of mobile traffic. Advertisers lose on this. Nokia is the leader in the number of mobile traffic.

Other February 7, 2012

A place in the top of the App Store costs $ 5,000

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.

Other February 7, 2012

Six rules of a successful idea

Vitaly Romanov, CEO of Nevosoft, has formulated six rules that must be followed when creating a concept if you want to interest a publisher in your project or just develop a successful mobile game.

Other February 6, 2012

Smartphones have been bypassed by PC shipments

Last year, manufacturers shipped 488 million smartphones and “only” 415 million personal computers.

Other February 6, 2012

Monday’s Digest

Android is a more stable system than iOS; Samsung Galaxy S II is recognized as the best smartphone in Russia.

Other February 6, 2012

Apple removes clones of popular games from iTunes

The Apple company began to counteract clones of top-end applications. The games of an extremely prolific independent developer were the first to fall under the knife.

Podcasts February 3, 2012

App2Top Podcast, issue #11

When the new mobile OS from Microsoft is released, why Android is suitable only for serious boys, as well as who Disney released into the wild just the other day – you will find out by listening to the release of our new podcast.

Other February 3, 2012

Google now scans all Android apps for viruses

Google has added an automatic scanner designed to prevent malware from entering the Android Market.

Other February 3, 2012

What do players pay for in F2P games?

Why do users go to spend money in a free game? Game designer Pascal Luban is sure that there are not so many reasons – only six. Among them: the desire to speed up the gameplay and the need to get to know someone on the other side of the screen.

Other February 2, 2012

Insidious crocodile Disney

The most popular “cartoon” company in the world has decided to approach the distribution of a new mobile application from an unusual side.

Other February 2, 2012

Microsoft talks about its mobile systems

The new version of Windows Phone 7, codenamed Tango, is aimed at emerging markets and the public sector. Windows Phone 8, codenamed Apollo, will support all applications developed for its previous version.

Other February 1, 2012

Is piracy a good thing?

Finnish developers claim that piracy can benefit and lead to an increase in the popularity of the brand. Russian colleagues partially agree with them.

Other February 1, 2012

F2P games – what and how they are eaten (part two)

A few tips for those who do not want to lose a player who has already downloaded an F2P application, as well as for all those who dream of getting him hooked on their game. As examples, we consider games such as Jetpack Joyride, Triple Town and The Lord of the Runes.

Other January 31, 2012

Apps don’t interest smartphone users

According to a new study, the popularity of apps on smartphones is nothing more than a myth.

Other January 31, 2012

On Android, they don’t really like to play games

This is what experts from the analytical company Chomp insist on, who recently published the results of their own monitoring of the mobile application market for 2011.

Other January 30, 2012

Monday’s Digest

Samsung earned $ 42.15 billion in the last quarter, largely thanks to its mobile division; according to Flurry Analytics, Android apps are enjoying great success on Kindle Fire; the creators of Triple Town are suing for cloning game mechanics; Siri plays in the TV series “The Big Bang Theory”.