Mobile App Facts Archive
28 Jan 2013
Facebook is now the most used mobile app in the United States: comScore
Facebook has become the most popular app in the United States in terms of unique users, according to numbers released by comScore. The social network’s app, which had 85,574,000 unique visitors in December, surpassed Google Maps after September. However, the analytics firm also notes that Google may make a comeback looking at its new and
27 Nov 2012
Windows 8 Apps Store Cracks 20,000 Mark – Most of the Apps are Free
As reported by a site called “Win App Update,” Microsoft superseded the 20,000 apps mark at the global level for its Windows 8 apps store. Although it may seem paltry as compared to over 7000,000 apps available in the Apple Store and over 600,000 present in Google Play, this achievement is significant for a company
28 Sep 2012
Mobile medical apps gaining ground in health care industry
The market for healthcare-related mobile apps has shown signs of dramatic growth throughout 2011, largely because of demand for better and improved healthcare among consumers. Healthcare apps are popping all over. A large number of doctors are incorporating them into their practices as they find them useful and efficient. Patients find them useful to monitor
12 Jul 2012
Blackberry App World hits the 3 billion downloads mark
Research in Motion (RIM) has announced that its BlackBerry App World has served up three billion app downloads since its launch in 2009. This is certainly good news for the Canadian company which had a spate of bad news – including layoffs, bad financial numbers, falling revenues and production delays. RIM, widely considered to be
05 Jul 2012
How iOS 6 will benefit mobile users
Apple recently unveiled its new mobile operating system, iOS 6. The update packs in more than 200 new features for the developers. The new operating system will benefit users provided that developers incorporate these features to make better apps. The Cupertino, California-based company is calling it the world’s most advanced mobile operating system and says
17 May 2012
Nielsen: 1 in 2 Americans own a smartphone; app downloads surge 28%
Consumers’ appetite for smartphones is booming as price points come down and features increase. If the latest numbers are to be believed, smartphone adoption now rests at 50.4 per cent of the overall mobile market in the United States. That means every 1 in 2 Americans are using smartphones than just plain feature phones –
13 Apr 2012
Facebook buys photo-sharing app Instagram for $1 billion: Mobile is the future
In what seems as a tactical and strategic move, the social networking site Facebook has bought Instagram – a popular mobile photo-sharing service, for $1 billion in cash and shares. Photo-sharing is something near and dear to Facebook, and this deal would mean Facebook going proactive in the mobile space and developing mobile tools around
02 Apr 2012
Hey developers, Amazon Appstore generates more revenue than Google Play; nearly as much as iOS apps
Amazon’s Appstore for Android, which celebrated its first birthday recently, is growing up fast. From just 3,800 apps to nearly ten-times that amount today (over 31,000), the list is getting bigger and better. Indeed a strong first year for an app store that started as an alternative to the Android Market and then became an
30 Mar 2012
App-solutely amazing: The rise and rise of Draw Something
Things are moving pretty fast in the mobile app business and as a developer if you have something good, exciting and unique to offer, the chances are that you’ll be laughing all the way to the bank. New York based mobile app developer Omgpop is a glaring example of precisely that. Soon after six-year-old OMGPOP
29 Mar 2012
Via.me: An app that is Instagram/Pinterest/Tumblr hybrid
A whole new breed of smartphones and apps has made taking photos and videos and sharing them as easy as possible. However, the problem with the current apps is that they support only one kind of media. For instance, Instagam can only be used to capture a photo, apply filters and publish it, and then