Game-based learning focuses on teaching knowledge to kids or general consumers.
A new research report by Ambient Insight finds that educational games, also known as “serious games,” are going through a renaissance in part because of the acceptance of learning apps on mobile devices.
Continue reading… “Mobile learning game market will grow from $1.5 billion to $2.3 billion by 2017”
Spiri is a programmable quadcopter that’s been designed as a platform for airborne app creation. It’s also autonomous, meaning you don’t have to have mad piloting skills yourself just to test whether your neighbor spy app works. And even if your neighbor gets annoyed and throws a rock at it, Spiri can take a few knocks (thanks to reinforced carbon fiber ribbon protecting its body/blades).
Continue reading… “Spiri: A programmable quadcopter lets developers focus on building airborne apps”
The App Store can be a really big software market for a number of different industries.
Free and cheap apps dominate Apple’s App Store. However, there are more expensive options in the store, too. There are some super-expensive apps on Apple’s App Store.
Continue reading… “Top 17 most expensive iPhone and iPad apps in the world”
It’s an app world.
The mobile market has more than 1.5 billion users worldwide and makes up 15% of all internet traffic, according to Mary Meeker’s latest Internet Trends report. Despite these findings, many brands have yet to reap the benefits that are now possible through the most personal connection available with their target consumers – the app.
Continue reading… “The 5 most important metrics for app engagement”
The race between Apple’s iOSand Google’s Android appears as if the open-source mobile operating system is a clear winner. However, a closer look reveals other levels of competition not so clearly defined.
Continue reading… “iOS vs Android: Apple still leads with apps and profits”
Micropublishing is one of the most significant publishing trends of 2013.
Marco Arment announced last week that he sold The Magazine to the minimalist iOS publication’s executive editor, Glenn Fleishman. Arment said he had accidentally built a business he was ill-suited to running. “Glenn’s doing almost everything already, so I’m effectively a figurehead,” he said.
Continue reading… “The micropublishing explosion”
Apple’s App Store launched nearly five years ago and they are counting down to the 50 billionth downloaded app. In celebration, the company will reward the person who downloads that app with a $10,000 App Store gift card. In line with this, Apple also revealed its updated lists of all-time top iPhone and iPad apps.
Continue reading… “Apple unveils top iPhone and iPad apps of all time”
7659.com is a Chinese “app store” that is using Apple’s own bulk enterprise licensing technology to distributed pirated apps to Chinese iPhone and iPad users, completely free.
Flurry Analytics began measuring mobile usage and helping developers sell ads when the iPhone was barely a year old and Apple had not yet launched the App Store.
Apple’s iOS App Store has seen incredible growth and has doubled its payouts to developers (now totaling over $8 billion) and sparked the creation of over 80,000 new jobs directly related to building software for Apple’s mobile platform within the last year.
Continue reading… “80,000 new jobs in the U.S. created by Apple’s iOS app economy in 2012”
For teens, the mobile messaging apps represent freedom from Facebook.
Facebook is last place you want to be these days if you are a daring, unruly malcontent of a teen. Facebook is now the Establishment of social networks, and for teens, that’s reason enough to stay away from it.
Continue reading… “Teens still leaving Facebook for mobile messaging apps”
Platform is getting major results.
Facebook said users share their app activity more than one billion times each day using the social network. These include details like the music they’re listening to (done 40 billion times so far), their reading progress (shared 40 million times), and their fitness updates.
Continue reading… “App activity by Facebook users shared more than 1 billion times each day”
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