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With mobile app stores getting bigger with the day, it’s getting increasingly important to rank apps properly, highlighting the titles that are better than the others. Apple knows this and is working to improve ranking algorithms as we speak. According to app-marketing firm Fiksu, the Cupertino-based company has been revamping the criteria it uses to…
You may remember a time when computer games were relegated to the realm of text. No sprites, no controllers, just a keyboard and glowing green text. A new iOS game called Blackbar harkens back to the olden days of computer gaming while referencing a modern meme, namely NSA spying and their penchant for blocking out…
Cats. The internet would implode without them. Especially Sushi Cats, magical creatures that are composed of a feline sitting atop of sushi. Now, the history of the mystical Sushi Cats can be learned via a mobile app created by a Japanese based company Tange & Nakimushi Peanuts. The app is available on Android and iOS,…
Windows Phone has been a thing for a couple of years now, and yet the official Instagram app still hasn’t found its way on the platform. Rumors have circulated about the wildly popular photo sharing application hitting Microsoft’s mobile OS for some time now. Today’s nugget of information comes from a Nokia executive by the…
And yet again we see Apple acquiring a mapping company. After Locationary and Hopstop, Cupertino is going for Embark, which offers localized transit apps for cities like New York, San Francisco and London. There are no doubts in my mind Embark’s technology and data will be included in some future version of Apple Maps, most…
Mobile testing solution provider SOASTA unveiled the findings of a series of surveys questioning American adults about their concerns when buying mobile apps, as well as the issues developers face with testing apps before they are released. The results of the consumer study show that 77% of consumers who purchase mobile apps have concerns that…
Maker of popular news apps Zumobi unveiled a series of best practices and findings based on successful app monetization and promotion strategies of leading brands like NBC News, Popular Science and The Week. The white paper titled “App Promotion & Monetization Best Practices Playbook” is full of useful advice for app publishers and some of…
Want to get the Moto X‘s cool touchless features without actually buying the device? You’re in luck! An app called Open Mic+ is here to save you. The app works with any Android device that is running Jelly Bean or higher. Here’s a description from the Play Store: With Open Mic+ for Google Now, access…
Today Apple updated its official Find My iPhone application on iOS. The new update brings a newer, flatter icon to go with the overall styling of iOS 7. In addition to the new icon, version 2.0.3 brings bug fixes and stability improvements. However, in the process of updating many folks have noticed the functionality is…
While the NVIDIA Shield is essentially an ultra powerful Android tablet with a controller attached to it, some may have overlooked a very simple aspect of what the Shield can do. The handheld doesn’t necessarily have to be about playing the most graphic intensive games available for it, or even streaming games from your Kepler…