Juniper Research is out with a new report titled “Mobile App Stores: Business Models, Strategies & Market Segmentation 2010-2015,” forecasting that the combined revenues from apps funded by pay-per-download (PPD), value-added services (including freemium and subscription) and advertising is expected to rise from just under $10 billion last year to $32 billion in 2015! The…
RoadSync 2.0 hits the Android Market; Coming pre-loaded with many handsets
DataViz announced that version 2.0 of its Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync solution for Android, RoadSync, is now available from the Android Market. In the same press release, the company also proudly noted that their software comes preloaded on select handsets from Acer, Foxconn, Huawei, HP, Sony Ericsson and ZTE. As you probably know, RoadSync allows Android…
After Symbian, AutoProfiles comes to Android
Is it a sign of times or what, when we have an app that started its life on Symbian being ported (most likely being re-coded from the ground up) to the Android platform? The app is AutoProfiles and as you can guess, it allows Android smartphone users to dynamically change their profile throughout the day.…
AmpliTube iRig for iPhone Now Available for Guitarists
The AmpliTube iRig for iPhone that was announced last month is now available, allowing guitarists to sound going out to their amp from their instrument. There’s a whole lot you can do with it, and allows for in-app purchases to expand your sonic range, or simply buy medium or full versions from the get-go. Real…
Google Earth hits Apple iPad
You can now experience the glory of the earth on your “magical” Apple tablet, as Google has just released Google Earth for the iPad. While it has been available since the launch of the iPad, that was just the iPhone version scaled up. The latest version has been optimized for the tablet and it should…
Apple’s iOS 4 Game Center App Live For Developers; New Details Emerge
The big Apple iPhone 4 and iOS 4 reveal has come and gone and even though we know the ins and outs of Apple’s new precious, one thing that I found lacking was information regarding the new iOS 4 gaming service known as Game Center. Game Center, as you may recall, was announced at the…
Apple: iPhone 4 isn’t even on sale yet, and we already took 600,000 preorders [I’m rich, bitch!]
Apple just issued one of the most smug press releases I’ve ever read in my nearly 4 years of blogging. It’s pretty self explanatory: Yesterday Apple and its carrier partners took pre-orders for more than 600,000 of Apple’s new iPhone 4. It was the largest number of pre-orders Apple has ever taken in a single…
SEVEN bringing its push email solution to Android 2.1 devices
Love the push email on your Android phone, but not so much in love that it’s only available for Gmail? Well SEVEN may be the way to go, which brings push email to all email accounts, not just Gmail and Exchange on Android 2.1 OS devices. After downloading SEVEN, you’ll get two new icons in…
BlackBerry App World 2.0 Getting Carrier Billing, QR Codes
BlackBerry’s official software portal, App World, is getting a big update to include carrier billing, as announced in November. That means when you buy an app, instead of having to go through PayPal, the charge will just be tacked on to your regular wireless bill. There’s also a new option to use credit card billing,…
2010 U.S. Open Golf Championship App for iPhone Now Available
Are you ready to take in the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach? The first round starts tomorrow, and quite honestly… I can’t wait! Pebble Beach is one of the most famous courses in the world, designed back in 1919 by Jack Neville and Douglas Grant. I could go on and on about this course,…