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Time goes by so quickly. Before you know it, our Appscovery service is in the second week. Many new developers agreed to participate, submitting description of their apps. However — and I repeat this from our previous week’s post — in order to get featured, the article describing your app must be easy to read.…
Amazon.com is bringing its Appstore for Android to the Land of the rising Sun having announced that developers can now submit mobile applications for distribution later this year in Japan. In order to do so, interested companies should visit the Amazon Mobile App Distribution Portal and check Japan as one of the markets they want…
Facebook has passed the 1 billion customer landmark, 600 million of which visit the mobile website at least once per month. Impressive figures, no doubts about it and here’s what Mark Zuckerberg had to say about it: “Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most proud of…
Microsoft plans to use its Windows 8 launch party to also unveil its own music-streaming service – Xbox Music. From what we’re hearing, the service will offer subscriptions similar to Zune Music Pass, while also allowing users to get something for free, relying on the ad-supported plan that makes it similar to Spotify and Pandora.…
Mobile payments company Bango has gone live with its direct operator billing technology for Facebook in Germany, the UK and US. As a result, users can purchase digital content directly through Facebook without using SMS or credit cards, and without registering their personal details. Charges are added to directly to consumers’ phone bills. According to…
Kim Dotcom, the guy behind the famous Megaupload services, is going for the music industry with its upcoming service called Megabox. The soon-to-be-launched website wants to pay artists directly when users stream their music, eliminating the middle man altogether. In the description of the video, Mr. Dotcom said: “This is what they don’t want you…
We’ve already talked about Groupon’s Square-like mobile payments service in the past. After a successful pilot in the San Francisco Bay Area, it’s now officially official along with a guarantee to be the lowest cost option for the company’s merchants to accept credit cards. The service comes built into the latest version of the Groupon…
In July, Amazon GameCircle was launched with the leaderboards and achievements. Now Kindle Fire owners can connect with other GameCircle players or import their Facebook Friends to compare achievements and compete for higher scores. Customers are able to see what games their friends own and what new games they should try. Each GameCircle-enabled game gets…
More and more people are using mobile banking services. In fact, now that 87% of the U.S. population has a mobile phone, half of which are smartphones, the trend will undoubtedly continue its upward trajectory. According to some estimates, 20% of mobile subscribers use their phone to access mobile banking services, with 80% saying it’s…
We’ve already told you Microsoft will soon rename Windows Phone Marketplace to Windows Phone Store. Alongside the name change, the company will also roll out a number of changes to the site, with folks in Australia and New Zealand first being able to see them. You’ll notice a new cleaner design with homepage featuring news…