App Annie launches Amazon Appstore analytics: Amazon is all about fun, Google is all about utilities
And what the data shows is that the top apps on Amazon are very, very different than Google Play.
Happy birthday to you: Free stuff from Google for your Android phone
Google Play turned one today, and in honor of the birthday, Google is celebrating by giving gifts. Gifts for you, that is, and your Android device.
Kid spends $2,500 on iTunes in 15 minutes
Five-year-old Danny Kitchen of Bristol, England, spent $2,500 on iTunes in-app purchases in about 15 minutes, the Beeb reports. Score!
Amazon launches its own virtual currency for Kindle Fire: ‘Amazon Coins’
Now Amazon has yet another way to differentiate the Kindle Fire from other Android tablets.
Google Play revenue growing 10X faster than Apple’s iOS app store
Apple's app store is still bigger than Google Play and still earns much more revenue. But while Google's app store grew revenue 200 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012, Apple's iOS app store grew only 20 percent.
AppSurfer adds tablet apps to web-based try-before-you-buy Android app demos
While a couple of bucks for an app may not be a big deal, no one wants to waste money. So try-before-you-buy is a great idea, especially for those apps that you can't full evaluate within the 15-minute Google Play refund period.
How Canada has become America’s mobile app guinea pig
The nation’s app store can be likened to the state of Nevada in 1951, when nuclear weapons testing sprouted a continuous stream of mushroom clouds throughout the flatland.
Apple names top free and paid apps of 2012
Apple has named the top free and paid iApps of 2012 -- as well as the company's picks for best apps and best games of the year.
Tapjoy taps former Disney executive as its new CEO
Mihir Shah is out as CEO of the mobile ad network.
The Wii U gets a YouTube app to bolster Nintendo’s living room ambitions
The Wii U isn't all about fun and games. It's also about videos about fun and games.