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February 1, 2010

If you needed a proof that the APP-roval process is faster- there it is

The image below is the status bar of the global review process made by Apple when you log into iTunes connect (the developer zone for apps). Just as an element of comparison 

  • Before december it was 89/90% in the last 14 days 
  • Just before the christmas break it was at 99% in the last 14 days
  • and now what you are seeing below 99% in the past 7 days. 

This is a great news and a major improvement

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February 1, 2010

iPhone app discovery: how it is approached today, online. Full map and observations

We like to map the complex iPhone ecosystem (we did it for analytics and app creation), because it is important for us to understand where we move. One of the key issues of the iPhone world is app discovery: finding the right apps for you.

 

It is an issue for both developers and users. 

iTunes is doing a decent job at organizing the app catalog but, let's face it, the browsing experience, the absence of internal marketing channel to the App Store and the explosion of the number of apps (will reach 300/500k by year end) is making the discovery and relevancy of the process painful. 

This is then, no surprise that lots of services and companies are trying to solve that issue. We wanted to map those players and although Appsfire has not really started implementing what we are planning (this is called a teaser - more on that later), we also find ourselves in that map. 

There it is (click to zoom). Note we put aside the App store/Google and the blogosphere/TwitterSphere that plays an important part too. We focused here only on services that specifically aim at solving the discovery of mobile apps for the iPhone

What we can learn from this map is that the attention of iPhone users is split between many sorts of discovery opportunities from the most traditional (app catalogs like AppStore HQ) to the most complex (Flurry is an example), from personal initiatives (like appstore-appstot.com) to funded startups (a bunch in our map). And none has really taken the lead to mainstream although some have reached a decent size already (like AppstoreHQ)

App discovery is far from being solved. All those players, Apple included and soon many more players like Google/Android, Mobile operators, probably some publishers, will try to bring their own solution. This is a very hard problem to solve correctly. We tried ourselves with a few discovery mechanisms from which we learned a lot and gave us the vision for our next steps.

One more thing to mention is that the discovery of Apps for many users does not take place online. It takes place offline, while discussing and comparing apps with friends. Apps are the new playlists and the new mobile glue. People like to talk about them in real life. If you have an iPhone you know what we mean. And this part cannot be underestimated
This is definitely a hot space and one that requires monitoring.

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January 27, 2010

Cool! Pastefire top 20 productivity free app in Japan!

Just before RememberTheMilk :)

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January 25, 2010

The App store brings the "Did you mean THAT APP" to search [updated: not that new! just not really visible]

Not sure, how new this is, the visual integration is kind of not obvious but it works.

Any idea when Apple released that?

update: looks it s been around since last itunes 9. but it was not obvious to notice it

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January 20, 2010

App Stores everywhere: Kindle App store coming now!

 

Jim Wilson/The New York Times

Amazon will roll out an updated Kindle. Publishers and readers are likely to choose between it and an Apple tablet computer.

via nytimes.com

We like to see the model of App store, this new way of consuming bites of the web and content, growing within nearly every platform. And the Kindle is a platform. Coming soon near you, for books, games and utilities i guess. Amazon/Kindle App store

 

In its announcement Thursday, Amazon will say that it is letting programmers create what it calls active content — similar to applications — for the Kindle and keep 70 percent of the revenue from each sale after paying for wireless delivery costs.

Amazon will release a set of programming guidelines that other companies — including publishers of books and periodicals — can use to create and sell applications for the Kindle.

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January 7, 2010

App Stores everywhere: on your Netbook and your TV

if you thought apps were only the domain of the iPhone, Android and mobile smartphones/appPhones in general think again.

Apps are coming everywhere. Intel just announced AppUp, an app store for Netbooks and Samsung announced its own App store, which will be for mobile but also for TV.

Apps is a convenient and simple way to consume and digest the web in general. No surprise that they'll get popular on many platforms

We said it in the past, App stores everywhere

Good news for Appsfire!

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January 5, 2010

3 billion !!

Three billion applications downloaded in less than 18 months--this is like nothing we've ever seen before," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "The revolutionary App Store offers iPhone and iPod touch users an experience unlike anything else available on other mobile devices, and we see no signs of the competition catching up anytime soon.
more on Apple PR

No comments. The number speaks by itself!

side note: this announcement is happening precisely the day Google is officially announcing the Nexus one. The meaning referring to competition in Steve's declaration makes all sense :)

side note 2: this is also happening the day AdMob, now Google, announces a sudden surge in inventory of Android Apps. All this looks like a game of announcements! Apple could not stay quiet!

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December 13, 2009

App Stores everywhere: now in printers

The concept of App Store, is not going to be unique to mobile phones. We already start to see them appearing in cars and now HP introduced the world of Apps to printers. Focus based applications is a way to better digest the complexity of the internet. It just makes sense to see apps emerging everywhere

And here a little demo video

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December 3, 2009

3X bigger

We predict at least 300,000 iPhone applications by the end of 2010,” wrote analyst Frank Gens. Many of the new apps will come from businesses as consumers and companies pick the iPhone for their most commonly-used applications.
via cultofmac.com

Yes, the App store will get bigger. Will it get better?

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November 24, 2009

What a 3 year old buys from the App Store

via georgedearing.com

This is what happens when you give your iPhone to a little boy starting to play with the App Store. Cute and promising kid already taking "The Moron Test"!

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