It's been announced that Amazon will be expanding their Appstore to include app distribution in several new countries. The Amazon Appstore for Android launches have previously included the UK, Japan, France, Spain, Italy and Germany and, while already a huge market, almost 200 more countries will be added to the distribution list, meaning that developers will be able to submit their apps more or less globally, reaching a whole new group of international customers.

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Google has announced general availability of its App Translation Service, enabling Android developers to overcome the language barrier and get more Google Play hits.

If you think this idea sounds familiar, then you’d be right, as the service was previewed at Google I/O back in May. A pilot program was introduced, with subsequent positive feedback proving irresistible to the execs at Mountain View who simply had to open it up.

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Speaking at AppsWorld in London, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak gave his thoughts on the shifting mobile industry; wearable tech, connected devices, voice assistants, the Cloud, and the iOS competition from rivals such as Android and Windows Phone.

On talking about who’s “doing the most” for mobile; Woz is still on the iOS-side of the fence for reasons of reliability. Whilst this may not necessarily be a surprising stance from an Apple founder – Steve is a man unafraid to criticise the...

Creating applications for mobile devices is a great way to capture a user’s attention and continued business. Once installed your app has a persistent presence on your user’s device placing your services literally at their fingertips. It’s an invaluable piece of real estate that many organisations are looking to make the most of. Apps give better performance verses a mobile web site, mean your customer has to do less to access your services and provide an ever present icon in the...

Most of our app makers choose to upload their free Android apps into the Google Play store, we know that this store is not the only Android store around, but whether we like it or not, Google Play is still the most popular Android app store and this does not look like it will change in the near future, therefore it is vital that you are aware of all Google Play changes and how this will affect your app’s discoverability.

Remember when you used to use paper maps?

Yeah, me neither.  Long gone are the days of making appointments with travel agents or stretching out that giant folded up piece of paper...

“Freemium” apps (or apps with in-app purchases) are the latest and greatest monetization trend in the mobile app industry. To put it simply, freemium falls somewhere between free, ad-supported apps and paid apps on the app monetization spectrum.  With the overwhelming success of games like Candy Crush Saga, freemium has been a popular topic of conversation in the mobile app world.

You may be asking yourself: What is behind this trend? Should my app go freemium?

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The Mountain View-based company has updated their Google Play policies on Android to the benefit of users, developers, and the ecosystem as an entirety. Let’s be honest – It’s about time.

Since the dawn of Android; users have had to deal with obtrusive ads, whether in-app, or through their notification bars. Some developers add this purely for monetisation, others to promote more applications in their portfolio, and some, more maliciously – lead you to scams.

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You may be warranted in giving a groan hearing yet another competitor is trying to enter the market saturated by two heavyweights who need little introduction – Android and iOS.

Yet that’s exactly what Mozilla is attempting with their new ZTE “Firefox OS” devices. From Friday, ZTE will be taking to eBay to sell its first Firefox OS phone the “ZTE Open” for an incredibly tempting price of $79.99 (£59.99 in the...

Is your mobile game app ahead of the ‘game’ when it comes to competition and app quality?

With hundreds of thousands of mobile game apps already in the app stores – many of which have already claimed a spot as a...