Tag: App Store also-rans

Apple’s App Store again destroys Google Play in global app Christmas spending

Thursday, January 2, 2020 3:49 pm7 Comments

Apple’s App Store accounted for 70 percent of spending between the two platforms at $193 million, growing about 16 percent Y/Y…

Apple’s App Store took 60% of mobile app sales in 2016 despite a smaller user base vs. Google’s Android

Wednesday, May 17, 2017 1:14 pmWednesday, May 17, 20178 Comments

We estimate Apple recently passed 700 million iPhones in use…

Apple poised to kill some 200,000 legacy 32-bit iOS apps

Wednesday, March 15, 2017 10:28 amWednesday, March 15, 201724 Comments

A decade since launching the first iPhone and nine years since opening the App Store…

Google removes Android app made by the Taliban from its Play store

Monday, April 4, 2016 4:27 pmMonday, April 4, 201610 Comments

Google has removed an app made by the Taliban from its Play store…

Samsung looks to cheap phones to stem steep profit decline in face of Apple iPhone 6/Plus

Thursday, October 30, 2014 11:59 amThursday, October 30, 201425 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. on Thursday said it would revamp its smartphone line-up…

Samsung Electronics’ profit plummets over 60% as people dump wannabe iPhones for the real thing

Thursday, October 30, 2014 8:55 amThursday, October 30, 201444 Comments

With smartphone buyers increasingly choosing Apple’s 64-bit iPhones…

ABI Research: Apple will score $18 billion of the $27 billion app market this year

Tuesday, June 25, 2013 12:02 pmTuesday, June 25, 20136 Comments

Apple’s iOS continues to lead the way, and the OS is projected to generate over two-thirds…

Microsoft is missing apps the same way they missed the early Internet

Friday, May 17, 2013 12:28 pmFriday, May 17, 201324 Comments

Microsoft is so drastically behind the curve…