Posts Tagged: Google Play


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App Annie: “Google Play is growing very fast in Southeast Asia”

Beijing’s App Annie is growing rapidly with over 80 team members located at Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo, San Francisco, and London. Today it...

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  • May 18, 2013
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Google Play Now Sells E-Books in India

Android fans in India now have a new source for e-books. Today, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced that it has opened up Play Store Books to Ind...

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  • February 28, 2013
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Battle Cats Have Almost Conquered Google Play in Japan

I’ve been raving about Japanese tower defense game Battle Cats ever since it first came out for iOS late last year. Earlier this month...

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  • January 21, 2013
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Japan Overtakes US to Become Top Country for Google Play Revenues

The folks over at App Annie have released a pretty fascinating report that shows some interesting shifts that are happening in the mobile sp...

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  • November 30, 2012
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Freemium App Revenues on the Rise in Asia and Around the World

App Annie has recently released some figures about the growth of Android and iOS in global markets, including Asia. The company points out t...

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  • November 6, 2012
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India-based Appszito Proposes an Alternative Apps Search

I’m a big fan of sites that tell me about useful apps, particularly when they are discounted [1]. So I was curious to see Mumbai-based...

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  • October 2, 2012
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Sync or Swim: Android-to-Windows App SnapPea Gets Global Launch

In some people’s eyes, Android has always had a missing link. Or a missing sync. Namely, a desktop-oriented way to manage your phone&#...

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  • July 11, 2012
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Japan’s Food Photo App SnapDish Lands New Key Partnerships

It was just a few weeks ago that we told you about Vuzz Inc’s new SnapDish Android app aiming at a global audience. Today the company ...

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  • June 26, 2012
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Google Launches Search Engine in Myanmar as Schmidt Warns Against Web Censorship

Google’s search engine launched in Myanmar yesterday on the Google.com.mm domain. It’s nothing special to look at, and it’...

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  • March 22, 2013
  • at 4:07 pm
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Lessons in Monetizing Games in Korea and Japan

Lessons in Monetizing Apps and Games in Smartphone-Mad Korea and Japan [INFOGRAPHIC]

Japan and Korea are at the forefront of Asia’s rush to smartphones, and are also markets where app developers can seriously monetize. ...

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  • February 15, 2013
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After 350,000 Downloads for Photodeco, Japan’s I-Freek Rolls Out Premium App

Japanese mobile internet company I-Freek has announced today that it has released Photodeco+ for Android, a premium version of its regular P...

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  • December 7, 2012
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Pair of Mobage Games Rule Android Top Grossing Charts

DeNA (TYO:2432) points out today that its mobile RPG Blood Brothers reached the top of the Google Play top grossing app charts in the US ove...

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  • November 13, 2012
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Tencent Rolls Out Incremental App Updates For its Android Store

China’s biggest web company, Tencent (HKG:0700), is giving the nation’s Android users even less of a reason to use the official ...

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  • October 2, 2012
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10 Alternative Android App Stores From China [2012 Edition]

Third-party Android app stores in China are looking stronger and more numerous than ever – and a lot prettier too. Last summer I profi...

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  • August 1, 2012
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Taobao Android App Store Launches, Might Solve App Payment Situation for China

Chinese Android users now have yet another alternative app store to choose from after the launch of Taobao’s new app market (pictured ...

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  • July 3, 2012
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Asia a Key Battleground in Epic ‘Game of Phones’ [INFOGRAPHIC]

App store analytics service, App Annie, has just released its Game of Phones infographic, and as big Game of Thrones fans here on this blog,...

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  • June 21, 2012
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