Mobile Orchard

AdMob Mobile Metrics Q4/09: iPhone doubled its share of smartphone global requests to 27%. Yelp Challenges Foursquare, Adds Checkins to iPhone App The location-based application realm is sure getting a lot of attention lately. Yelp has recently updated their application to allow you to check-in at your current location, similar to Foursquare. App Removed At [...]

The Apple App Store Economy A neat infographic summarizing the Apple app store economy. Apple App Store Has Lost $450MM to Piracy An analysis of the potential losses affecting the Apple app store due to jailbroken phones and piracy. Chomp Now Live and Ready to Bite into iPhone App Recommendations A new iPhone app is [...]

Apple press event for January/27 Assumed to be the tablet announcement, TUAW’s Mike Schramm offers a nice summary of the rumors and specs speculations. Friendly iTunes links for your apps from Apple Best App Ever nominees announced Voting is open. Apple Taking iPhone to Verizon Wireless: The Discussion AT&T is due to lose their exclusivity [...]

Apple Redesigns US App Store with Less Words, More Pictures Apple has recently redesigned the look and feel of the App Store to better showcase the applications. Bar-code Scanning RedLaser iPhone App Reaches 750K Downloads, Over $1M In Revenue Financial information on just how successful the makers of “RedLaser” have been. iPhone Users Urged to [...]

Paper Toss Developer Earns $125,000 in Monthly Ad Revenue Interesting details on the success of an iPhone game developer. iPhone Credit Card Reader ‘Square’ Goes Live Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s new start-up is now open to trial users. With a hardware device you can make purchases with your credit card on the go with your [...]

Update to last week’s big “developer leaving iPhone apps” story Apple reverses its decision and lets Rogue Amoeba’s app in with Apple imagery. Apple’s Schiller Defends iPhone App Approval Process Apple officially responds to criticisms about the App Store approval process. Paul Graham on Apple’s treatment of the dev community Respected developers begin fleeing from [...]

App Store dejection process – now Rogue Amoeba leaves the flock The App Store rejection process has been causing some long time Mac developers to decide to no longer develop for the iPhone. Reaction and analysis from Jeff LaMarche, John Gruber and Neil Mix. While Rivals Jockey For Market Share, Apple Bathes In Profits Apple [...]

App Store Takes Tiny Step Toward Transparency An update to the iTunes Connect site for iPhone developers now shows more information regarding the status of your submission to the App Store. Google Mobs AdMob Big news this week with Google acquiring AdMob. Apple to Launch Verizon Phone in Q3 2010 News that may be music [...]