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June 22, 2017

Is crowdfunding about to turn into ‘crowd-publishing’?

For any game developer with a brilliant idea, only one question matters.

How do I fund it?

Truecaller’s triumph proves how much people love Caller ID

If more people shopped for furniture online, Truecaller might not exist.

The Swedish founders of the hugely popular caller ID app worked for years on an e-commerce service for interiors products. Read More…

May 23, 2017

Can Google ever fix its big Android upgrade cycle problem?

Here’s a stat that will be familiar – and pretty depressing – for anyone who has a stake in the Android ecosystem.

In the five months after its release, iOS 10 was installed on 79 per cent of iOS devices. Read More…

May 18, 2017

SMS From Android: the app that went from no revenue to €130,000 in ten months

In early 2016, the SMS From Android was a typical app economy success story: 1.5 million downloads, thousands of positive reviews, huge daily installs. And no revenue.

So Android is officially the world’s top OS. Now what?

Two weeks ago, the PC era ended. There was no funeral. No mass display of mourning in the street. Instead, the solemn occasion was marked by the issue of a press release from StatCounter.