Kim Dotcom's Mega, the follow-up to Megaupload, is finally set to go live this weekend, and the flamboyant entrepreneur has taken to Twitter to share some details about the new service. Mega will apparently give all users 50GB of free cloud storage, making it a potentially compelling competitor...
"Two more days until the US government fails and innovation wins." Kim Dotcom
Nokia's Lumia 920 devices in the US started receiving an over-the-air software update in December, but the so-called "Portico" update is rolling out to users worldwide. As before, it includes some camera fixes to improve blurry daylight images,...
Remember that hubbub about Instagram users abandoning the photo sharing app in response to those controversial terms of service? The company says it simply isn't so, and has offered up the numbers to prove it. Instagram says over 90 million people are using the service on a monthly basis, which actually represents a ten percent increase in month-over-month activity, according to AllThingsD. In...
Simon Dawlat started AppGratis with the $10,000 in savings he had in his bank account. Three years later, the company says it has grown to 40 employees and $14.5 million in revenue last year. Not bad for a business built on giving apps away for free. Today the company announced it's raising a $13.5 million series A fund to help double its staff and expand to new markets.
The model for AppGratis is paid distribution. Big brands like Nike pay AppGratis for every user who installs the Nike+ app. For an indie developer like Etermax, developer of the iOS game Wordcrack, AppGratis works on a revenue share. Instead of charging per install, Etermax and AppGratis split the money coming in from digital downloads and advertising.
Our app @wordcrack reached 701,556 downloads yesterday thanks to a promotion with @appgratis
— WordCrack...
There is big money in giving apps away for free
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Rolling Stone has resisted the allure of launching an iPad-specific version of its magazine, until now — iPad users can now subscribe to Rolling Stone through the official Apple newsstand app. As with most magazines, a full year subscription costs $19.99, while a monthly recurring subscription...
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