Amazon opens Appstore in China; Kindle coming next?

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Amazon’s app store is officially open for business in China. The Seattle online retail giant debuted its app store for Chinese customers this past weekend, Reuters reported. Amazon’s newest store offers an alternative to Google Play for those in China. Unlike Google, Amazon’s store features both paid and free options. Reuters noted that Amazon is… Read More…

Amazon alters app terms, expands Appstore in Europe with global push planned

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Amazon.com is expanding its Appstore to the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain, with plans to take the distribution platform to other international markets soon, the company announced today. It also said that it plans to change the way it pays mobile app developers. Following its launch of in-app purchasing in April, the company said beginning July 1 that… Read More…

Google Android Market is bigger: But Amazon Appstore sells cheaper apps sometimes at greater benefit to creators

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The Google Android Market is by far the biggest Android app marketplace with more than 400,000 apps. But if you are developer looking to make money or Android device owner looking to get a deal, Amazon.com’s Appstore might be the better place to do business, according to a new report from Distimo. With just 26,826… Read More…

List: Top 10 Most Uninstalled Android Apps

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Guest Post: There are hundreds of thousands of mobile apps out there. At AppStoreHQ, we’re currently tracking nearly 700,000 apps across the Android and iOS platforms. Some of these apps are very popular; there are plenty of stories about apps with millions — or even tens of millions — of downloads, such as Angry Birds, Facebook, Fruit… Read More…

After bending to Apple, adult ‘app market’ MiKandi awaits outcome of trademark fight

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Microsoft and Amazon.com aren’t the only companies hoping to see Apple stumble in its attempt to trademark the phrase “app store.” Seattle-based MiKandi.com, which operates an adult app store for Android devices, was forced to start using the phrase “app market” in its tag line after Apple served the company with cease-and-desist papers earlier this year over… Read More…

AT&T allowing Amazon Appstore on new (and some old) Android devices

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One of the challenges for Amazon.com when it launched its Android Appstore in March was the inability for AT&T customers to access the marketplace on their devices, thanks to restrictions the carrier has traditionally placed on the installation third party apps not coming through the official Android Market. The companies promised at the time that the… Read More…

Amazon’s new Appstore gets first crack at PopCap’s new Android games

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PopCap Games this morning announced an agreement that gives Amazon.com a limited-time exclusive deal for the new Android versions of two favorite titles from the Seattle game company. It’s a sign of Amazon’s growing influence in the market for apps on Google’s Android operating system, in competition with Google’s own Android Market. The deal with… Read More…