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The App Store Shrank For The First Time In 2017
Apple // April 05, 2018

The Apple App Store endured its first ever contraction in 2017 — dropping from 2.2 million published iOS apps in the beginning of the year to 2.1 million by year-end. The news comes from a new report from Appfigures, according to TechCrunch. The App Store’s contraction was...

Apple Removes MyEtherWallet Fake App
Apple // December 12, 2017

Apple pulled a paid iOS app from its App Store on Monday (Dec. 11) after MyEtherWallet, a free app to store digital currencies, complained the paid version had appropriated its name. According to a report in Reuters, MyEtherWallet said on Sunday via Twitter that the...

After 21 Years, Google Homepage Is Getting A Facelift
Google // July 25, 2017

Google’s iconic homepage has been around longer than Harry Potter. It’s old enough to drive, drink or fight in the Army. Today’s teens and young twenty-somethings grew up knowing “Google” not as a numeric value – a “1” with 100 zeroes after it – but...

Amazon Adds Location API To Alexa
Merchant Innovation // April 10, 2017

Amazon is aiming to beef up Alexa’s location-based capabilities by rolling out a new API that enables location basic interactions with devices. In a blog post, Amazon said the new device address API enables skills to request and access the address in the customer’s device...

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iOS App Store Nets Over 170B Downloads; Nearly 3K Apps Earn Over $1M A Year

June 01, 2018
A new report has revealed that more apps are making $1 million a year, while the App Store has netted more than 170 billion downloads over the past decade – that’s more than $130 billion in consumer spending. App intelligence firm App Annie marked the App Store’s 10th anniversary by looking at its growth. It’s […]

The App Store Shrank For The First Time In 2017

April 05, 2018
The Apple App Store endured its first ever contraction in 2017 — dropping from 2.2 million published iOS apps in the beginning of the year to 2.1 million by year-end. The...

Apple Removes MyEtherWallet Fake App

December 12, 2017
Apple pulled a paid iOS app from its App Store on Monday (Dec. 11) after MyEtherWallet, a free app to store digital currencies, complained the paid version had appropriated its...

Amazon Adds Location API To Alexa

April 10, 2017
Amazon is aiming to beef up Alexa’s location-based capabilities by rolling out a new API that enables location basic interactions with devices. In a blog post, Amazon said the new...