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Paid Apps Giving Way to In-App Purchase Model

on Jan 27, 2012
Paid Apps Giving Way to In-App Purchase ModelInterested in building that killer app that will be your grand slam home run of your career? Convinced that you are absolutely certain that there are AT LEAST 5 million people out there that would give up $.99 in a heartbeat for your “awesome” app or mindless game? Well, that is great copy for someone trying to recruit developers but the reality of the app world plays out a bit differently.

Best of the Web: 2011

on Dec 22, 2011
This week, we turned our weekly DI staff meeting into a digital show and tell. Our DC team of designers, developers, strategists, art directors and producers shared some of the videos, websites, digital experiences and apps outside of our own work that we think are cool, cutting-edge, inspiring or just fun to watch. So, take a break from online holiday shopping working and enjoy our Best of the Web picks. It’s amazing what an artist can do with 1 pen and 3.2 million dots. Watch a beautifully produced video

6 Social Apps to Explore Before Thanksgiving Dinner

on Nov 24, 2011
6 Social Apps to Explore Before Thanksgiving DinnerFor those who live in the United States today is Thanksgiving, a day when we all give thanks and usually enjoy quality time with the family along with a huge dinner. It’s also a day that many are happy to get off of work because it gives them a chance to relax and more time for playing on the Internet! Since most people usually end up taking a nice, long nap after Thanksgiving dinner, I decided to highlight 6 social apps to check out before dinner. So if you’re looking for something to do while

Will 2012 Be the Year of the App?

on Nov 22, 2011
Will 2012 Be the Year of the App?The numbers vary from day to day, and source to source, but best guess is that Apple has around 500,000 apps in the store. Android Market has approximately 300,000 active apps and the Windows Marketplace has 40,000. That’s a lot of apps.

More Than Half of App Downloaders Do It For Free

on Nov 2, 2011
More Than Half of App Downloaders Do It For FreeYou have a mobile phone, right? How many apps are on it? How many did you use today? How many did you pay for? If you’re typical, each answer should be a smaller number than the one before it. Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project says that we’ve crossed the halfway point for mobile phone app usage. A full 50% of all adult cell phone owners have apps. That’s double where we were only two years ago.

Google Plus for Apps Users: What’s the Big Deal?

on Oct 28, 2011
Google Plus for Apps Users: What’s the Big Deal?

Ever since Google+ was rolled out in June people have been whining and crying that the service wasn’t available to those using Google Apps. You had to have an individual account with Google in order to have a Google+ profile.

Bad Content Finding Its Way Into Mobile Apps and RIM Owes Big

on Oct 16, 2011
Bad Content Finding Its Way Into Mobile Apps and RIM Owes Big

There’s always a good side to things and a bad side and that includes the ever-expanding world of mobile apps. A recent news article in the Washington Post talks about inappropriate content finding its way into mobile apps that are geared towards children. Violent and suggestive content are the culprits here and parents are complaining they don’t have any real way to monitor what their kids are exposed to.

5 Tools to Help You Stay Focused

on Oct 8, 2011
5 Tools to Help You Stay FocusedLately I’ve been having a really hard time focusing on just one single little task, let alone several large projects. So I decided to do a search for some tools that might help me stay focused – something I know that will come in handy for anyone, especially bloggers and freelance writers. As bloggers, writers block and other distractions are just a few dilemmas that come with the territory; everyone goes through it at one time or another. What’s important though, is not to get too far

There Are Too Many Apps For That

on Sep 26, 2011
There Are Too Many Apps For ThatThis past weekend, I gave into temptation and bought myself an iPad2. I wasn’t as thrilled as I thought I’d be but that’s another story. This story is about apps, because one of the first things I did, when I took it out of the box, is look for apps to load. I started with the ones I use most on my iPhone, like Skype, eBay and GetGlue. I also use a lot of shopping apps, but those didn’t make sense. I won’t be taking my iPad to the grocery store, but I do carry and use my

Quixey – The Ultimate App Search Engine

on Sep 18, 2011
Quixey – The Ultimate App Search EngineIf you’re someone like me who is always searching for apps on all types of devices and systems, then you’ll Quixey. It’s a search engine that lets you find apps across all platforms based on what you want to do. How does it find these apps? Well it scrapes blogs, review sites, forums, and social media to learn about new apps, find out what they do, and how people can use them. What types of apps are displayed? You’ll be able to find apps for smartphones, browsers, desktops, and the
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