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Sandbox partners with Alpha Group on Super Wings app

Sandbox Group, the London-based group operating a network of learning businesses, has partnered with Alpha Group, one of the largest animation, toy and entertainment groups in Asia, on a new Super Wings educational app for kids ages 3 and up. The deal was brokered by bRAND-WARD, the licensing agency and consultancy. The children’s app will […]

March 6, 2023

Research: 12% mobile apps have no privacy policy

Pixalate, the fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform for Connected TV (CTV) and Mobile Advertising, has released the Q3 2022 Missing Privacy Policy Report: Mobile Apps for apps available for download across the Apple App Store and Google Play Stores. Pixalate examined 5.2 million+ downloadable apps across the Apple and Google mobile app stores and […]

November 8, 2022

Report: In-app revenue increases significantly

Mobile marketing analytics platform Adjust has released its E-commerce App Report 2021: Top Trends in Mobile Shopping With Insights From Sensor Tower. The global report finds that in-app revenue has increased significantly in 2021, with May being the biggest month so far. Based on Adjust’s e-commerce app revenue trends from 2020 — when October, November, […]

November 18, 2021

FOX Weather tops App Store chart

FOX Weather, FOX News Media’s new ad-supported streaming weather service, is the number one most-downloaded free app in the US, according to the Apple App Store. The platform, which launched on October 25th, is a streaming weather service offering users a comprehensive suite of forecasting products along with a 24/7 live streaming network, all free […]

October 26, 2021

Al Jazeera launches Unified Mobile app

Al Jazeera Media Network has launched a new application utilising the Unified Mobile Platform (uMP) for the Network’s website content. The app is available on the App store and Google Play, and is compatible with smartphones and tablets. The app takes advantage of the new unified Content Management System (uCMS) architecture using GraphQL to simultaneously […]

October 25, 2021

Marmelapp launches Snax app

Paris-based startup Marmelapp has released Snax, an app that combines movies with interactive gameplay to give the player control over how the story progresses. Players become movie makers by making choices with bitesize content and solving fun puzzles. Snax combines movies with interactive gameplay to give the viewer control over how the story progresses. Choose […]

October 25, 2021

Report: App economy growing worldwide

Mobile marketing analytics platform Adjust has published the results of a global interactive Partner Benchmarks report that shows the app economy is expanding worldwide, even as growth drivers vary by geography. The global study analysed over 270 advertising networks with 6 billion paid installs from more than 5,000 apps, across nearly 250 countries and 12 […]

September 30, 2021

Apple amends app pay rules

Apple app developers will now be able to email customers and tell them how to avoid Apple’s payment systems. The current rules ban app makers from mentioning that there are ways to pay that avoid Apple’s 30 per cent cut, even through email outside the store. But as part of a $100 million legal settlement […]

August 27, 2021

BBC updates news app

The BBC is updating its BBC News app, and has shared on update on its progress so far. In a blog post, Jo Mitchell, BBC Executive Product Manager, News and Weather Apps, wrote:” The app is still very much in development, but we’ve been rolling out some changes to a small group of people who […]

August 19, 2021

CMA studying Apple, Google mobile ecosystems

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a market study into Apple’s and Google’s mobile ecosystems over concerns they have market power which is harming users and other businesses. It is taking a closer look at whether the firms’ effective duopoly over the supply of operating systems (iOS and Android), app stores (App […]

June 15, 2021By Colin Mann