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Apple AppStore, Google Play & Revenue Earnings

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Jay

We all know that Google and Apple are the most dominating players in the smartphone industry and they get most of their revenues from their application stores i.e. ‘Google Play’ and ‘App Store’ respectively.

But according to a new study from App Annie Intelligence, both Google and Apple have shown interesting numbers in their respective application stores.

App Annie Intelligence has been monitoring numerous apps from Google Play and App Store to measure their performance based on the volume of apps being downloaded and the revenues being earned from their apps.

According to their report, Google Play has seen phenomenal growth in revenue in October 2012, which has increased by a staggering 311% compared to January 2012, but it’s still unable to match App Store, which attracted four times more revenues despite of growing just 12.9% in the same period.

Since the release of the report, Apple has disagreed App Annie’s numbers by saying that App Store’s revenue grew over 200% and not just 12.9%, but later it was revealed that both companies were right in their own way because the two entities were looking at the growth differently.

Practically Apple has grown around 200% every year, but according to App Annie, Apple’s growth is 12.9% in October 2012 counting from January 2012. So it turned out that both Apple and App Annie were right.

According to other findings from the study, there are other interesting statistics like:

10% more free downloads are available from App Store compared to Google Play
Only 3.3% growth in app downloads for App Store whereas 48% growth is seen for Google Play in the last five months

In the recent past USA was listed for the highest iOS app downloads with 26% than the rest of the world and the revenue collected for the same was 33% of the rest of the world.

Whereas for Android 21% of app downloads came from USA and collected around 29% of revenue from Japan. Among the free mobile game apps for iOS, companies like EA, Gameloft and Facebook pulled maximum downloads and for Google Play, the top free app publishers are Google, Facebook, Rovio, Go Launcher.

Taking revenue into consideration the grossing iOS apps were from companies like EA, Zynga, Supercell. For Google Play the leaders were DeNA, COLOPL and GungHo Online.

There are other free iPhone and Android apps which also play a major role in generating revenues and traffic to the application stores. At the same time, iPhone application development and Android application development both are improving day by day.

We at Andolasoft have team of iPhone application developers and Android application developers to provide business solutions. We have developed iOS apps like Orangewall, Andolapic and kurrentjobs and Android apps like Christmas Tree Puzzle which you can download Free from App Store and Google Play.

The Largest Selling Smartphone in USA Irrespective of Some Flaws

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Jay

Since the release of the iPhone 5 and iOS 6, Apple has received mixed reviews for its new operating system as well as the iPhone 5 design.

But it has turned out to be the most popular smartphone in US, Apple has managed to gain around 48% of US market share from the iPhone5. Despite of some faulty applications, iPhone is still popular in US.

New features like a faster processor, taller screen, and slimmer design have definitely played a crucial part in driving the iPhone’s success to nearly half the share in the United States.

Surveys reveal that customer loyalty is also the reason behind Apple’s profound hold on the US market.

Besides the hardware updates, there are other features like Siri, cloud integration with the safari, and Facebook photo-sharing integrations, which works seamlessly with the device.

As expected, the Retina Display is pretty staggering and the A6 chip has improved the performance and speed to a great deal.

With the introduction of iOS6,iPhone application developers have found a better opportunity to explore more features and customization of their codes.

Since its first release, developers around the world are trying to develop applications for iOS6. The Retina display, taller screen, and faster A6 processor allow developers to create stunning applications with high-resolution images and complex functionalities.

Even though Apple’s Map App is filled with flaws and still remains unfixed, it seems to have no effect on iPhone lovers in the US. They solved the problem by using Google Maps instead of Apple’s native navigation app.

We at Andolasoft develop exquisite iPhone and iPad apps for iOS6 devices. Our experienced iPhone developers use the latest resources to create apps that are engaging and fun. Our apps are rigorously tested to ensure no flaw exists.

Along with development we also release updates for our applications with each improvement in UI and functionalities. Some of our apps are showcased in App Store which can be downloaded for FREE.

KurrentJobs The Awesome iPhone App To Manage Your Job Search

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Jay

In this era of Industrialization, everyone is planning to build a company of their own and run a successful business. But they’re going to need skilled employees to get their jobs done.

Job posting websites could really make their search easy, but with all the available job board options, both recruiters and job seekers are getting frustrated in looking for right choices.

Because job seekers can’t find the right choice of companies as per their skills and experience. As well as the recruiters are getting misled by recruiting consultants and end up with the wrong candidates.

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As a solution to above problem, iPhone developers at Andolasoft have designed a simple and secure iPhone app named “kurrentJobs”. It acts as a social media job portal for both recruiters and job seekers. It allows individuals, startups and established companies to post jobs as per their requirements.

Jobs are categorized on the basis of skills, experience and on type of jobs like Full-time, Part-time and Freelance.

With this app recruiters can post or manage their job posts from anywhere and anytime. The app is secure with the integration of social plug-ins like Facebook and Twitter.

The app has provided links to recruiter sites and also integrated LinkedIn to help job seekers to apply for jobs. This app can access network communications and storage content on your mobile devices for easier use.

The app is FREE to download and install on your iPhone, from the Apple App store.

Within a short span of time, Andolasoft has now become one of the major mobile app development companies in USA

We’ve achieved success in developing iPhone apps as we use agile methodologies, innovative work environment supported by creative iPhone developers. For more information about our iPhone and iPad apps please visit iPhone application development page.

Whats are the Differences in Community and Enterprise Editions

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Jay

Since its mid-quarter release in 2008, Magento has been the first choice for E-commerce development and it still prevails the same effect.

Magento development is the most secure, flexible and customizable solution for business who are new to e-commerce or switching to this niche.

Upon its popularity and evolution, Magento Inc. has released two editions for Magento, the Community edition and the Enterprise edition. There is still some confusion among developers or users about these editions and their usability.

Let’s have a look at some differences between these two:

Advantages of Advanced Features and Functionality

Since its launch, Magento is open source and both editions are targeted to different audiences.

The community edition is meant for small startup e-commerce business with basic yet powerful solutions. At the same time, the Enterprise edition is meant for those retailers who require more advanced features, customization, and functionality to their e-commerce business.

Magento Team Support

With the Enterprise edition, the retailer signs a Service Level Aggrievement(SLA) with Magento support and will be having the advantage agents development team support for tiniest issues.

Neither the agreement nor the service is available to Community users. They can take care of support issues with their own development team or through Community discussion forums.

Efficient Bug Tracking

The bug Fixing service is provided to both of editions users which comes to act when you report a bug in your Magento platform to the Magento team.

Although the bug resolution service is available to both user types, however sometimes the Magento development team gives much priority to Enterprise edition users as compared to Community edition users due to SLAs.

If you’re a small startup you can manage with the Community edition, but if you’re a large retailer and switching for Magento then you got to choose the Enterprise or Enterprise Premium Edition.

With much more competition on retailing and so many new functionalities to count in for your business, you need to choose the right Magento edition.

Recently Magento also launched the Magento Go feature, where a non-techno buff can also create an e-commerce web app.

At Andolasoft, we always try to build a high quality e-commerce web app with a much higher quality interface, scalability, and customization. Magento development is one of our major expertise and we’ve developed many custom Magento based e-commerce applications, modules, and other extensions.

Whether you’re a startup e-commerce business or a large retailer switching to e-commerce, we can help you by building search friendly and secure websites as per your requirements. We’ve expert Magento developers who can provide top-notch year-round service for your e-commerce solution.

Integration of Google reCaptcha with Rails application

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Jay

ReCaptcha is a powerful captcha service to be use with a form to stop spam. This blog demonstrates the use of reCaptcha in rails application. Here I have used the ruby version 1.9.3 and Rails version 3.2.8.

Environment

Ruby version – 1.9.3
Rails – 3.2.8

Step#1

Create an account with Recaptcha “http://www.google.com/recaptcha” and register your site name with your google account to retrieve the public and private key that will be used later on the application

Step#2

Installation of Recaptcha

Gem
Open your Gemfile and add this code

gem 'recaptcha', :require => 'recaptcha/rails'

Plugin
rails plugin install git://github.com/ambethia/recaptcha.git

Step#3

Create a file named recaptcha.rb in RAILS_ROOT/config/initializer and fill it with these codes

ENV['RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY'] = 'youractualpublickey' ENV['RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY'] = 'youractualprivatekey'

Step#4

Usages Open your views file and add this code

<%= recaptcha_tags %>

Step#5

Validation In controller, you can check the captcha validation by the following

if @model.save && verify_recaptcha(:model => @developer, :message => "Oh! It's error with reCAPTCHA!") #captcha is valid else #captcha is invalid end