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The Story behind Paytm App delisting from Google Play Store
5Oct By PriyankaNo Comments
BLOGS

The Story behind Paytm App delisting from Google Play Store

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: The article was written by Paytm Team on its blog first and we copied the article and published it here. The article represents their side of views. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suddenly UPI cashback is called an “Online Casino” by Google. On Friday, 18 September 2020, India’s most preferred payments and financial services app – Paytm wa...
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Paytm Launches its Own App Mini Store after Google Hit
5Oct By PriyankaNo Comments
News

Paytm Launches its Own App Mini Store after Google Hit

New Delhi, 5th Oct 2020: India's leading payment app Paytm has launched its own mini-app store to support local app developers after Google ban its payment app without sending an official email to the company. Paytm being temporarily removed from Google’s Play Store on 18th September for violating developer guidelines. Also, Google proposes a 30% commission from the Indian app developers through its in-app billing system but facing backlash Google delays this decision to April 2022. Paytm in its official statement said, the mini-app store will help developers take their products to the masses and is providing listing and distribution of these mini-apps within its app. More than 300 apps, including Decathlon, Ola, Rapido, Netmeds, 1MG, Domino’s Pizza, FreshMenu, NoBroker, have join...
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Google Under Pressure From China Remove Apps supporting Hongkong Protesters
11Oct By AdityaNo Comments
CHINA

Google Under Pressure From China Remove Apps supporting Hongkong Protesters

Google removed a mobile game that let people play as a Hong Kong protester, saying it violated a policy against cashing in on conflicts. The move came after Apple removed an app criticized by China for allowing protesters in Hong Kong to track police. Finding out, Beijing steps up pressure on foreign companies deemed to be providing support to the pro-democracy movement. Google said its decision to yank "The Revolution of Our Times" game from its Play Store did not result from any takedown requests by police or any other party outside the California-based company. "We have a longstanding policy prohibiting developers from capitalizing on sensitive events such as attempting to make money from serious ongoing conflicts or tragedies through a game," Google said in response. "A...
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App Store Generated 93% More Revenue Than Google Play in Q3
12Oct By Gauri SinghNo Comments
BUSINESS

App Store Generated 93% More Revenue Than Google Play in Q3

There has always been a competition between Android and iOS and with this, the fight between the App Store and the Google Play Store also emerged. In the third quarter of 2018, that gap between the two widened considerably. In this quarter, the App Store earned nearly 93% more than Google Play, the largest gap since at least 2014. The company says that approximately 66% of the $18.2 billion in mobile app revenue generated in Q3 2018 came from Apple’s  App Store. The App Store made $12 billion in the quarter, up 23.3% from the $9.7 billion it made during the same period in the previous year. On the other hand, Google Play earned $6.2 billion in the quarter, up 21.5% from the year-ago quarter’s $5.1 billion. In terms of app downloads, however, Google Play still has the edge thanks t...
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Apple’s Tim Cook Says Developers Have Earned $17B From China App Store
4Dec By reutersNo Comments
CHINA

Apple’s Tim Cook Says Developers Have Earned $17B From China App Store

Apple Inc’s chief executive Tim Cook said developers using its platform in China number 1.8 million and have earned a total 112 billion yuan ($16.93 billion), representing roughly a quarter of total global App Store earnings. Cook shared the data on Sunday during a speech at China’s top public cyber policy forum, organised by the Cybersecurity Administration of China (CAC), which oversees internet regulation including censorship. Earlier this year, Apple said that developers had earned roughly $70 billion in total revenue through the store. Apple is facing criticism from local users and rights groups for bowing to pressure from Beijing cyber regulators after it decided to remove hundreds of apps from its Chinese store this year, including messaging apps and virtual private network (VPN)...
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India Based Messaging App Flock Launches Its App Store
14May By AdityaNo Comments
News

India Based Messaging App Flock Launches Its App Store

India-based messaging app Flock on Thursday launched its App store to integrate frequently used apps and services into its platform. The Flock App store allows integrations with popular apps such as Twitter, Trello, Github, Jira, Bitbucket, and a few others. "The App store makes Flock powerful, especially considering the rich functionality we have in place such as to-do's, reminders, polls and code snippet sharing," said Bhavin Turakhia, CEO and founder, Flock, in a statement. At present, the Flock platform allows users to integrate external apps and custom-build integrations. However, organisations and developers will soon be able to build their own apps and chatbots suited to their specific requirements.
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Kim Kardashian Apologizes to Apple
23Dec By NitishNo Comments
News

Kim Kardashian Apologizes to Apple

When Paper Magazine said that Kim Kardashian was out to break the Internet, maybe they weren’t wrong? Kardashian’s emoji app, Kimoji, debuted in the Apple App Store Monday to great fanfare. Currently, it is the top paid app (knockingMinecraft: Pocket Edition off the pole position). Kimoji is also the App Store’s no. 11 highest-grossing app, generating more revenue currently than much-advertised games Boom Beach and Mobile Strike. The app — which features emoji of Kim’s most famous assets, as well as food and makeup — apparently caused an interruption in the App Store. While the app is very popular, it currently has only a 2-star rating. In a Facebook post and stream of tweets, she apologized to fans and followers about the App Store error. Apple, I'm so sorry I broke your App S...
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