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Fab Mobile App Sales: Record Breaking Cyber Monday

by Harrison Painter • on Dec 1, 12 • in Mobile, Mobile Industry News • with No Comments

Mobile App Sales Fab CEO Jason Goldberg has reported a record breaking 2012 Cyber Monday with $1.3 million in sales, up from $350K same day last year, and over 1/3 of these sales were via Fab’s mobile app. “We saw record logins and purchases on iPad particularly,” said Goldberg. “For the first time, iPad and iPhone sales were almost equal. Previously we had been seeing more like 60% iPhone & 40% iPad.” Social media also played a large role, with 20% of sales being traced back to social platforms. • 65% of all social traffic
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Mimvi Mobile App Search NASDAQ Press Conference

by Harrison Painter • on Nov 29, 12 • in Mobile, Mobile App Search, Mobile Industry News • with No Comments

Mimvi (OTCBB: MIMV) is leading the way in the mobile space with their cutting edge mobile app search and recommendation engine. The executive team announced this week that they are releasing a native Mimvi mobile app on Windows 8 Mobile exclusively for 30 days with Android and iOS to follow. “We will be working with Microsoft on multiple fronts” said Mimvi founder Kasian Franks. Some people might be wondering why the Microsoft relationship is so important in a mobile world currently dominated by iOS and Android. Franks addressed this in a post conference interview with Seeking Alpha’s Daniel Todd, that the
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Mobile App Privacy Policy Compliance a Must

by Harrison Painter • on Nov 5, 12 • in Mobile, Mobile Industry News, Smartphone Security • with 1 Comment

It is more important than ever to have a mobile app privacy policy that users can find easily, actually, it is mandatory. Mobile App Privacy Policy The California Attorney General, Kamala D. Harris (D), has started to notify mobile app developers that are not in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003 (CalOPPA). A letter was sent out stating that the mobile app developers have “30 days to conspicuously post a privacy policy within their app that informs users of what personally identifiable information about them is being collected and what will be
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What Can High Risk Mobile Apps Do? (Infographic)

by Harrison Painter • on Oct 29, 12 • in Mobile, Smartphone Security • with 1 Comment

With over 4 billion smartphones in the world, and 66% of them being owned by young adults, we need to be aware of what high risk mobile apps can do. Did you know that people already value their smartphones more than their wallets? According to Unisys, it currently takes 26 hours for the average person to report a lost wallet, but only 68 minutes to report a lost phone. What can high risk mobile apps do? 81% steal your phone number to sell to advertisers 67% push unwanted ads and notifications that clutter your phone
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Mobile App Search for Android Halloween 2012

by Harrison Painter • on Oct 27, 12 • in Mobile, Mobile App Search • with 3 Comments

It’s mobile app search Halloween time, so let’s take a look at some of the most haunting Android apps for 2012! Halloween Mobile App Search Android Scare Prank (Free) – It looks like a game, but it’s actually a prank that will scare the boo out of your victim. My kids jumped out of their seats and screamed. Pure ghoulish fun! Bubble Blast Halloween (Free) – This is a great puzzle game by Magma Mobile where your goal is to burst Halloween characters to trigger a chain reaction to eliminate them. The mobile app currently
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