2012年4月19日星期四

Revenue Per user beats Amazon Appstore out iOS, Google Play, says Game Developer TinyCo

TinyCo, a mobile gaming startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz, is yet another important game developer who came forward to show that revenue per user on Amazon's appstore is recorded much higher than what is on Google.

The company, which has over # 25, grossing games on both iOS and Android, looked at his Tiny Village, a simulation game prehistoric theme that is available on all three shops from Google, Apple and Amazon, and found that when you stop by the platform, the Amazon store 80 percent better Monetize the user from iTunes. If you break out Amazon Kindle Tablet market, 43 percent to monetize the user better than iPads. So Amazon is doing even better than Apple 's, according to their numbers.

This rag is not on Google. TinyCo numbers are actually not so bad, if you look at the Google store. When you look at Android phones only (excluding any Amazon devices, because they offer a phone), these devices generates 82 percent of revenue per user which iPhones do.

Update: some readers complain pointing to an isolated case of a single developer, which obviously is not representative of the entire market. So here's the thing: TinyCo is one of the few dozen game developers that actually took the top grossing in all three stores. Amazon's market is still small and released only in-app purchases beta a few weeks ago, so there are really that many developers who have significant data ARPU (average revenue per user).

And here's the bigger picture: TinyCo numbers are a little different from recent data of mobile analytics provider swirl, which looked at a basket of apps that were available through all three shops. Gust found that for every $ 1 raised for every user in the iOS store, shop Amazon generated $ 0.89 and Google product $0,23 game. Swirl analysis are more than 150,000 apps, so they have a very large sample size.

Another great, independent developer also shared some promising statistics on Amazon's Appstore a few weeks ago: Storm8 said that it raised $ 700,000 in revenue during its first month in the Amazon store.

There are a few things to think about with all first data outside the shop Amazon, however. 1) Google hasn't had the experience of years that Amazon has in processing payments and managing a model-centric e-commerce revenue. 2) lacks the database of credit cards that both Amazon and Apple, which creates additional friction for consumers when they want to pay and enter their personal information. 3) is still early so Amazon kindles can only sell to early adopters, who have more disposable income. Numbers of time, revenue per user can trend downwards as a device or platform crosses into the mainstream. Amazon Appstore 4) is still only available to American consumers. So from iTunes and Google Play numbers are on average customers from international markets less profitable.

2012年4月11日星期三

Please free up some hard disk space – a simple way to increase your PC

As we know, what the computer never ceases, temporary files, amassing over time. Already we are running on the computer, the more you save these files on your computer. These files are on the Web, one of the biggest offenders may be derived from any number of sources. Day after day, these temporary files that can slow down your computer, will play a very important role.
Speed up your computer it is necessary to clean up your hard disk by deleting temporary files completely from your computer for such.
 
 
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2012年4月4日星期三

Smart phones not replacing other Media

Ohio-first study of its kind, scientists observed that mobile media technologies such as smart phones are not taking people away from relying on traditional media sources like newspapers or television.

Instead, mobile media is filling the spaces in the daily routine of the people where other media sources are available or inconvenient to use.

This suggests the use of mobile media is taking a different route to the popularity of technologies such as television, in fact, said John Dimmick, principal author of the study and Professor of communication at Ohio State University.

"Typically what happens with new media is that compete with and displace older media to a certain extent, as did television with radio," said Dimmick.

"But at least at the beginning in the development of mobile media is not that far from old media-has its own separate niche".

Dimmick conducted the study with Gregory Hoplamazian, a graduate student at Ohio State and John Feaster of Rowan University Christian in New Jersey. Appear in the current issue of the magazine New Media and society.

Dimmick has pointed out that the data in this study was collected in 2007, when it was released the first Apple iPhone. The success of the iPhone may mean that mobile media has begun to make inroads in the use of multimedia technologies, said other Dimmick, but did not know for sure until further studies are completed.

This study involved 166 participants who have decided to keep a diary of space-time of their media use during one day. During the day they are assigned, they recorded where and when accessing a variety of multimedia technologies, including mobile media technologies such as smart phones, as well as television, newspapers, desktop and laptop computers, radio and others.

Participants recorded whenever they news, weather, sports or content on any technology in any place and time.

All participants who were age 19-68, were selected from a survey by researchers. Scientists specifically exclude full-time students to ensure that all participants a daily routine, said Dimmick. This was necessary so scientists could learn how mobile media used to access news from people with time and space constraints, such as full-time jobs.

Using data from journals, scientists analyze when and where participants were more likely to use different technologies to access news content.

Participants have recorded a total of 1,843 multimedia sessions-a period of time, when they used a unique means of accessing news, sports and weather content.

Mobile media In general, was still a relatively minor player in the way people access news-it accounted for only about 7 percent of all media sessions, Dimmick, said.

Computers were the most popular method for accessing news, with about 24 percent of all media sessions which occur about 15 percent that occur on laptops and desktops. Television accounted for about 29 percent of all media sessions. Newspapers and radio accounted for approximately 9 percent of sessions.

But every form of technology had its own niche where was particularly popular, the results showed.

For example, mobile media technologies were clearly the preferred method of accessing news during the workday when the people were on the move.

But television remained King for news access at home during the evening and night. The niche clearer for the newspapers seemed to be at home during the morning. Computers, desktop PC and laptop, were most often used to access news on the job. Participants most often used radio in their cars during the morning and evening commute.

"Pre-existing media including newspapers, radio and television are still popular at the times and places where they have always been popular," said Dimmick.

"Mobile media is filling the spaces and times where people are on the move, away from their offices and homes, such as when I'm in line at the supermarket or eat lunch at a restaurant."

2011年12月21日星期三

PC Slow Fix – Simple Ways to Fix Slow Computer

For all computer users, they may find a fact: they are very satisfied with their computer running speed when they take the new computer or laptop home. While, they will be disappointed at that their computers become slower and slower day after day. What is the PC slow fix? Ask for help on the Internet or from your IT friends, they may tell you that you need to kill viruses or free up your hard drive space by defragmentation. After done above, you may find your problem has not been fixed.
After several trials, we get 5 practical ways to make the computer back to speed.
1. Check for viruses
To check for viruses is the most common way computer users may choose to speed up their computers. But here we take it as a bad idea. For the antivirus software itself is almost guaranteed to be one of the most important reasons to make your computer slower than ever before.
2. Open Windows Update
To open your Windows Update and keep your Microsoft programs latest is another way to improve your slow PC. But it is very annoying to allow your Windows Update automatically which will insist on installing the updates in the middle of a deadline or an important cha session, no matter what you are doing then. I prefer to make the Windows wait until I choose to update by manual.
3. Remove Web page history
IE usually stores a historical archive of websites you have visited. If it is too big, it will surly slow your browser down. To clear your web history weekly will be sure to fix your slow PC problem.
4. Turn off add-ons
Too many items installed as add-ons in Brower are another key factor to slow your IE browsing. You need to choose to disable these add-ons to make your computer run faster. Follow steps below to turn off the add-ons: select Tools option in IE banner, and turn to Manage Add-ons.
5. Free up hard disk space
The running time of a hard disk will also slow down your computer. Thus, another good and simple method to fix PC slow problem is to free hard drive space by deleting junk files, removing useless and unneeded folders or items, uninstalling unwanted installed programs, clearing Internet cache files and emptying the Recycling Bin, etc. by some disk cleanup software such as Acebyte Utilities.