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App.Net Goes Freemium
App.net, the social network alternative platform targeted at developers and spearheaded by Valley veteran Dalton Caldwell, will introduce a freemium model to its service, the company announced on Monday. Freemium users will still be required to be invited by a paid, yearly account holder, and some limits will be placed on the amount of file storage and number of users they can follow.
Behind the Scenes at Apple’s Top App: Q&A With Temple Run 2′s Keith Shepherd
Guy Dangerous is back, and amazingly still not out of breath.
Free Mobile Games Earn Most of the $10 Billion Spent on Apps in 2012
But the more important thing for developers to know is what kind of games are the most successful at monetizing free-to-play.
Behind the Curve: EA Finally Making Mobile Games Free This Year
Over the next year, Electronic Arts said, a majority of its mobile game titles will become free, representing a seismic shift away from the premium games market.
Phil Libin and the Refusal to Pivot: Evernote Now Valued at $1 Billion
Unlike many other companies of this era, Evernote has known exactly what it was since the beginning — it just took some time for users and investors to catch on.
PopCap Says Making Bejeweled Free Will Lead to a New High Score (Video)
PopCap has set the ambitious goal of getting half a billion people to play Bejeweled, its 11-year-old puzzle game.
Is Nexon’s Lukewarm IPO Reception a Bad Sign for Zynga?
Is Nexon’s experience of raising $1.2 billion on the Tokyo stock exchange this week a sign of what’s to come for Zynga?
Big Fish’s Mystery Case Files Has Been Played by Millions — But It’s Not a Hit
Big Fish, the developer of casual games for PC and mobile, will launch its eighth episode of the franchise Mystery Case Files around Thanksgiving — but the title isn’t one of the company’s big hits.
Voices
The Enterprization of Consumer Apps
The classic comedy “Trading Places” explores what happens when people from completely different walks of life switch places. In the technology world, we are witnessing a similar swap.
Disposable Income Means Older People Are Paying More Inside Mobile Games
In an ongoing series of blog posts, Flurry, an analytics provider, continues to dissect the freemium mobile games business. Here are the latest findings.
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