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Read More »Google Play authorises game subscriptions
Developers are now free to introduce subscription payments in their Google Play titles. The first title to use the feature is already live – Glu Mobile’s Frontline Commando. This allows games to offer monthly or annual subscriptions, expanding the options open to developers for monetizing their titles. Google says that …
Read More »Google Play to allow in-app subscriptions
New revenue options available to Android game developers
Read More »Android ‘hits 15 billion apps’
Marketplace accelerates to 1bn apps per month, Google claims
Read More »Google Play reaches 15 billion downloads
Google’s Android marketplace has surpassed 15bn app downloads since its launch in October of 2008. A company spokesperson told TechCrunch that the figure was passed for the newly-branded Google Play Store ‘a few weeks ago.’ TechCrunch proposed that Google tabs around 1bn app downloads per month, while Apple still leads …
Read More »Triple Town 67% of iOS revenue on GooglePlay
'Free to play way to go on Android', says Spry Fox CEO
Read More »Google homepage adds Android store tab
'Play' sits between Maps and YouTube
Read More »Android Market rebranded as Google Play
A new consolidated media hub called Google Play has replaced the search engine giant’s Android Marketplace service. From today, Android smartphones will connect to the Google Play store when their users choose to go shopping. Google Play also combines several other entertainment services into its online network, such as books, …
Read More »GDC: Android Market redesigned as Google Play
Movies, music, books and games all merge under one service
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