∞ Indie Smash Hit 'Flappy Bird' Racks Up $50K Per Day in Ad Revenue
Flappy bird has reached a state where anything added to the game will ruin it.
AAA companies should really start to learn from indies on game design.
Which Paper?
Update on November 14, 2015: Dropbox also launched Paper.
There’s a simple fix here. We think Facebook can apply the same degree of thought they put into the app into building a brand name of their own. An app about stories shouldn’t start with someone else’s story. Facebook should stop using our brand name.
This Paper of course.
∞ Luca Iaconi-Stewart Built a Boeing 777 Using Paper
Explore Luca Iaconi-Stewart’s photostream on Flickr. This user has 701 photos on Flickr.
Mind blown.
∞ Apple's 2014 Q1 Results
The Company sold 51 million iPhones, an all-time quarterly record, compared to 47.8 million in the year-ago quarter. Apple also sold 26 million iPads during the quarter, also an all-time quarterly record, compared to 22.9 million in the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 4.8 million Macs, compared to 4.1 million in the year-ago quarter.
That is:
- iPhones: 6.7% yoy
- iPads: 13.5% yoy
- Macs: 17.1% yoy
The growth kind of matches my feelings on these three products: the iPhone no longer stands out so much in the market (like, Moto X is a better phone IMO), but the iPad & Mac are still leading in their space.
∞ Mike Elgan on Google+
But for real people globally, Google+ is on fire. I’ve made friends — no, really: real friends — in Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Spain and elsewhere in the US! These are the kinds of people I could never meet on Facebook or Twitter. As someone who lives and breathes Google+ every day, it’s frustrating to see people suffer on other social networks.
Hope there will be more stories like that, it is a great product.
Cube Cube v1.1.0 Now Available
iTunes link:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cube-cube/id675459720?mt=8
Release Notes:
Happy New Year and thank you all for playing Cube Cube!
I'm happy to provide this big update:
- Added two Game Center leaderboards for endless levels.
- New UI typeface. (It is Josefin Sans in case you wonder.)
- New portrait upside down orientation.
- Improved level start animation (I'm listening to the feedbacks!).
- Improved tutorial level.
- Jump to hard mode when the normal endless level finishes.
Enjoy.
You Can Buy App Ratings & Reviews for $1.55/App.
I received an email from a guy saying I can buy App Ratings & Reviews a week after I released Cube Cube. I just thought it would be interesting to post some prices here.
For a free app:
- 20 iOS reviews with ratings = $59 ($2.95/app)
- 500 iOS reviews with ratings = $500 ($1.55/app)
For a $0.99 app:
- 5 iOS reviews with ratings = $69 ($13.8/app)
- 100 iOS reviews with ratings = $899 ($8.99/app)
Cube Cube Is on the List of “Featured New Puzzle Games”!
Yeah! Cube Cube is on the list of “Featured New Puzzle Games”!
Christmas Is Crazy
Christmas is crazy! Look at Cube Cube’s (launched on Dec 12) chart and you’ll know why.
Shocked: Distinguish Two Accounts by Passwords
You can have an Amazon US account and China account sharing the same login email. They are actually two completely different accounts and share nothing.
You know what happens when you login on a US Kindle?
- If the two accounts have the same password, you are only able to login with the US account.
- But if they have two different passwords, then you are able to login with either of them, controlled by which password you enter.