October 16th, 2012

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Recently, Universal Music launched a high-profile augmented reality promotion for the Rolling Stones through its own uView app. Now another bunch of rock legends is getting the AR treatment. Who? Kiss....

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August 9th, 2012

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We wrote about social app Ptch earlier this year: incubated by Hollywood studio DreamWorks Animation, it helped people make 60-second slideshows using videos, photos and music. Now it’s got its first...

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June 29th, 2012

This is Jon Ozimek, from Dimoso’s presentation from The Appside’s event: “Publishing apps – what’s the story?”. He focuses on marketing and promotion for apps and uncovers...

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June 18th, 2012

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Apps are playing a key role in the marketing campaign for the new Disney/Pixar film Brave. Having already launched a reskinned version of the Temple Run game, Disney has also released two separate iOS...

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March 5th, 2012

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British social TV startup Zeebox is adding 15,000 new users an hour at the moment, thanks to the debut of a TV advertising campaign last weekend. Ads for the Zeebox app, which lets people check in to the...

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February 8th, 2012

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App discovery startup Appsfire has a new tool to help developers engage and retain users. It’s called App Booster, and basically supplies in-app push notifications. Appsfire is presenting it as a...

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February 8th, 2012

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The controversy around developers’ use of ‘bot farms’ to boost their apps up the App Store charts continues, but one of the companies linked to the practice, TopDealApps, says it’s...

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November 1st, 2011

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Apps marketing has a familiar timeline to it: get your app approved and live, THEN market it to users. However, app discovery service Appsfire thinks that needs to change. It has a new ad unit for iPhone...

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October 24th, 2011

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There’s a new UK service launching to help mobile developers promote their apps. Called Appromoter, it’s a site gathering information, screenshots and promo codes for apps and games, so that...

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