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by thijser 13y ago
Utrecht, The Netherlands - Java/Android Software Engineer http://www.apptornado.com/jobs We build the AppBrain app discovery platform, the AppLift app promotion network and a bunch of fun Android apps that have been downloaded tens of mil
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Promoting an Android App using AdMob, MillennialMedia, GetJar and AppBrain(devblog.miumeet.com)
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by thijser 14y ago
For Android we've built AppBrain (which is also included in the Google application search engine).
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by thijser 14y ago
We filed a more concise bug report too: https://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=8... This is a daily outage that affects all our master/slave appengine applications. We know these applications are 'deprecated', but we'r
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Issue 8788 - Every day around 9 AM Brussels time, huge drop in GAE performance(code.google.com)
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‘Double Irish With a Dutch Sandwich’(nytimes.com)
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Etsy app for Android(play.google.com)
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MapFragment for Android(plus.google.com)
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AppBrain blog: AppLift plugin for Unity(blog.appbrain.com)
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Apptimizer: AppBrain’s new tool to understand and improve your app(blog.appbrain.com)
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France wants to charge Google EUR 1B in tax(theregister.co.uk)
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The new Google Play policy: why you should stop using push ads now(blog.appbrain.com)
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Green light Indie game bundle for PC & Mac(thegreenlightbundle.com)
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by thijser 14y ago
I'd advise you to try our AppBrain Ad Detector also mentioned in one of my other comments on this post. It shows you for all apps which common libraries are included in them. And as a bonus for developers we aggregate the stats anonymously
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by thijser 14y ago
There are a number of apps that detect which apps do this, we have made one ourselves too that even scans every new app you install and immediately warns you if there is some intrusive ad network present in there: https://play.google.com/s
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by thijser 14y ago
I think it only means you can't show an offer wall and say "you have to perform at least one action to continue". Showing offer walls that leave all actions voluntary is still fine, the way I read it.
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by thijser 14y ago
It will be interesting to see what this will do to the push ad craze on Android ( http://www.appbrain.com/stats/libraries/ad : the #2 and #3 ad networks in terms of apps are push ad networks. This is measured by total number of apps, these
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Google changes Android content policy; intrusive ads now banned(play.google.com)
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The top words in Android app titles(blog.appbrain.com)
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by thijser 14y ago
Is there a reason you're only interested in iOS? We do Android apps only and have completely been focusing on free apps in the Google Play market with in-app ads. Our own systems evolved into an SDK that anyone can use now and we just annou
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by thijser 14y ago
Great advice! I just changed it for our blog, we had the big logo at the top linking to the main page already, but I realized we didn't have a short description of what we do. Blogger allowed this to be easily added to the sidebar.
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by thijser 14y ago
Yes, and the licensing service is actually one of the most used developer libraries embedded in Android apps ( http://www.appbrain.com/stats/libraries/dev ), although it's quickly being overtaken by the free + in-app billing model at the
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by thijser 14y ago
The momentum of Unity is quite amazing, one out of every 20 installs of new apps on the Google Play market is using Unity 3D currently: http://www.appbrain.com/stats/libraries/details/unity/unity-...
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by thijser 14y ago
(as found on the comment thread of https://plus.google.com/113026104107031516488/posts/2RCyK3Gb... )
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The bible uses protocol buffers(appbrain.com)
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List of most used libraries for Android development(appbrain.com)
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by thijser 14y ago
The AppBrain library stats page for phonegap lists the top Android apps that are based on Phonegap: http://www.appbrain.com/stats/libraries/details/phonegap/pho...
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Top Android ad networks: Admob clear leader, 14% aggressive ads(blog.appbrain.com)
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by thijser 15y ago
This is an interesting development, where better search/discovery technology gets acquired and (hopefully) integrated into the main platform. Apple was able to acquire a company with proven technology, because Apple provides plenty of hooks
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by thijser 15y ago
There are alternative frontends to the Google market, such as AppBrain, of which I'm one of the co-founders. Exactly due to the problems you describe, we have been able to get a loyal following of both users and developers, for whom we deve

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