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Archives for March 2011

Test Drive Apps With The Amazon App Store


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At ChurchDrop we have been closely watching Amazon recently, especially since it dropped it’s Android App Store. There has also been speculation surrounding the possibility of Amazon releasing an Android powered tablet device.

Well next up from Amazon is the fact that on their App store you can now test drive the app you are interested in downloading within your browser.

This is a great feature considering how frustrating it can be installing an app that, in the end you find out isn’t right for you.

Well done Amazon, you are ticking the boxes well at the moment!

In-App Purchasing Coming to Android


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The Android will be bringing another app option, slated for next week, that was previously only available in iOS.

Android app devs will be able to charge for goods and services from within the app itself. This opens up a whole new source of income for developers, aka: another way to get your money!

One iOS-based study showed that in-app purchases yield more revenue than mobile ads, with average monthly revenue per user being close to $8, compared to roughly $1 of revenue per user from advertising.

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Mobile Device Etiquette


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How many times have you been somewhere and seen someone using their mobile device in a way that makes you think, “Wow, that’s so rude, couldn’t it wait?”

If you’re like me, that’s probably happened to you more than once. Instead of trying to offer a lot of advice, since I’m by no means an etiquette expert, or even remotely skilled at it, I’d instead like to offer some points and ideas to start a dialog about this topic.

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Sawed-off USB Key FTW!


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No-one who has the slightest interest in IT can tell me that they don’t want one of these beauties!

I know that we are moving over to the cloud more and more, but every now and then we need a USB flash drive, and you gotta rock something awesome, right?

Follow this tutorial to make your own!