Archive: All Posts by greg

At the Silicon Valley iPhone Developers’ Meetup

Tonight I’ll be at the Silicon Valley iPhone Developers’ Meetup in Palo Alto, discussing Pinch Analytics and some of the more interesting things we’ve learned about the AppStore since its launch in July. If you’re in the area, we’d love to see you there.

Are daily downloads enough?

First, to Apple, for releasing daily download statistics in iTunesConnect: thank you. This information was sorely needed by developers, and its availability will help developers gauge the performance of their applications, adjust price points, and know when applications need critical updates. From what we’ve seen from published sources (minding the NDA), the application [...]

Hello, San Francisco!

Pinch Media has temporarily shifted coasts to attend and help sponsor iPhoneDevCamp 2, where we’re hoping to meet new developers and build some excellent enhancements to Pinch Analytics (now live and operational in quite a few iPhone applications, with new ones almost every day.) If you’re in San Francisco and want to talk iPhone [...]

Yes, we now do advertising

I’m happy to report that Pinch Media has launched its second product, Pinch Advertising. Like Pinch Analytics before it, Pinch Advertising is a drop-in library for your iPhone SDK applications. It’s integrated with your application by means of a few method calls, and makes it easy for developers to make money from their [...]

All quiet on the AppStore front

Curious - unlike last week, there wasn’t a single update to the AppStore this Sunday or so far Monday morning. This might provide us with a bit of insight into Apple’s operating procedures - assuming application updates and additions resume again tonight, it’s quite consistent with a review team that works Monday through Friday, [...]