Zynga tells us it makes 90% of its revenues from gamers putting their own money into the system to buy virtual goods
only 10% of its revenues come from "offers" marketing, where sponsors agree to buy virtual goods for gamers, so long as those gamers agree to try a product
ynga will reportedly reach $200 million to $250 million revenues this year
"4.4 Rural coverage and take-Up
With a population density almost an order of magnitude greater than Scotland's, South Korea does not provide many lessons in rural coverage. However, Australia does. Its overall density is 1/20th Scotland's with vast tracks of land populated by less than one person per ten square kilometers and in some cases per hundred square kilometers. As a result Australia has not been able to escape the urban-rural digital divide, which, as already noted, is embodied in its two-track fast broadband deployment strategy.
A large 93% of the population will have access to 100 Mbps service, according to the NBN plan, while the remaining 7%--in rural and remote areas-is being promised up to 12 Mbps only.[6]NBN simply assumes that rural and remote areas do not justify FTTH and that they will be served by fixed wireless and satellite technologies.
On the mobile side, on the other hand, Australia has relied on competition between its mobile operators (reduced to three after a consolidation) to extend service beyond urban areas. This has generally produced limited results. Subsidies for better coverage have been applied at the state level, however, with Western Australia being an instructive example. Specifically, the Western Australia government conducted a reverse auction tender to improve mobile coverage in selected areas, which resulted in Telstra, the main incumbent operator, securing A$39.2 million in government aid (on top of committing A$106 million of its own funds) for this purpose.
Like Australia, Sweden has large unpopulated areas to serve, yet cannot rely on new-generation satellites, which do not reach these areas. Initially Sweden relied on HSPA mobile coverage but it has recently added a national coverage requirement in the context of its 4G (LTE) spectrum auction. Specifically, the Swedish regulator identified rural homes and businesses that need to be covered, requiring 75% of the indicated homes and businesses to be covered by Decemb
first factor in determining the cost of having an app developed
Data Driven App
Games
Device App
makes use of the hardware to provide its core functionality
Bespoke Functionality App
may include ‘data-driven‘ features
production of an app is not just about the functionality
functionality expected by the user, or an app that is not presented well,
Design and the functionality
Scale of the project
more graphic design work
number of device types
device types
different requirements between the individual devices, i.e. the iPhone 3gs and the iPhone 4
production of the separate graphics for each device will increase the costs.
Design costs, you should expect to pay between €350 for a small simple app, through to €3500+ for a very large, complex and Graphic centric app
additional device type, you should expect the costs to increase by 25%-50% for each additional device type
Development Costs
any factors will determine the Development Costs
Simple App – €1500 to €5000
Data Driven App – €5000 to €35000
Games – €7500 to €175000
Device App – €1500 to €175000
Bespoke Functionality App – €5000 to €175000
costs associated with the production of your app will be covered within the Design & Development costs
creating the app store account ($99 for Apple apps, $25 for Android apps),
scale of the project will have an impact on the costs
ome app developers will take the graphics and source code that they have developed for your app and resell it to another business, potentially to one of your competitor
guarantee of exclusivity for your app
Some app developers will keep all of the design and source code t
app developer is suggesting that you have to pay extra for the graphics and source code, walk away.
better app development businesses will automatically include the graphics and source code in the price you pay
focus on the value of the service and the benefit to your business,
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