We are excited to share that Appnext (an Affle Group company) announced a strategic investment in Bobble AI Keyboard, joining Xiaomi as co-investors. Bobble AI offers an indigenous…
It’s easy to understand the meteoric rise of fitness and wellness apps during COVID-19. Health and medical apps have existed for decades, but public acceptance has been slow. Over the last five years, it has come into the spotlight accelerated by a host of factors that pre-date the pandemic.
These days, as the tech and app developer’s community pursue ‘made in India’ initiatives, accelerating the recommendation channels is critical to support app growth. The recently launched Appnext ORP, a non-paid app discovery, provides an exclusive opportunity to be included in Appnext organic recommendations and get apps recommended on the hottest mobile placements
For those of us in technology, especially mobile technology, it’s crazy to see how an exogenous, unforeseen shock can so quickly and profoundly affect our business. For some huge platforms, COVID represents an existential crisis from which they may never fully recover. For others, it has accelerated months or years of growth into a few weeks. Our CEO, Elad Natanson, spoke with senior executives at several firms in different countries and different verticals, to see how they are managing during the crisis, and what impact they think it will have on their businesses over the long term, for his Forbes column.
Global pandemic lockdowns are affecting all industries across all verticals, and it’s no different in the app world. We are collectively turning to our smartphones like never before to navigate our way through this ‘new normal’, and it’s turning the app economy upside down. Find out how the coronavirus is currently disrupting crucial market segments, and what immediate and long term impact COVID-19 may have on the future of apps.
We’re proud that Appnext has been awarded best In-App Network for quality of user retention in the Kochava Index, as well as holding a commendable second place overall in the rankings. Undoubtedly this win is thanks to Appnext’s firm focus on driving re-engagement.
Appnext Ranked #1 App Discovery Platform in India and SE Asia
It’s an exciting time for app advertisers, OEMs and operators as foldable tech becomes more and more mainstream. A big advantage of foldables will be the additional screen space to place apps in a less crowded way. Moreover, users will interact with apps in novel and more intuitive ways. Here at Appnext, we know that on-device app placements are already a highly effective marketing technique for advertisers and app developers, and the scope of this type of unified service will only grow with the rise of devices that use foldable screens.
Every year I consult with a handful of founders, CEOs and other experts on their predictions for the coming year, and I’m pleased to share their insights. As I spoke with them, a few common themes emerged, including new app discovery channels (eg. OEM app stores), increased need for app content to live outside the app, greater personalization/contextualization of marketing messages, and more data-driven decision-making. The need to protect privacy enforced by stricter regulation is another key issue for 2020