Are you an Android app developer? Well, given that Android is the World’s leading mobile OS it may be a good idea to think about it if you aren’t already. Some cool news for existing developers though as Amazon has greatly expanded their mobile offerings to now enable you to distribute (free or for sale) your Android apps in the Amazon mobile app store. Recently expanded, the store will reach consumers in some 200 countries around the World (including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, India, South Africa, South Korea, and even Papua New Guinea and Vatican City) . Additionally, developers will be able to optionally generate revenues by using the mobile ads API and consumers will be purchasing apps by using the newly created Amazon coins (think mobile currency) and Amazon is reportedly distributing millions $$ in coins so people can get started – developers will earn their royalties on sales generated with these promotional coins also! Developers can check out details of the APIs, SDKs, and other helpful tools and docs at https://developer.amazon.com/welcome.html
Wondering who’s developing and selling via Amazon? Check out this recent read from techcrunch describing Amazon’s influence on the developer
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