Mobiles Republic, a leading publisher of applications for smartphones, tablets and connected devices, today announces that its popular free news apps News Republic, APPY Geek and Glam Life logged close to a million active users and 100 million page views in the month of January 2012. This achievement comes on the heels of the company´s recent announcement that all three apps have reached the Top 10 on Android Market TM.
In conjunction with this news, Mobiles Republic announces that its top-rated APPY Geek technology news app is now available on the Apple iPad TM. Previously available for iPhone, Android TM Tablet and Android TM Phone, the app has proven popular among tech enthusiasts, reaching the top 10 on Android Market´s Top Free News & Magazines Apps chart.
"We are elated that the 15 million-plus iPad users can now use Appy Geek to keep on top of the tech news most relevant to them," says Gilles Raymond, CEO, Mobiles Republic. "The increasing popularity of our apps is another stepping stone in building on our mission to be the worldwide leading apps publisher across all platforms. Outstanding ratings as well as fast-growing usage are very encouraging to accelerate on this path".
Mobiles Republic´s free news aggregate apps, available on the top mobile phone and tablet platforms, were designed for general users (News Republic), tech enthusiasts (APPY Geek) and lifestyle/fashion fans (Glam Life). Each app delivers thousands of full articles each day from leading news sources, and allows users to create customized "myNews" channels that filter this mass of information down to their exact topics of interest. Real-time alerts keep users completely in touch and up to speed when important news breaks on their favorite subjects.
Later this month, Mobiles Republic will be featured as one of a limited number of Android developers at Mobile World Congress 2012 (Barcelona, Feb. 27-March 1), demonstrating its apps on the Android Stand (Hall 8 C25). The company is also planning to make a major announcement at the conference regarding the future of its flagship News Republic app.
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