MoveYourWeb

Apalon

Type	Privately held companies
Industry	Mobile development Game development Online marketing
Founded	Belarus, 2006
Headquarters	Minsk, Belarus
Employees	over 100 (2010)
Website	Apalon Official Web Site

Apalon^[1] is a mobile and game development outsourcing company founded in Minsk, Belarus in 2006 by US returnees with outsourcing management experience in the USA. In 2008 Apalon merged with MoveYourWeb – an established web development and online marketing company. The merger allowed Apalon to deliver complex world class solutions such as virtual worlds and MMORPGs to the top names in the Game Industry^[2] as well as become a leading iPhone developer^[3] and publisher^[4]. Founded in 2001 MoveYourWeb is a member of Russoft^[5] – a professional association of software companies of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus and is a valued member, an actively participation of research studies by this organization, including the Fourth Annual Survey on Russian export market of software products, services and solutions survey. In addition to delivering complex solutions in web and gaming spheres the company entered into a number of partnerships with IT startups after announcing its Early Stage Startups Funding Program^[6].

In 2009 Apalon, a mobile development division of MoveYourWeb, opened a new service offering – iPhone App Marketing^[7] – first of its kind service. Numerous iPhone apps were promoted to the top rankings of Apple App Store and covered by industry and national press up to day.

In 2009–2010 along with hundreds of iPhone apps developed for its clients Apalon released its own iPhone titles such as Atomic Checkers^[8], Drunk Sniper^[9], What Country^[10][11], Dream Home^[12], Calculator Pro^[13], Eye Illusions^[14] and Pimp Your Screen^[15] that were featured by Apple, national press and reached top 10 rankings^[16] on Apple App Store.

Commercial activities

• iPhone application development
• Blackberry application development
• Android application development
• Symbian application development
• Game development
• Custom web development
• Online marketing

References

1. ^ http://venturebeatprofiles.com/company/profile/apalon
2. ^ "Экспорт ПО: дорога в App Store – Компьютерра-Онлайн". Computerra.ru. 22 December 2008. http://www.computerra.ru/vision/418801/. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
3. ^ Josh Fliegel (25 June 2010). "Game Theory: Q&A with Peter Melnikov of Apalon – iPhone app article – Josh Fliegel | Appolicious ™ iPhone and iPad App Directory". Appolicious.com. http://www.appolicious.com/games/articles/2201-game-theory-q-a-with-peter-melnikov-of-apalon. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
4. ^ "100 Nazi Scalps for iPhone/iPod". GameSpot. 18 December 2009. http://www.gamespot.com/iphone/action/100naziscalps/index.html. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
5. ^ http://www.russoft.org/downloads/Survey_2006_en.pdf
6. ^ [1]^{[dead link]}
7. ^ Jerad Hill (16 September 2009). "Apalon Introduces iPhone Marketing Services Program | Daily App Show – Video App Reviews for iPhone and iPod Touch Users". Daily App Show. http://dailyappshow.com/apalon-introduces-iphone-marketing-services-program. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
8. ^ Apple Inc. (8 October 2008). "Web apps – Atomic Checkers". Apple. http://www.apple.com/webapps/games/atomiccheckers.html. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
9. ^ "The 10 dumbest iPhone apps: Drunk Sniper" CNN Money
10. ^ Martin, Mel (28 September 2010). "Italian Tourism official not too happy with iPhone travel app | TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog". TUAW. http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/28/italian-tourism-official-not-too-happy-with-iphone-travel-app/. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
11. ^ Matyszczyk, Chris (30 September 2010). "Italy wants to eliminate iPhone 'home of Mafia' app | Technically Incorrect – CNET News". News.cnet.com. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20018206-71.html. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
12. ^ Michail says:. "Dream Home – iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad App Reviews (Lifestyle)". SlapApp.com. http://www.slapapp.com/dream-home. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
13. ^ Motorola il iDEN (30 October 2010). "Calculator Pro fills in the blank spot of the iPad – the lack of calculator app". Intomobile.com. http://www.intomobile.com/2010/10/30/calculator-pro-ipad/. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
14. ^ "QuickAdvice: Eye Illusions – A Top 5 Paid iPhone App". AppAdvice. 10 May 2010. http://appadvice.com/appnn/2010/05/quickadvice-eye-illusions-top-5-paid-iphone-app/. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
15. ^ "Pimp Your Screen: Decorate your iPad". USA Today. 26 March 2011. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2011/03/pimp-ipad-itunes-app/1. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
16. ^ "Apple удалила из App Store несколько программ белорусских разработчиков – Новости – Onliner". Onliner.by. 22 July 2011. http://www.onliner.by/news/05.02.2010/16.28/. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 

External links

• Apalon Official Web Site
• MoveYourWeb Official Web Site