Mobile app industry growing in North Jersey
Sunday, January 6, 2013 Last updated: Sunday January 6, 2013, 10:44 AM
BY MARY DIDUCH
STAFF WRITER
The Record
Ken Landau of Oradell and Clinton Logan of River Vale launched a mobile applications company about six years ago, making software for Palm Pilots.
“Everyone thought the Palm Pilot was here to stay,” Landau said.
Then came the iPhone, soon followed by Android-powered devices, and the apps world changed forever.
The duo switched to developing apps strictly for iPhones, “right there in the beginning, when the door opened,” Landau said.
They were there at the creation, but they were not alone for long. A million-and-a-half applications later, the apps industry is robust and growing, notably in New Jersey.
Landau and Logan now have six apps for iOS software — their most recent puzzle-like game, Gluey, launched more than a month ago — and they run their business, mobileAge Inc., completely off the sales of their apps, which range from 99 cents to $3.99, Landau said.