King Features Syndicate and Mobilewalla, the Search, Discovery and Analytics Engine for Apps, Launch Weekly Syndicated App Column

NEW YORK and ATLANTA, Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- King Features Syndicate and Mobilewalla, the search, discovery and analytics engine for mobile apps, today announced the launch of a new syndicated weekly column offering readers highly ranked apps pegged to relevant and timely issues. The themed columns, to be published three times a week, are set to launch the week of October 16th, and will offer both ratings and descriptions of every app.

The columns will be an edited selection of apps with a high popularity score measured by Mobilewalla's independent scoring system that ranks every app in the marketplace from 0 to 100. Each week, news subscribers will receive a column titled "Fastest Moving Apps of the Week" which will introduce readers to apps experiencing the most dramatic increases in popularity. Two additional "Weekly Category" features pegged to relevant issues, ranging from sports to fashion apps, from holiday and travel preparation to child education apps for parents, will also be syndicated.

"We are excited to work with King Features to bring the first editorial app column to readers to enlighten and entertain the fast-growing universe of app users, now exceeding 1 billion globally," said Anindya Datta, founder and executive chairman of Mobilewalla. "Mobilewalla's technology of tracking and predicting app popularity in real time, will enable readers to be exposed to the most popular apps before the world has discovered them."

"Mobilewalla is the app genie for the well-documented challenge of app search and discovery," said Glenn Mott, managing editor of King Features. "Our editorial partners at Mobilewalla have put together a syndicated feature that gives readers a way to better use the devices they are tethered to. Mobilewalla allows for an improved experience of the app environment, without which our tablets and phones would be nothing more than tabula rasa, the blank slates of Sumerian clay that were their prototype."

The Mobilewalla Score (MWS) is computed using an algorithm that weighs a number of characteristics, including: user ratings, position within category, and volume and consumer sentiment within social media networks.

About Mobilewalla

Mobilewalla is a new deep search and discovery engine incorporating breakthrough technology to help consumers, developers and advertisers navigate the highly fragmented mobile application marketplace.  Mobilewalla offers a real-time rating and ranking system for every app in every category available in Apple, Android, BlackBerry and Windows 7 stores, plus a new ratings system for the developers who write these apps. Founded by Anindya Datta, PhD, reputed technologist with  contributions to the state of the art in databases and Internet systems, Mobilewalla  brings navigability and standardization to the mobile app universe for the first time.  For more information, visit mobilewalla.com or download the free app in the Apple or Android stores.

About King Features

King Features Syndicate is a member of Hearst Entertainment and Syndication Group, which combines Hearst Corporation's network partnerships, television programming activities, and newspaper syndication and merchandise licensing operations. King Features is the world's premier distributor of columns, editorial cartoons, comics, puzzles and games, distributing in print and online to nearly 5,000 newspapers and other outlets around the globe. For more information, please visit http://www.kingfeatures.com.

SOURCE King Features Syndicate