With a full year worth of data drawn from millions of mobile phone users around the world, APUS is sharing insights gained from when, where and how people use the APUS family of Android apps, and what this tells us about trends in device ownership and app usage.

One of the things that we love about Android is how much you can customize it. It means that no two devices are every really the same, with so many makes and models of handset available. But despite all this choice, many people still find Android’s user interface less than perfect – which is why there is a huge market for Android launchers and user systems, which re-skin standard Android phones and streamline many of the most common tasks, and can even improve performance and battery life.

APUS Group, a Chinese Android app developer, has laid out a Rs 300 crore plan to invest in Indian tech startups and that will create 500 jobs and solidify ties with the Indian startup community. In looking to build long-term connections with a number of Indian startups, APUS is also hoping to better connect with users in the world’s most important emerging mobile Internet market.

Have you ever wanted to find apps that are useful in your local area, or wondered what people around you are using? Different from any other app recommendation application, the APUS Discovery app may very well change the way you look for apps by displaying apps that are used in your immediate area.

APUS Group held an event to celebrate six months’ cooperation with foreign and domestic startups at its Beijing-based Global Mobile Internet Incubator. CEO Li Tao explained the future of the incubator in incorporating technology startup innovations into a greater APUS ecosystem.

When you are using your android smartphone, have you ever encountered a Christmas event? You shake your phone and you get a $10 Amazon Gift Card? Doesn’t that sound amazing? Isn’t that like free lunch?

Chinese entrepreneur and Founder/ CEO Tao Li of the Apus group and the eponymous user system is in India with a band of five VCs from China (who have also invested in APUS), to get a feel for the market and early stage startups they could work with.

This is the darkest Friday. Only one night, the romantic Paris was overwhelmed by horror and catastrophe. On the evening of November 13, an appalling terrorist attack took place in Paris and astonished the world. It is the 911 of Europe, it is a disaster for Paris, yet it is suffering for the world.

APUS chooses InMobi as global monetization partner; InMobi to help APUS grow in India

Indian mobile advertising firm InMobi said on Wednesday it is partnering APUS, a Chinese start-up that customizes Android software, in an alliance that InMobi expects will help it reach 500 million new users in China and other countries by 2016.

BEIJING, Sept. 3 – China’s APUS Group, a Beijing-based mobile phone user system company, announced that it will focus its efforts on tapping the Indian market, where the mobile Internet industry is growing at one of the fastest rates in the world.

On July 16th, APUS published a report titled “World’s Mobile App Analysis Report - Brazil”. It explains us the tendency and behavior of Brazilians towards mobile application. For instance, since the cost of smartphones in Brazil isn’t too high, Samsung, LG and other mid-range phones are most welcome by the locals; the most used social media applications are WhatsApp, Messenger and Facebook, and the types of games they often prefer are leisure, action and sports.

HONG KONG — The rise of a mobile software company from nothing to a $1 billion valuation in just over a year from its first product release would typically draw rapt attention, and jealousy, inside Silicon Valley.

Browser apps aren’t hard to come by on the Android operating system. Finding an extremely lightweight and minimalist browser however is a little more difficult. APUS Group aims to fix that with their newly launched browser called APUS Browser (formerly known as A5 Browser during its beta stage.) The first thing to notice is that APUS Browser features an elegant material design style UI with just the right amount of color. Once you get past the visual appeal, APUS Browser boasts a quick and efficient browsing experience thanks to its “featherweight” design. It also claims to be power efficient so users shouldn’t have to worry about it taking up too much RAM as it was designed to minimize the user’s mobile memory and data usage. The low RAM footprint helps to ensure a quicker browsing experience.

Geektime had the privilege to speak with Li Tao, the founder of Android utility app startup APUS Group. Here, we learn how they got 150 million users and more than $100 million in funding since launching in June

APUS Group, the Beijing- and Silicon Valley-based mobile developer that makes one of Android’s most popular launcher apps, today revealed its flagship mobile browser, APUS Browser. It’s now available for free on Google Play.

Barely a year after Apus debuted for Android smartphones, the Chinese company that developed the popular app organizer is hoping for user numbers resembling those of Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc.

There is a plethora of apps out there that allow you to customize just about every single thing on your android smartphone without even rooting. That is why we have started the weekly series “Monday Makeover.” Each week we will take one of these customization apps and talk about setting it up, discuss the features of it, and show you how you can make your android device truly one of a kind. Last week we talked about Cover. This week we are taking a look at APUS Launcher

APUS Group, a Beijing-based Android application development company that focuses on creating products and services that enhance the mobile experience for users worldwide, has its core team debuted in Silicon Valley. Tao Li, the founder and CEO of APUS Group introduced the APUS User System to Silicon Valley's entrepreneurs and media. This is the first time APUS and its team came to the US communicating and interacting deeply with peers and partners in the Android industry. They discussed comprehensively on the development of APUS User System in US market and reached relevant agreements.