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| Developer(s) | MiKandi |
|---|---|
| Initial release | November 29, 2009 |
| Stable release | 5.5.10
/ March 10, 2018 |
| Written in | Java |
| Operating system | Android |
| Size | 13.1 MB |
| Available in | English, German, Spanish, Chinese |
| Type | Software store |
| Website | mikandi |
MiKandi (pronounced "my candy") is a defunct mobile adult software applications store. Developed by MiKandi LLC, a formerly Seattle-based company, MiKandi was the world's first mobile porn app store.[1][2][3] The store sought to get around restrictions placed on adult content by Apple Inc. by releasing the third-party application store on Google's Android open-source operating system and offering an HTML5 web-based application for all touch devices.[1]
On December 9, 2009, MiKandi reported that the client software had been downloaded over 80,000 times onto Android devices since their November 29, 2009 launch.[4] By 2012, the MiKandi application had been installed on 2 million devices. The native MiKandi application is only available for the Android operating system, but in 2012, the company released an HTML5-based application to stream adult entertainment videos to all touch devices. MiKandi applications are aimed at an adult demographic and contain explicit adult content.[4][5]
As of mid-2013, MiKandi had been installed on 3.8 million Android devices and had a catalog of over 7,000 adult applications.[6][7] In June 2013, the app launched on the Google Glass app store and was immediately banned.[8]
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- ^ Sanford, John (February 5, 2013). "MiKandi Reaches Milestone With Mobile Devices, Registered Users". XBiz. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
- ^ Nickinson, Phil (April 20, 2013). "[NSFW] Android adult app store MiKandi bares even more (and does it better) in Version 4". Android Central. Archived from the original on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
- ^ Iaconangelo, David (2013-06-04). "Google Glass Porn Ban: MiKandi Porn App Banned Immediately After Launch; Why? [VIDEO]". Latin Times. Retrieved 2022-06-28.