Apple has announced the lucky winner who downloaded the 25 billionth app from its iTunes store. Qingdao’s Chunli Fu, a Chinese iOS device owner, won a $10,000 iTunes gift card by downloading the free version of Disney’s hit game Where’s My Water? This feat only shows how good Apple’s iOS ecosystem is currently performing. “We’d like to thank our customers and developers for helping us achieve this historic milestone of 25 billion apps downloaded,” said Apple’s Senior Vice President of Internet...
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Apple Inc., which launched its Apple App Store in 2008, is near on having 25 billion apps downloads and is giving out $10,000 to a lucky customer. Apple owes its success to its visitors, especially those who visit and download apps from its App Store. Now users will see a countdown ticker, counting how many apps were downloaded in real time. “As of today, nearly 25 billion apps have been downloaded worldwide. Which is almost as amazing as the apps themselves. So we want to say thanks. Download the 25 billionth app, and you could...
Apple is now in the process of setting up its new iTunes Match service for international customers, but according to reports, people outside the United States are now able to access its sign up page. Countries such as the United Kingdom and France seem to have access to iTunes Match’s sign up page, and other reports claim that it has appeared in Australia and Canada as well. It seems to have some issues though, as reports say that users have been able to complete the service’s sign up process, but they don’t have access...
Apple Inc. has finally released the iTunes Match cloud music service, after missing its deadline two weeks ago. The iTunes Match was release alongside the launch of iTunes 10.5.1, an update that fixed a critical security issue that could let hackers push fake updates to Mac and Windows users. Apple’s Tunes Match cloud music service costs $24.88 a year. The application scans all the contents of a user’s music library and matches it to the available music on the iTunes Store. Files that do not match are automatically uploaded,...
According to a report by AppleInsider, Apple may introduce a service that sells 1080p movies via iTunes called the ‘iTunes HD+,’ and the new HD service could be launched as early as September. At the moment, Apple only offers videos that have a maximum resolution of 720p. As the website notes, Apple’s Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs is not looking for Blu-Ray drive support on Mac computers. The only way to watch 1080p videos is to use an alternative service or download via illegal sources. AppleInsider also said that...
After recently hitting the 15 billion app download mark, analysts say that downloads from Apple’s App Store will increase 61 percent this year, while the selling price of apps will also be up by 14 percent. Analysts Piper Jaffray and Gene Munster said that the new numbers from their latest App Store model reflect announcement of Apple last week that more than 15 billion apps have been downloaded by 200 million iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch users. Munster said that the normal iOS user will download 83 apps in 2011, up from last year’s...
A US judge denied Apple’s attempt to stop retailer Amazon.com from using the term “App Store” for its third-party outlet for Android apps. The name is questioned when Apple Inc. filed a suit against the online retail site because it has trademarked the name “App Store,” Apple spokesperson Kristin Huguet said that Apple has asked Amazon to stop using the App Store name because it will eventually “confuse and mislead customers.” Amazon said that the term “app store” is no different than...
Apple has just announced that a massive 15 billion downloads have been reached from their App Store. The 15 billion apps have been downloaded by 200 million iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users. The Cupertino tech giant also announced that its App Store has more than 425,000 apps available to download, with 100,000+ being available exclusively for the iPad. These are very impressive numbers considering that the company’s iTunes App Store was launched just three years ago. Apple’s App Store, which can be accessed via an app from...
People are always talking about the next big thing in tech with one of the hottest topics at the moment being cloud storage. Apple is rumoured to be preparing a cloud based ‘music locker’ which would extend users iTunes library into cyberspace so it could be accessed anywhere with a data connection. The latest development suggests that Apple could call this service iCloud, kind of makes sense when you think about it. Why iCloud? Despite the lack of imagination the name iCloud does stick with the strong branding enjoyed by Apple, it...
The mighty Angry Birds has been toppled from its perch by another high flying game called Tiny Wings (okay we will stop using puns now). The game was actually released last week and has made a rapid climb up the charts until it hit the top today. The 2D platform is much like old school games like sonic the hedgehog in appearance and is based around a bird who can’t fly because, yep you guessed it, the bird has tiny wings. You start off on your nest and then you slip and slide down a hill and up and over others gaining momentum as you...