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...
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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...
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...
Apple has approved the Google+ app for the iPhone and has already posted it to the iTunes App Store. Currently, only an iPhone version of the Google+ app is available and it is still unclear whether Google will be releasing an iPad-specific app. Google+ is Google’s attempt to compete directly with social networking site Facebook. It was launched earlier this month...
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...
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...
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...
The latest rumour out about the long awaited iPhone 5 it that it will include the brand new iCloud service from Apple. iCloud is the name that industry analysts expect to be put onto the new Apple integrated web service, and it seems that the people at the tech firm are already using this name in their internal discussions. The expectation is that the iCloud system will...
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...
It’s seems the fame monster, Lady Gaga and her single Born This Way has become the fastest selling track on iTunes, no mean feat and one that has undoubtedly been spurred on by Twitter and social networking. Gaga is the most followed person on Twitter with a might impressive 8.2 million followers, over the last week this has undoubtedly helped her rake in the sales but...