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50 Billionth App Downloaded From Apple App Store

The same day that Google announced that its Play Store had now delivered 48 billion app downloads, Apple’s own App Store topped the 50 billionth app download milestone. It kicked off its latest app download countdown less than two weeks ago . . . → Read More: 50 Billionth App Downloaded From Apple App Store

Apple’s App Store surpasses 50 billion downloads

The countdown on Apple’s website stopped late Wednesday indicating that the company’s App Store has surpassed 50 billion downloads. The milestone comes just 14 months after Apple announced 25 billion apps had been downloaded from its popular marketplace . . . . → Read More: Apple’s App Store surpasses 50 billion downloads

Apple marks 50 billion downloads from the App Store

You think 50 billion is a big number? . . . → Read More: Apple marks 50 billion downloads from the App Store

Google Launches ‘Hangouts’ App for iOS, A Unified Messaging Platform

Google, during the Google I/O 2013 keynote, announced a unified platform for its communication services. . . . → Read More: Google Launches ‘Hangouts’ App for iOS, A Unified Messaging Platform

Apple Counting Down to 50 Billionth App Download

The last time that Apple ran an app download contest, it was about to cross the 25 billion app download mark. It is now counting down to the 50 billionth app. Remarkably, the two contests are separated by just over a year! As of today, nearly 50 billion apps have been downloaded worldwide . . . → Read More: Apple Counting Down to 50 Billionth App Download

Apple Passes 45B Total Unique App Downloads At A Rate Of 800 Per Second With Over $9B Paid To Devs

Apple took time to update investors on the status of its ecosystem on today’s call, revealing that it has crossed the 45 billion total app download mark, just over four months after it crossed the 40 billion download mark back in January. Apps are being downloaded at a rate of 800 per second, from a total pool of 850,000 iOS apps in total, with 350,000 apps designed for iPad alone . . . → Read More: Apple Passes 45B Total Unique App Downloads At A Rate Of 800 Per Second With Over $9B Paid To Devs

Facebook 6.0 Brings Chat Heads, New iPad UI, Cleaner News Feed

Facebook 6.0 update is now available in the app store bringing numerous new features and improvements including Chat Heads (as found in Facebook Home for Android), a new user interface on the iPad,… . . . → Read More: Facebook 6.0 Brings Chat Heads, New iPad UI, Cleaner News Feed

Mobile app downloads have increased 11% in the past quarter

The app stores for the four leading mobile operating systems have grown 11% from the fourth quarter in 2012 to the first quarter of this year, according to data from Canalys . Combined downloads from Apple’s ( AAPL ) App Store, Google Play , the Windows Phone Marketplace and BlackBerry World totaled more than 13.4 billion in Q1 2013, while revenue climbed 9% to reach $2.2 billion. App downloads remained strong in North America and Europe, however some of the strongest growth came from emerging markets such as South Africa, Brazil and Indonesia, which have benefited from a fast adoption rate of smartphones and tablets. . . . → Read More: Mobile app downloads have increased 11% in the past quarter

AppGratis Was Indeed Pulled By Apple, But “Reports Of [Its] Death Are Greatly Exaggerated”

iOS App Discovery Service AppGratis just confirmed that it was indeed pulled from the App Store on Friday. At the time, commentators were left wondering what was wrong with AppGratis’ app. Founder and CEO Simon Dawlat wrote a long blog post explaining the full story . . . → Read More: AppGratis Was Indeed Pulled By Apple, But “Reports Of [Its] Death Are Greatly Exaggerated”

Just Six Months After Being Acquired, Twitter’s Vine Hits #1 Free Spot On Apple’s App Store

Twitter acquired the mini-video-taking app Vine last October before it ever launched, sending everyone into a frenzy about the company getting into the video space . In late January, Twitter finally launched the app to much applause . Since then, it’s gone from being  temporarily removed from the featured section due to an issue over adult content to being used in interesting ways by brands and celebrities . . . → Read More: Just Six Months After Being Acquired, Twitter’s Vine Hits #1 Free Spot On Apple’s App Store

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