Downloads from China on Apple's App Store have tripled from a year ago, but developers in the country must continue to look overseas to generate revenues... full story ![]()
Distimo tracks over 2.6 billion downloads per quarter for major developers worldwide. It measures downloads and revenue of apps and developers. In its most recent report covering the October 2012 to January 2013 timeframe some of the key findings were: Of the top 250 publishers only 2% were new to the Apple App Store in the US Only 3% were new to Google Play in the US The...
forbes.com (2 months and 13 days ago)
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. Apple launched the App Store in July 2008 and downloads have increased steadily over the past five years. The company’s...
yahoo.com (2 days ago)

Apple has crossed the 50 billion app downloads milestone on the App Store. The store opened up to the public back in July 2008 and since then has gone on to become the biggest and most popular software store in the world. As we reported before, Apple had a countdown running on their website that showed in real-time the apps being downloaded. The person who would download the...
gsmarena.com (2 days ago)
Distimo tracks over 2.6 billion downloads per quarter for major app developers worldwide. Its latest analysis examined the business model (Paid, Paid with In-App Purchases and Freemium) and revenues per download in the Apple App Store from January 2012 through March 20, 2013.
forbes.com (1 month and 16 days ago)
Brandon Ashmore, who calls Mentor, Ohio, home, is having a very good day. Apple on Thursday announced that Ashmore download the 50 billionth app from the App Store. As part of Apple’s promotion for the historic download, this makes Ashmore the lucky winner of an iTunes gift card worth a cool $10,000. The app Ashmore downloaded to win the prize was Space Inch’s new Say the...
macworld.com (2 days ago)

Nobody knows which was the first app to be downloaded from Apple's iPhone App Store on 11 July 2008 - but the total is expected to pass 50 billion on Wednesday, marking a huge new business created by the explosive spread of smartphones over the past five years. The person who downloads that 50 billionth app will receive a $10,000 gift card. But that's small beer compared to...
guardian.co.uk (3 days ago)

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) - Apple says its customers have downloaded more than 50 billon applications from its App Store since its launch in 2008. Apple Inc. said Thursday that the 50 billionth download was a game called “Say the Same Thing” by Space Inch. The App Store had 500 apps when it first opened. It now has more than 850,000 individual apps for the iPhone, iPad and iPod...
time.com (1 day ago)
App downloads across the top app stores increased 11 percent during the first three months of 2013 compared to the previous quarter, according to new data from Canalys.
pcmag.com (1 month and 8 days ago)
Although iPhone growth might be slowing, the popularity of the App Store certainly isn't. Apple announced it's closing in on 50 billion downloads. Along with a contest awarding a $10,000 gift card to whoever lands the milestone, Apple published a list of the all-time most popular apps. Rovio's Angry Birds dominated both the iPad and iPhone charts, appearing 4 times on each....
forbes.com (15 days ago)

It has been five years since Apple's App Store launched, and on Wednesday, the digital store reached a new milestone: 50 billion app downloads.
latimes.com (1 day ago)
Cloud getting crowded, and that means...
Smartphone security in the workplace a...
Cybersecurity chat focuses on...
Bitcoin finding its feet at first...
How to find out where you can see your...
No big-bang Apps news at I/O, but some...
Northeast Japan jolted by magnitude 5.9...
Idaho wildlife officials ordered to kill...
All missing residents accounted for...
Canadian earthquake and aftershock felt...
Belgian regulator to recommend reopening...
U.S. Interior issues new draft fracking...
The World's Fastest Wi-Fi Puts Your...
HTC Pledges To Pump Up ‘One' Production...
How to Make Your Own Anti-Venom without...
EyePaint, WWF Together, and More
Commies, Nukes, and Flying Cars: What...
This Week On The TechCrunch Gadgets...
Asteroid 9 times larger than the QE2 set...
5 things to know before you cut your...
Oops! The 5 greatest scientific blunders
40 years later: Why the Endangered...
NASA records giant explosion on moon as...
Peep this: Google Glass for eyeglass...
George Strait and Demi Lovato Bound for...
Brown Bird Cancels Upcoming Tour Dates
Fun, Carly Rae Jepsen, Lumineers most...
Justin Timberlake working with Three 6...
Empire of the Sun Ups the Ante on...
Hangout Festival Day One: Macklemore...
Moon Rocked By Biggest Meteorite Explosion
New Xbox more than a game console for...
Google's wearable Glass gadget: cool or...
New Xbox more than a game console for...
Google's wearable Glass gadget: cool or...
Kyle Busch proves it pays to keeps on...
Social media has been a boon for businesses small and large, but it's also becoming a minefield...
A router is the heart of your network, so it deserves to be chosen carefully. Any router will...
The nation's critical infrastructure is vulnerable to cyber attacks and better information...
I never thought a truck-driving simulator could be fun, but Euro Truck Simulator 2 proved me...