When was the 25th billion apple app download

Apple put out its own figures on Friday, claiming , US jobs had been created within its app economy. The company will seek to maintain its dominance of this new era with the launch of a third version of the iPad expected on Wednesday. Apps are also infiltrating personal computers, with million downloads on the Mac App Store last year and Microsoft introducing apps in as part of its Windows 8 operating system.

Follow us on Twitter: globeandmail Opens in a new window. Report an error. Editorial code of conduct. Learn more. Pocket-lint - Apple has announced that it is nearing 25,,, app downloads in the time the App Store on the iPad and iPhone has been running. To celebrate the fact that its millions of iOS users clearly like downloading apps, Apple is turning to the same trick it has used in the past and promising a massive prize give-away of you are the lucky one to download the 25th billion app from the App Store.

Apple held a similar countdown to the 10 billionth App Store download last year and reached the milestone on January 22, The App Store launched in , serving up 1. Apple has been hit with another lawsuit accusing the company of misleading customers into believing they're purchasing — rather than licensing — content on iTunes. Users of iTunes on Windows 10 are finding that the app crashes on launch, and the only workaround is to set the language to English. Friday's best deals include paying nothing for an iPhone SE through Cricket, weekend iTunes deals, and a Lenovo 2-in-1 laptop.

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