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Apple Formally Announces '10 Billion iTunes Songs Sold'

Apple has issued an official announcement formally stating that, “Music fans have purchased and downloaded over 10 billion songs from the iTunes Store [...], the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store.” The company reveals that the 10 billionth song was purchased by Louie Sulcer of Wo...

26 February 2010
02:24 GMT

‘Someone Downloaded the 10 Billionth Song on iTunes’

Apple has formally announced that the 10 Billion Songs countdown has stopped, with someone (yet to be named) having downloaded the 10 billionth track just yesterday evening. The company announced two weeks ago that a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card would be awarded to the person downloading the 10 billionth song on iTunes. ...

25 February 2010
06:39 GMT

10 Billionth Song About to Be Downloaded via iTunes

Apple has announced it is about to hit “one huge milestone for music” – 10 billion song downloads. The Promotion has already begun. According to Apple, it will end whenever the downloading of the 10 billionth song occurs. “Help iTunes reach 10 billion song downloads, and you could win a $10,0...

12 February 2010
03:22 GMT

Modern Warfare 2 Breaches 1 Billion Dollar Barrier

Activision Blizzard has announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has sold more than 1 billion dollars worth of games since it was released at the beginning of November 2009. The number is taken from internal Activision estimates and has not been independently confirmed.The biggest share of that figure was achiev...

15 January 2010
14:01 GMT

3 Billion Apps Downloaded from the App Store

Three months into the “2 billion” announcement, Apple has confirmed surpassing yet another App Store landmark – 3 billion downloads! Currently hosting around 100,000 applications for both iPhone and iPod touch, the App Store has been a major hit for Apple, helping drive iPhone sales, while attractin...

5 January 2010
10:54 GMT

Apple Confirms 2 Billion App-Store Downloads, 85K Apps

In a press release issued just moments ago, Apple has confirmed passing the two billion application downloads on its iTunes App Store, with more than 85,000 apps being currently hosted in the venue. Driving iPhone and iPod touch sales since its debut last year, the App Store has had its ups and downs, but continues t...

28 September 2009
10:11 GMT

Apple Announces 1.5 Billion App Store Downloads

In what is a rare occasion for the company behind the Mac operating system, Apple has issued a press release announcing that App Store Downloads have topped 1.5 billion in a year since its debut. “Apple today announced that customers have downloaded more than 1.5 billion applications in just one year from its ...

14 July 2009
10:22 GMT

Apple Announces Winner in Billionth App Contest

After posting the “Thanks a Billion” sign on the front page of its website, Apple issued an official report, formally announcing that iPhone and iPod touch owners had downloaded one billion applications from its revolutionary App Store, the largest application store in the world. In the report, Apple reve...

27 April 2009
05:19 GMT

Apple Hits One Billion App Store Downloads

Apple has announced reaching its latest landmark – the billionth app has been downloaded via the iTunes Store. As the milestone has been reached, the Billion App Countdown Promotion has also ended. Apple is now preparing to announce who has won a  $10,000 iTunes Gift Card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule, an...

24 April 2009
02:46 GMT

Apple Accidentally Posts Billionth iPhone App Page Ahead of Time

Care to have a look at the page Apple is prepping to post once the App Store hits a billion downloads? The screenshot to the left is just that. Found and snapped by a MacMagazine reader (via Modmyi), the page shows Apple's promo for the billionth downloaded iPhone app. “As of today, nearly one billion app...

22 April 2009
03:15 GMT

Carriers Prepping 'iPhone TV,' App Store Countdown Ending April 23

Apple's iPhone is all over the news (not that it's any surprise), the main reason being its ability to run thousands of different applications, which users can take advantage of through the Multi-Touch interface and accelerometer-based controls. These technologies also allow for services such as TV-on-the-g...

21 April 2009
10:14 GMT

App Store Close to a Billion Downloads – Timer & Contest

With an average of 100 apps downloaded per second, Apple is proud to announce that it is about to hit a billion pretty soon. Currently at just over 945 million apps served, the App Store is the place to go for the chance to win a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule, and a MacBook Pro. You don'...

13 April 2009
03:06 GMT

Billion's Bipac 7402GX Router Goes 3G When Your ISP Lags

Here's a network device that's really worth billions, although it sells for a dramatically lower price. Billion Electrics has unveiled its Bipac 7402GX wireless router that promises not to let you down when your ISP does. The wireless device comes with a 3G back-up plan when there are service outages with t...

7 May 2008
10:52 GMT

12.8 Billion Dollars Lost Because of Social Networks

Besides time loss, social networking from the office is also an open window to hackers and exploiters who take the opportunity to attack the sites of the companies whose employees enjoy socializing over the Internet.As usual, there are two sides to every story. The one that is condemnable is that by linking in and be...

21 January 2008
16:26 GMT

Jobs is #132 on Forbes' Richest

I've just realized Jobs is much like a mother-in-law. Once you've married a Mac (/iPod/iPhone/whatever Cupertino will make), you're stuck with its mother. Though I really resent writing about Jobs, my position as Apple Editor forces me to write about everything the beloved Cupertino CEO says and does. ...

10 March 2007
07:55 GMT

Jobs Walked Away from $2.7 Billion

Breaking News! Apparently Jobs is not the perfect money-making machine. The Cupertino CEO surely knows when and what to speculate to get his cash (feds seem to think he knows that a little too well, but that's another story). But as Fortune reports, the mighty executive could have made a little financial mistake...

9 March 2007
11:42 GMT


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