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Apple’s iTunes App Store Passes 50 Billion Downloads
Apple couldn’t have timed its countdown to 50 billion app downloads more perfectly. Just hours after Google revealed during its I/O conference keynote that app installs from its Google Play store had hit 48 billion, the iTunes App Store countdown clock rolled over to 50 billion, passing another major milestone and surpassing the achievement its rival had announced earlier in the day. The 50-billionth app? Say the Same Thing. Brandon Ashmore from Mentor, Ohio, will receive a $10,000 App Store gift card for downloading it.
Ben Lerer’s JackThreads Starts Selling Duds to Dudes Overseas, on Their Phones — And They’re Buying
iOS apps help a lot, said the Thrillist Media Group founder. So do Facebook app ads.
At 10, You Still Have Some Tricks, iTunes
For users puzzled over the finer points of iTunes, Katie offers some ways to improve how you use the digital-download source.
Apple Nears 50 Billion App Store Downloads, Plans Giveaway
Cupertino will give $10,000 in apps to whoever downloads the milestone app, with 50 runners-up getting $500.
Cheap Mobile Games? Bah! Meet zSpace’s $4,000 3-D Monitor.
Cool technology, but the future of video games? Even zSpace says it’s focusing on other stuff first.
BadNews Shows a New Direction for Mobile Malware
Thirty-two apps are found to behave at first, until they turn bad.
AppGratis Gets the Boot & WhatsApp Ain’t Selling: The AllThingsD Week in Review 4/07/13 — 4/13/13
The top 10 stories of the week, in one convenient serving.
French Minister Slags Apple Over AppGratis Ouster
Fleur Pellerin, France’s junior minister for digital economy, comes to AppGratis’ defense.
Voices
App Non Gratis
What matters more than hitting the Top 10 is the ability to stay in the Top 10.
Apple’s Ouster of AppGratis Is Just the Start of an App Store Crackdown
AppGratis wasn’t an anomaly. It was just the first to go.