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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.
Apps Raise the iPad’s Aptitude for Real Work
iPads and other tablets are being used every day for productivity tasks once reserved for laptops. Walt Mossberg looks at apps that attempt to emulate the features of Office.
Breathe, Relax, Repeat: Devices for Inner Peace
Katherine Boehret looks at two sensors that aim to help users get to a calmer zone.
Three Battery-Boosting Cases for iPhone 5
Three iPhones walk into a bar. Which one leaves with the most juice?
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.
To Avoid a Revamp Backlash, Hipstamatic Clones Itself Into an Entirely New App, Oggl
Creating an entirely new app for a Hipstamatic community is kind of a drastic move, and one that reflects the ongoing trade-off between change and users’ resistance to change.
Can These iPad Apps Teach Your Kid to Code?
Hopscotch and Kodable aim to teach kids the programming basics.
Spotify Takes a Page From the Twitter Playbook, Buys Music Discovery App Tunigo
Lots of tracks out there. Who’s going to help you find the ones you want to hear?
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.
Which Messaging App Is Right for You?
It might seem like there are more mobile messaging apps out there than there are friends to send texts to. Here’s a guide to how they work.