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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.

iTunes Makes Big Bucks for a “Break-Even” Business

Maybe it’s time to upgrade that stool analogy.
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Does Windows 8 RT Have Enough Users for Its Own iTunes App?

“You shouldn’t expect an iTunes app on Windows 8 any time soon.”
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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.
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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?
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Hearst Gets Its Million Digital Subscribers

A few months behind schedule. But who’s counting? (Besides us.)
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iTunes Sales Are Huge! But Growth May Be Slowing.

$2.4 billion worth of digital media is a very big deal. But the digital media boom days may be coming to an end.
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Twitter’s New Music App Launches Friday

#Nowplaying — Twitter Music.
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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.
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