Apple announced today that the iTunes App Store, one year post-launch, has served up over 1.5 billion downloads of more than 65,000 apps created by over 100,000 registered developers.
Says Apple CEO, Steve Jobs:
“The App Store is like nothing the industry has ever seen before in both scale and quality. With 1.5 billion apps [...]
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Twitterrific developer Craig Hockenberry has written a long, considered essay on Furbo.org framing the changes Apple has already made to the iTunes App Store, what problems it still presents to developers, users, and Apple itself, and proposes some interesting solutions.
From the differences between selling music and apps, to the long delays and uncertainty surrounding the [...]
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TiPb will be back tomorrow with our Picks of the Year, and Editors’ Choice in honor of Apple’s iTunes App Store one year birthday — and yes, we’re really calling it our Appy Anniversary coverage.
1 billion+ downloads and 56,000+ apps are the figures, but just how many of those downloaded apps have made it [...]
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