The Apple App Store is about to reach an important milestone: the 50 billionth app download. To celebrate the landmark, Apple has announced a $10,000 worth of gift cards to whomever downloads the 50 billionth app. The download figure now stands at 49.2 billion and counting, which means there are about 800 million downloads to go before the benchmark is reached. The last time … [Read more...] about $10,000 Gift Card Available via Apple in Celebration of 50 Billion Downloads
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Google Catalogs now on Android tablets
Google Catalogs has now finally made it to tablets running its own Android OS, several months after it having already made it to the iPad. So while iPad users had the opportunity to shuffle through the plethora of offerings that the various retailers are doling out from August this year, their Android tablet counterparts can now also do the same as well. Also the good thing is, … [Read more...] about Google Catalogs now on Android tablets
iOS Customers Express Disdain on Changes to eBook Stores
Apple recently implemented new policies that demanded companies sell their digital content via iTunes. This strongly effected eBook stores that either sold content directly via their application or diverted customers to their websites. In the last few weeks, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Borders, Kobo, and other major applications all removed in-app purchasing of books. This has … [Read more...] about iOS Customers Express Disdain on Changes to eBook Stores
iPad Apps Store now has over 10,000 apps
The Apple Apps Store has grown in size so that it can now boast of over 10,000 iPad applications. The feat was achieved in only 63 days after the iPad was commercially launched on the 3rd of April. Also, this betters the earlier trend set by iPhone in 2008 when it had taken about five months to reach the 10,000 app mark. It was only towards the end of April that Apple had … [Read more...] about iPad Apps Store now has over 10,000 apps