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Apple App Store hits 30 billion downloads
Makes Andy Rubin feel stupid
By Carly Page
Mon Jun 11 2012, 18:23

APPLE CEO Tim Cook today announced that the Apple App Store has seen 30 billion downloads to date, putting the competition to shame.

Speaking at the firm's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, Cook announced the whopping 30 billion downloads milestone, up from the 14 billion downloads boasted at WWDC 2011.

Following an opening comedy routine from Siri, Cook revealed more impressive stats about the Itunes App Store. He touted that the store now has 400 million accounts signed-up, saying, "This is the store with the largest number of accounts with credit cards anywhere on the internet that we're aware of."

Cook also revealed that the Apple App Store is now home to 650,000 apps, 225,000 of which have been designed specifically for the Ipad. As a sly dig at Google and Microsoft he said, "This compares to just a few hundred from our competition."

It's not just us customers who are happy. Cook also revealed that Apple has paid of $5bn in total to developers, up from the $2.5bn figure announced at WWDC this time last year. µ

Source: The Inquirer (http://s.tt/1e4Rh)

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2183520/apple-app-store-hits-billion-downloads