The 10 billionth app was Paper Glider, downloaded by Gail Davis of Orpington, Kent, in the United Kingdom. She won a $10,000 iTunes gift card. We’ll see if she ever pays for another app.
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Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, said there were 7 billion apps downloaded in the last year alone. And the App Store has only been open for 2.5 years. Anyone got a guess for how soon Apple hits 100 billion apps downloaded?
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