iTunes hits 25 billion downloads February 6, 2013 - 21:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Apple announced that it sold its 25 billionth song to Phillip Lupke in Germany who will receive a 10 000 Euro iTunes gift card, according to Forbes. While iPod units are decreasing there were still over 32 million iPods sold in 2012 along with over 135 million iPhones. The iTunes store has over 26 million songs and 775,000 apps. It appears that the Apple ecosystem is quite healthy with over 40 billion apps being downloaded since it opened and almost half of them in 2012. iOS apps also tend to have higher traffic and better monetization that Android apps. This should help garner good support from app developers, Forbes says. Partner news  Top stories Apple uses two conventional offshore tax practices typical of multinational companies' tax-avoidance strategies, the report said. Apple joined the Fair Labor Association in 2012 after being slammed with criticism over the working conditions at Foxconn. It’s not the first time Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has been interested in the New York-based hipster blogging service. The number of new smartphones delivered with Android jumped to 162.1 million in the first three months in 2013.   Partner news |  Latest news Shanghai Film Festival jury announced  The fest announced that Oliver Stone will be receiving an Outstanding Achievement honorary award at the festival this year.Sylvester Stallone in talks with Steven Seagal for "The Expendables 3" Besides Mickey Rourke, "The Karate Kid" star Jackie Chan has agreed to join the film from director Patrick Hughes.Georgia’s ex-Prime Minister arrested on corruption charges Ex-healthcare minister Zurab Chiaberashvili, now a governor of Kakheti region in eastern Georgia, was also arrested.Man commits suicide inside Notre Dame de Paris The French news website Europe 1 reported the police had found a letter beside the body of the dead man. |
