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App downloads from Apple store hit 25 billion mark
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App downloads from Apple store hit 25 billion mark

(FILES)The Apple's latest iPhone 4s is available to the US customers seen in this October 14, 2011 file photo in California. More American adults now own smartphones than basic mobile phones, according to a survey released on March 1, 2012. The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project survey found that smartphone penetration has increased significantly among nearly every major demographic group in the United States. According to the survey, nearly half -- or 46 percent -- of Americans aged 18 and older owned a smartphone as of February while 41 percent owned a basic mobile phone and 12 percent did not own a mobile device. AFP Photo / Kimihiro Hoshino / FILES
(FILES)The Apple’s latest iPhone 4s is available to the US customers seen in this October 14, 2011 file photo in California. More American adults now own smartphones than basic mobile phones, according to a survey released on March 1, 2012. The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project survey found that smartphone penetration has increased significantly among nearly every major demographic group in the United States. According to the survey, nearly half — or 46 percent — of Americans aged 18 and older owned a smartphone as of February while 41 percent owned a basic mobile phone and 12 percent did not own a mobile device. AFP Photo / Kimihiro Hoshino / FILES
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CUPERTINO, Calif. — More than 25 billion apps have been downloaded from Apple’s app store.

A news release from Apple on Monday said the downloads came from more than 315 million iPhones, iPads and iPod touches. The app store has more than 550,000 apps, some of which are free. Chunli Fu of Qingdao, China, downloaded the 25 billionth app and won a $10,000 iTunes gift card.

The app store launched four years ago. Apple says the store has paid out more than $4 billion to developers. The Associated Press

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