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  • Mac App Store Hits 10000 apps

    Mac App Store Hits 10000 apps

    The Mac App store, apps for macintosh computers, has reached a total of 10,339 apps. Considering that most mobile app stores crossed this number in first few weeks, this may seem as a low number. But, considering the platform the number makes it the largest desktop app marketplace.

    In December, the Mac App Store passed 100 million downloads making it the “largest and fastest growing PC software in the world”. According to reports Mac OS lion is the most downloaded software on the Mac App Store, followed by other apps from Apple including FaceTime and iWork apps like Keynote and Numbers. 

    Apple has also made the Snow Leopard OS upgrade free for all those who are on Leopard, to enable their use of the App Store.

  • Over 1.2 Billion apps downloaded in the last week of December

    Over 1.2 Billion apps downloaded in the last week of December

    According to reports the total downloads of Apps was at an all time high in the last week of December ( also considered holiday season) .  Apps downloaded on the iTunes and Android Market crossed a massive 1.2 billion downloads. This could also be considering the millions of activations received during the previous christmas week.

    [Flurry]

  • Apple sues Amazon over App Store trademark infringement

    Apple sues Amazon over App Store trademark infringement

    Apple was already in Battle with Microsoft for their “APP Store” Trademark infringement. Now Amazon is releasing its APP Store for the Android OS platform. But, Amazon’s Android Appstore seems to have been intentionally contracted to a single word to differentiate its name. Apple claims it reached out to Amazon on three separate occasions asking it to rename its software download offering, but when faced with the lack of a “substantive response,” it decided to take things to court.

    “We have a long-standing practice of not commenting on pending litigation,” Mary Osako, a spokeswoman for Seattle-based Amazon, said late yesterday.

    Apple said in the court filing that it contacted Amazon three times to demand that it cease using the name and that Amazon hadn’t “provided a substantive response.”

    “We’ve asked Amazon not to copy the App Store name because it will confuse and mislead customers,” said Kristin Huguet, a spokeswoman for Apple.

    [Bloomberg]

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