iPhone App Store Tops 2,000,000,000 Downloads

Apple’s iTunes App Store has hit yet another milestone: two billion apps downloaded since the Store hung out its digital shingle on July 11, 2008.
The news came in an Apple announcement which also noted that the store’s customers now include over 50 million iPhone and iPod touch owners worldwide – in 77 countries, to be [...]

iTunes gifts Blighty 12 freebies of Christmas

iTunes (UK) has a Christmas present for you – 12 of them, to be exact. Unfortunately, as will be true for most gifts you’ll receive this holiday season, you don’t get to choose what you’ll receive.
The 12 Days of Christmas promo runs from December 26 through January 6, and it will bestow upon European iTunesters [...]

iTunes Rewind 2009: Hottest App Store Games of the Year

iTunes Rewind reveals the hottest games of 2009, which are divided into two groups, highest rated and top sellers.
I’m glad Apple made this distinction between highest rated and top sellers. With such a strong focus on the top 10 listings, which tracks number of sells as opposed to rating, games like Spider: The Secret of [...]