Apple announces 25 billion iTunes downloads - Washington Post

Apple has announced a new iTunes milestone, saying that a user in Germany has bought the store's 25 billionth track. The customer, Phillip Lüpke, will receive a gift card for €10,000, or around $13,500, which should keep him downloading iTunes music for quite a while. Trivia enthusiasts, commit this one to memory: the song he bought was "Monkey Drums (Goksel Vancin Remix) by Chase Buch. On Feb. 5, Dell Inc. announced it was going private in a $24.4 billion deal, selling itself to a consortium of investors. Read: Dell seals $24.4 billion buyout deal Hayley Tsukayama Apple's milestone track was purchased in Germany. Devindra Hardawar | VentureBeat.com For all of its failures as a pure tablet, the Surface Pro is a compelling offering as an ultraportable/tablet hybrid. VentureBeat.com If good things come to those who wait, the BlackBerry Q10 must be spectacular. The iTunes store took 10 years to reach this latest milestone, said Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services in a release. Cue also dropped some interesting statistics about the store, including the gem that Apple sees around 15,000 downloads on its store per minute. In the company's latest earnings release, Apple disclosed that its iTunes store generated $1.7 billion in revenue with its 20 million song catalog in the last quarter of 2012. Over 140 million of those downloads came on Christmas day along. Apple's App Store, meanwhile, recently celebrated its 400 billionth download. It generated $700 million sales in the company's most recent quarter. Related stories: Apple announces 128GB iPad with retina display Vine warns app users of adult content IDC says Apple dominates in tablets, but share shrinks with competition from Samsung, Google Sign up today to receive #thecircuit, a daily roundup of the latest tech policy news from Washington and how it is shaping business, entertainment and science. via Technology - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHQ4tB88j4R6GWLB2YfXOp7Xa0hiQ&url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/apple-announces-25-billion-itunes-downloads/2013/02/06/b63ee422-708c-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_story.html

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