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Apple’s App Store races by 25 billionth download mark

Opinion
Mar 3, 20121 min

Who won? We don't know.

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While most of us slept, Apple’s App store sometime after midnight recorded its 25 billionth download, a milestone that will win the lucky downloader a $10,000 iTunes gift card.

As you can see from the photo, the winner has yet to be announced.

Our Friday story has background and details.

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