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Google Play app downloads top iOS by 500m a month

By Cory Gunther
on 3 Jun, 2013

Recently both respective app markets have been boasting their numbers. With Apple claiming to have passed the 50 billion downloads mark, and Android doing the same getting to 48 billion as of late. While both numbers are impressive it looks like our good friend Android is beating Apple on the daily.

Flurry claims 50 million Android and iOS device activations during Christmas week

By Eric Abent
on 2 Jan, 2013

Christmas Day and the week immediately following it are obviously always going to be big for new device activations, but today we're finding out that the final week in December might just have been the biggest on record for iOS and Android. That's according to analytics firm Flurry, which said today that iOS and Android device activations for Christmas week topped a whopping 50 million. Looks like a bunch of people picked up a shiny new tablet of smartphone in the final week of 2012.

BitTorrent’s collection of Android apps hit 10 million downloads

By Eric Abent
on 7 Dec, 2012

We already know that BitTorrent is pretty popular with the Internet using masses, but as it turns out, it's proving to be quite popular with Android users as well. There are four different BitTorrent apps available for Android devices - BitTorrent beta and µTorrent beta, along with remote apps for both BitTorrent and µTorrent - and collectively they've been downloaded 10 million times. Not bad for a group of apps that only started becoming available just over a year ago.

Play Store update adds new notifications, remove apps from “all apps” list

By Cory Gunther
on 11 Oct, 2012

Today Google has just issued an update to the Google Play Store. For those that have already received it, you'll quickly notice they've added a few awesome and much awaited for features. We haven't seen an update since August, but today they've started rolling out Google Play Store version 3.9.16 to the masses. Read on below for more details and download links.

Google Play Store hits 25 billion downloads, celebration sale ensues

By Eric Abent
on 26 Sep, 2012

Android users have been frequenting the Google Play Store in a big way, with Google announcing that the store has hit 25 billion downloads. That may not seem like a big deal when you remember that the Apple Store hit 25 billion downloads earlier this year, but it's important to keep in mind that back in 2010, the Google Play Store was only at 1 billion downloads. That's a pretty significant jump in user activity (and, by extension, consumer adoption of Android), so it's only fitting that Google kicks off a new promotion to celebrate this milestone.

Temple Run passes 100 million downloads mark, offers past games for free

By Cory Gunther
on 2 Aug, 2012

The folks from Imangi Studios, the developer team behind the hit Android game Temple Run has just announced this addicting game has passed the 100 million downloads mark. That's a big number! In a rather detailed press release and awesome info-graphic (below) they break down how more than 32 million downloads for Android helped them break the 100m milestone.

Google Play App policies updated with major changes

By Cory Gunther
on 1 Aug, 2012

Today Google has made a rather large update to their Android Market now known as the Google Play Store. While many are reporting that they've taken steps to kill annoying in-app ads, that is only the beginning. Google's developer policy changes today are about more than just ads, it is a change in the app universe on Android -- for the better.

Angry Birds Space passes 100 million downloads mark

By Cory Gunther
on 6 Jun, 2012

Wow! Those Angry Birds aren't showing any signs of slowing down. After launching the all new Angry Birds Space in late March, it quickly was downloaded around 50 million times by the end of April. Now just 1 month later those Space birds have reached a huge milestone -- 100 million downloads according to a tweet earlier today by the company.

Google Play Store updated to v3.5.16 with fixes [Download]

By Cory Gunther
on 6 Apr, 2012

Google has silently pushed another update out for the Android Market Google Play Store over the past day or so, and you'll want to get it if you've been having any issues lately. The last update was version 3.5.15 and brought tons of changes and new features. This update rolling out now is only minor and wont change things too much visually like the last update has.

Instagram for Android racks up millions of downloads overnight

By Cory Gunther
on 4 Apr, 2012

Well that sure was fast. Instagram is now what I'd consider an instant hit classic for the world of Android. With over 30 million users on iOS Instagram launched for Android yesterday and has seen huge download numbers. Overnight Instagram managed to get well over 1 million downloads, and possibly as many as 5 million according to the Google Play Store.