In announcing the new Mac App store at an event in Cupertino today, Steve Jobs revealed that Apple has hit 7 billion iPhone and iPad downloads from the iOS App Store. This is notable as the Apple just announced6.5 billion App Store downloads in September, a3.5 billion jump in 8 months from January. Gulp.
Maybe now they’ll do something about that iTunes interface?
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