Apple Giving Away $10,000 On The Occasion of 10 Billion App Store Downloads

Apple got yet another reason to brag it’s App Store success – nearly 10 billion apps downloaded around the world. To show off this, they put a big banner over here

To celebrate the occasion, Apple will give $10,000 iTunes Gift Card to the person who downloads the 10th billion app, either free or paid app. Rules and regulations of the contest are available here.

Apple’s App Store is a huge success and it’s at the centre of it’s smart devices eco system – iPhone, iPad and iPod. In April 2009 the store marked 1 billionth download, September 2009 2 billionth and in January 2010, 3 billionth app downloaded. In less than an year the number downloads has seen 3 fold growth and all set to reach 10 billions.