Watch Out Apple, Here Comes The Android Market

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		Tech Entertainment Wall Street Markets Strategy Sports Lifestyle Politics Europe Video Latest Tuesday, December 6, 2011 Watch Out Apple, Here Comes The Android Market This morning, Google announced that the Android Market had passed its 10 billionth app download. Apple got there first -- it passed 10 billion in January. It also got there faster, hitting 10 billion about 30 months after its launch in July 2008. Android launched in October 2008, so took about 38 months to reach the 10 billion mark. However, Google also announced it is now at a billion downloads per month. Apple hit that mark in July of this year. So both stores hit that magic number about three years after launch. And both are now growing at around the same rate. One more note: this doesn't measure the total number of apps downloaded because there are multiple app stores for Android. There's only one for Apple. Read » Also On SAI Today: Is Google Wallet Going To Die Before It Even Has A Chance? What's The One Gadget Top Entrepreneurs Can't Live Without? [VIDEO] A Year After Rejecting Google's $100 Million Offer, Path Poaches A Googler Apple Has Two Job Openings To Make Siri Better Advertisement CHART OF THE DAY: RIM's Absolutely Awful Year CHART OF THE DAY: The Incredibly Shrinking Price Of TVs CHART OF THE DAY: What People Love And Hate About The iPhone 4S Share this: Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon LinkedIn The email address for your subscription is: dwyld.kwu.jobhuntportal11@blogger.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the SAI RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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