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1 billion Apple apps downloaded in month
by DBJ Staff
Thursday, July 7, 2011 

Apple Inc. said there have been 15 billion software applications downloaded from its App Store, a billion more than it reported a month ago. 

The company also confirmed it now has more than 100,000 native apps designed specifically for its iPad tablet among the 425,000 apps available in the App Store. 

Apple said it now has more than 200 million users of its mobile iOS software on its iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. 

Click here for photo slideshow of Apple’s innovations through the years. 

More businesses are utilizing apps to draw in more tech-savvy customers. In the Dayton region, companies such as Huntington Bancshares Inc. , Wright-Patt Credit Union and the Dayton Business Journal have apps for both Apple devices, as well as Google Inc. ‘s Android products and Research in Motion ‘s Blackberry devices. 

Apple also said Thursday it has paid app developers over $2.5 billion to date. 

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