15B Downloads: How Does Facebook Like Them Apples?
The conciliatory tone toward Apple that sources close to Facebook's Project Spartan expressed earlier this week may be the best way to proceed, since it will be difficult for anyone to approach the numbers Apple announced Thursday.
The conciliatory tone toward Apple that sources close to Facebook’s Project Spartan expressed earlier this week may be the best way to proceed, since it will be difficult for anyone to approach the numbers Apple announced Thursday.
The Cupertino giant said more than 15 billion applications have been downloaded from its App Store, by more than 200 million users of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
Even with Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg confirming that the social network has reached 750 million active monthly users, catching up to Apple’s total would require each of those Facebookers to download 20 apps from the platform eventually generated by Project Spartan — not likely, considering that most will probably not even download a single one.
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