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1 billion app download reached

After reporting about Apple updating their web site with a counter, counting up to 1 billion (1,000,000,000) the mark has finally been reached today by someone named Connor Mulcahey, in just nine months.

Connor Mulcahey, only 13 years old was the grand prize winner, downloading "Bump" a game created by Bump Technologies, a simple application that allows users to share information by simply bumping their phones together, sending each other information about them. The information can be selected to limit information sent to each user.

For being the 1 billionth download, Connor will receive a $10,000 gift certificate to iTunes, an iPod Touch, a Time Capsule and a MacBook Pro.

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