A new banner has appeared on the Apple homepage in the last 48 hours that boasts that there are now currently 15,000+ apps on the App Store, and that they have reached the incredible milestone of 500 Million downloads.

     Considering that the App Store only opened 6 months ago it is an amazing achievement. Apple’s last milestone announcement came on December 5th 2008, which stated that they had exceeded 10,000 apps and 300 Million downloads. This shows a massive increase in apps and downloads in comparison to previous announcements.

     Suprisingly over the holiday period iFart mobile increased sales threefold, and on christmas day alone made over $27,000 after apples cut, so it just shows that its not just the really useful apps that are getting hammered its also the ones that stink…

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