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News: Bump is billionth app downloaded, 13-year-old wins prizes
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
Apple has released details of the winning user in its Billion App Countdown contest. The one billionth app, the contact swapping app Bump from Bump Technologies, was downloaded by Connor Mulcahey, age 13, of Weston, CT, USA. As the grand prize winner of Apple’s one billion app countdown contest, Mulcahey will receive a $10,000 iTunes gift card, a 32GB iPod touch, a Time Capsule and a 17-inch MacBook Pro. “The revolutionary App Store has been a phenomenal hit with iPhone and iPod touch users around the world, and we’d like to thank our customers and developers for helping us achieve the astonishing milestone of one billion apps downloaded,” said Philip Schiller, ...
Apple Announces Winner of One Billion Apps Contest
The Mac Observer —
Apple Announces Winner of One Billion Apps Contest by Brad Cook on April 24th, 2009 at 9:14 AM Apple on Friday announced that 13-year-old Connor Mulcahey of Connecticut was the grand prize winner in its one billion iPhone apps contest. The company said the billionth app was Bump Technologies' free contact information exchange app Bump . Connor scored a US$10,000 iTunes gift card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule, and a MacBook Pro as the grand prize winner. Apple also noted that over 35,000 apps are now available on the App Store.
Thirteen year-old revealed as winner of Apple’s billion app contest
Macworld —
Macworld » iPhone » Software 0 Comments 0 Recommendations Thirteen year-old revealed as winner of Apple’s billion app contest by Peter Cohen , Macworld.com Apple on Friday revealed the name of the winner of its billion app countdown contest. It’s Connor Mulcahey, a 13 year-old who hails from Weston, Conn. People who read this also read: Mulcahey downloaded the one billionth app: Bump , a contact information swapping application developed by Bump Technologies. As the winner of the contest, Apple awards Mulcahey a $10,000 iTunes gift card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule and a MacBook Pro. See ...
Meet Bump, the App Store's billionth download
Macworld —
Posted on by Jim Dalrymple , Macworld.com Bump has only been available for download from the App Store for a month, but already the social networking app has secured a place in iPhone app history. Bump became the one billionth download from the App Store when a Connecticut teenager selected the free app on Thursday. It’s a pretty fortuitous turn of events for an app that aims to help you exchange contact information by bumping your iPhone or iPod touch with another user. Bump is the first App Store offering from Bump Technologies , the brainchild of ex-Texas Instruments employees David Lieb, Andy Huibers, and Jake Mintz. ...
iPhone App Download One Billion: Some Kids Have All The Luck
iSmashPhone —
It's hard to decide which is more mind-boggling: the fact that iTunes has seen over one BEELION iPhone app downloads in only nine months -- or the stats behind that beelionth download. For the record: Connor Mulcahey of Weston, CT, snagged a copy of Bump -- and, for his troubles, was rewarded by Apple with ...
Bump – Fist Bump To Swap Contact Information with Other iPhone Users
Just Another iPhone Blog —
Bump for iPhone I’ve often found some of the simplest iPhone apps to be amongst the best iPhone apps. Bump is another good example of this. The app’s sole purpose is to help you very quickly exchange contact information with other iPhone users, by just bumping hands. I got a chance to try Bump out today, and it works very well. Using Bump is very easy, as it should be with a simple, single-purpose app. Setup takes very little time. You simply choose between creating a new contact which will be the one used for information exchange, or suing an existing one from your Address Book. I already had a contact entry for myself, so it took me less than a minute. Bump on ...
20 Sexist iPhone Apps For Men
iSmashPhone —
Two New iPhone Commercials From Apple: Share and Travel
TheAppleBlog —
Apple recently introduced two brand new TV commercials, currently airing on U.S. cable and network television, that continue the “There’s an app for that” series of ads. The two new spots, called “Share” and “Travel,” both highlight features common to all currently sold iPhone models, instead of just the newer 3GS.
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iPhone: There Are Two New Ads for That
iPhoneHeat —
iphone-ads Apple has posted two new Ads for iPhone entitled: Share and Travel . Share In the Ad entitled Share, Apple shows the ability to share photos and contacts between devices. It also features the board game Scrabble for those looking to share some downtime. - Mover ...
New iPhone Ad Highlights Bump and Mover Apps, But Which Is Better?
Cult of Mac —
New iPhone Ad Highlights Bump and Mover Apps, But Which Is Better? 2:33 am, August 5th, 2009, Nicole Martinelli Apple launched a new pair of iPhone 3GS ads to highlight features common to newer and older devices. Continuing the “there’s an app for that” meme, the rather underwhelming one above about sharing shows how you can exchange photos using Mover and contact info with Bump . (The other ad focuses on travel apps for jet-setting iPhone owners ). With the thousands of apps available, the ad uses two that do a lot of the same things -- allowing users to share contact info, photos and files. Both Mover and Bump are offered gratis on ...
Eric’s 6 Random Freebies
iPhone App Reviews —
Eric hasn’t actually sent me his list this week, so I’m just pulling this one out of my ass! Here are six untested apps from the App Store’s Top 50 Free that look like they’ve got some potential.
Discovery Channel by (duh) Discovery Channel: I’m not surprised this app is at #1 right now – it looks like a smorgasbord of DC’s nerdy-but-cool educational content… videos, behind-the-scenes show info, photo galleries, TV schedule, all that.
Bump by Bump Technologies: I’ve actually used this one and it works as advertised (and as shown in the iPhone commercial)! Select your info from Contacts, ...
