And The Winner Is….Gail Davis UK Mum Wins $10,000 iTunes Card – Except She Didn’t Download The Winning App
Oh mums we love you, and Gail Davis certainly loves Apple now. She is now the proud ‘owner’ of a $10,000 iTunes card courtesy of Apple for downloading the 10 billionth app from the iTunes App Store. The funny thing is, she didn’t download it. In fact, that accolade goes to he daughters, who downloaded the free Paper Glider app on one wet and cold Saturday afternoon in the suburbs of London, Kent.
During an interview on Radio 4 Live Gail Davis admitted she didn’t actually download the app. ‘I have to confess it wasn’t me who downloaded it but my daughters’ she sad.
In fact when Gail received the phone call from Apple’s PR department she thought it was a prank call, luckily they phoned back after the initial shock and went through it again.
Phillip Schiller, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing went on to say ‘with more than 10 billion apps downloaded in just two and half years, a staggering seven billions apps in the last year alone, the App Store has surpassed our wildest dreams’.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
