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Start-up Reaches 10m Download Mark In Just 10 Months
UK app developer Neon Play has achieved over ten million downloads since its launch ten months ago and just three weeks after its app Paper Glider was announced as Apple’s ten billionth download. Spookily, the company has also just employed its tenth member of staff. Last month Neon Play became the talk of the press when it was announced that Paper Glider, a huge hit on both sides of the Atlantic, was the 10 billionth app to be downloaded from the Apple App Store. "It’s weird how these things go sometimes but ten is definitely our magic number at the moment," said Neon Play CEO Oli Christie. "I’d like to…
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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…
