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’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing.
“In nine months, the App Store has completely revolutionized the mobile industry and this is only the beginning.”
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