Four days ago, Apple announced a contest that they will award a $10,000 App Store Gift Card to the person who downloads the 50 billionth app. In addition, the next 50 app downloads will win a $500 App Store Gift Card. With the announcement comes the question on everyone’s mind:
Will you be the one to download the 50 billionth app? #50BillionApps tw.appstore.com/FOD
— App Store(@AppStore) May 6, 2013
At the writing of this article, the counter is almost at 49.5 billion. With just a little over a half billion apps to go, it’s only a matter of time before the hashtag #50BillionsApps begins trending on Twitter. Some companies have already begun to use it to promote their apps, because surely the app that is the 50 billionth download will be intensely publicized.
Cut the Rope was just named one of the Top 25 All-Time Paid Apps for iPhone and iPad! @appstore #50BillionApps tw.appstore.com/rpz
— Cut the Rope (@Cut_The_Rope) May 5, 2013
#eBay was just named one of the Top 25 All-Time Free Apps for iPhone and iPad! @appstore @ebay #50BillionApps tw.appstore.com/rpz…
— eBay Mobile (@eBayMobile) May 3, 2013
Fruit Ninja was just announced as one of the Top 25 All-Time Paid Apps for iPhone! @appstore #50BillionApps tw.appstore.com/rpz
— Halfbrick (@Halfbrick) May 3, 2013
Now there’s only one thing left to do…
