10:18 PM
Diana D'Cruz
Google announced on its official blog that the Android application store for Google Play Android devices, had crossed the threshold of 25 billion downloads. Three months ago, American society was already celebrating the milestone of 20 billion.
If one considers the graph (see below), the growth of downloads began in 2011 and accelerated in 2012. An ascent which corresponds to the mass adoption of the Android mobile OS in the world with market shares are growing.
Google says there are now 657,000 applications on Google Play heels so closely that the Apple App Store, the apps store for iOS devices. It counted 700,000 apps according to Cupertino. If we continue the comparison, it took 3 years and 11 months Google Play (launched on 22 October 2008 under the name Android Market) to reach 25 billion downloads while the App Store has reached in 3 years and 8 months.
To celebrate this symbolic figure, Google is launching a series of promotions with special offers. Thus, ompter today and during the next 5 days, users can purchase apps from major publishers (including Gameloft, Electronic Arts, Rovio, runstatic, Full Fat and others) cost. Promotions also concern from music, movies, books and magazines.
