Google Play hits 25 billion downloads

News Wireless Global 26 SEP 2012
Google Play hits 25 billion downloads
Google announced that the Android app store Google Play has reached the milestone of 25 billion downloads. To mark the achievement, Google is offering a selection of premium apps and content at discounted prices over the next five days. These include games and apps at 25 cents from Gameloft, Electronic Arts, Rovio, Runtastic and Full Fat, as well as 25 movies "you must own", 25 banned books, 25 albums "that changed the world" and the 25 top-selling magazines. Google Play offers in total over 675,000 apps and games. The company last reported 10 billion downloads in December 2011. Apple's App Store hit the 25 billion mark in March this year.

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Mobile

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Electronic Arts,  Gameloft,  Google,  Rovio

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Global

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Games, Sales figures, IT - applications, Handsets

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