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Updated: 25 Sep 2017
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The newton message pad
was designed and built by
apple and contained built
in apps such as email, web,
calander and address book.iTunes music store was released
with 200,00 songs and sold
3 million in its first week.the Trojan.Redbrowser was
discovered which was the
second major instance of
mobile malware in the form
of software that sent SMS
Messages to a premium-rate
number.apple announced developers
can create 2.0 web applications
which look and behave just like
the applications built into the iPhone,
and which can seamlessly access iPhone
services, including making a phone call,
sending an email and displaying a location
in google maps.apple announced a 70:30 deal
between developers and themselves
and explain how third party native
apps will be created for iPhone.they launched the app store
which the opened with 552 apps
which included 135 free apps,
within a week of the launch 10 million
downloads are counted in the app
store and more than 800native
apps are available for download.100 million app store downloads
within 60 days of the app store lunch,
Steve jobs reveals there have been
over 100 million downloads and that
they are over 3,000applications available
for download in 62 countries worldwide.fitbit was released; the first available
wearable mobile tool was launched
which tracks users 24 hours a day to
produce a record of steps taken,
calories burned and even the quality
of the users steps.the android market was launched;
googles android market becomes
the second major distributor of mobile
applications and the app store key rival.HTC Dream referred to as
‘The Googlephone’ the HTC
dream becomes the first smart
phone to use the android mobile
operating system.apple runs a worldwide campaign
know simply as ‘there's an app for
that’ it becoming the common
catchphrase.blackberry world is launched,
the blackberry world store became
the third major distributor of mobile
applications to rival apple and google.whatsapp was launched,
the instant messaging app
company.angry birds launched and became
the number one paid app on iTunes
in 68 countries as well as the best
selling paid app of all time.windows phone store was
launched becoming the forth
major distributor of mobile
applications.app was voted ‘word of the year 2010’,
one of the most convincing arguments
from the voting floor from a woman
who said that even her grandmother
had heard of it.amazon app store was launched,
although offering a similar product
to the play store amazons sale pitch
to customers is trust and ease of use.
For developers, its access to amazons
vast customer base.app store banned satirical game.
Removal of games that include
references to child labour and
factory work suicides reignites
debate about how apple treats
apps differently to music, books
and filmsthe app store and job creation,
apple reveal that ‘the app revolution
has added more than 291,250 ISO
jobs to the U.S. economy since the
introduction of iPhone 2007’android renamed the google
market to the play store, the new
look is available as part of the latest
android 2.2 mobile updateFacebook acquires Instagram
with a price tag of $1 billion,
the highest ever paid for an app
company.angry birds reached 1 billion
downloads , the milestone comes
just days after Rovio announced
some figures from its 2011 financial
year, when it made €75.4m of revenues
and €48m of earnings before taxes,
ending the year with 200m monthly
active users across all platforms.candy crush was released on ISO
becoming the most downloaded
ISO app of 2013 the year finishing
above Facebook, angry birds and
YouTube.google searches for ‘apps’ peak, the
search has remained popular since
its rapid rise in 2007.the app store releases its top
downloads list, as the app store
reaches 50 billion downloads apple
releases its top downloads.Angry birds tops the paid while
the Facebook app tops the free
downloads.the rise and fall of flappy bird.
Flappy bird is downloaded over
50 million times only to be pulled
by its creator Dong Nguyen in
February 2014 due to its fears of
the games addictive qualities.universals despicable me app.
The Despicable me app makes
the top ten for 2013 showing
traditional media moving towards
mobile applications.Google play has more than
50 billion downloads. Senior
Vice president of google sundar
pichari reveals there are more
than one million apps currently
available for download at the google
play store which account for more than
50 billion downloads.1 million apps in the app store,
apple CEO Tim Cook reveals all
downloads from the app store
have resulted in a total of $13 billion
being paid out to developers over
the years.Snapchat rejects $3 billion bid
from Facebook. The attempted
bid for Snapchat from Facebook
is seen as a way to tackle the issue
of declining engagement among
Facebooks teenage user base.1.75 billion smartphones predicted
for 2014. mobile phone users are
rapidly switching over to smartphones
as devices become more affordable and 3G
and 4G networks advance. Mobile app
use was also on the rise, data from
Nielsen shows that U.S.android and iPhone users age
18 and over spend 65 percent
more time each month using
apps than they did just two years
ago. App store also sales top
$10 billion on the app store in
2013 including over $1 billion
in December alone.Facebook acquires WhatsApp
for $19 billion. WhatsApp cofounder
Jan Koum says he plans to operate
the firm ‘independantly and
autonomously’ he also became a
member of Facebook’s board of directors .Facebook released a new messaging
app which half a billion people adopt
messenger within six months.Snapchat has 700 million photos
shared everyday. The instant
messaging company continues its
rise in popularity after rejecting a
$3 billion takeover bid from Facebook.Gmail reaches app milestone ,
googles Gmail application
becomes the first stand alone
app to hit 1 billion downloads.Android wear launched , this latest
google product acts as a major new
platform for developers to build
wearable apps.app store reaches 75 billion downloads.
The app store which reached users in 155
countries, was calculated to have
generated more than $15 billion for
apples 9 million registered developers .celebrity iCloud hack, described
as a ‘very targeted attack’ a collection
of more than 500 private celebrity
pictures are hacked via iCloud and
distributed via 4chan. Many of these
pictures were taken privately and
distributed through messaging apps.game apps are the most popular,
20.3% of app store downloads are
games with 10.36% educational apps
and 1.9% social networking.WhatsApp used as public service,
WhatsApp is used by the BBC as
Ebola health information service
to provide audio, text message
alerts and images to help people
get the latest public health
information to combat the spread
of Ebola.apps are used to steal personal
data, the flash torch app which
was over 50m downloads was
revealed to steal sensitive customer
details such as bank details.
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