Richio Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Apple has a long way to go to catch up to the 100+ billion hamburgers that McDonalds has served, but they’re clearly closing the gap quickly. They currently sit at 9.7 billion applications downloaded in their worldwide App Store and the number is rapidly increasing by the second. As they hurtle towards ten billion downloads, Apple has decided to offer a $10,000 iTunes gift card to the person who pushes the counter to eleven digits. As with any contest, the list of rules is long and raises some interesting questions. For example, one of the rules of the contest states that, “entries are limited to individual consumers only; commercial enterprises and business entities are not eligible.” Does this mean people who own corporate iPhones are ineligible, and if so, does the prize go to the person downloading the 10,000,000,000,001st application from the store? If you don’t have an iPod or iPhone, you can still win the prize by submitting an online form with your contact information as well as your birth date. Each entry via the web is counted as a downloaded application as it relates to the 10 billion download mark. Don’t think you can be tricky by writing an app to constantly fill in the form though! Apple’s lawyers have already considered that and as a result have limited the number of times you can enter per day to 25. The use of software to automatically enter the sweepstakes is also expressing forbidden. --Neowin (http://www.neowin.net/news/apple-offering-10000-gift-card-for-the-10-billionth-download) Go here to see the apple site http://www.apple.com/itunes/10-billion-app-countdown/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newmy Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Nice post, mate. Not really sure what to say to that though, I may just start downloading loads of apps using my brothers voucher when it gets nearer though . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford1001 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 so an itunes voucher for music and apps, wow, i would prefer an apple store voucher or even $10,000 cash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDaddy Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 read about this:) Seems an amazing prize! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richio Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 Almost 9,900,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newmy Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Has it been won yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford1001 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Yeah, well I am pretty sure it has, I remember seeing something about it, maybe an email, click the link to find out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newmy Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Okay, tah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richio Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 Finished now but the winner hasn't been announced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford1001 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 i wonder who won, i got one a little while ago, maybe 3-4 days :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynamiteDai Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 The lucky winner was Gail Davis of Orpington, Kent, UK, who downloaded Paper Glider. PR after the break. Source engadget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Very luck, but a congrats to him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford1001 Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 i wonder what he will buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Locking this topic, it's in the past now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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