Apple hits 50 billionth app download, gives out $10,000 reward

And we have a winner! After 13 days of watching the counter tick up, Apple has now sold its 50 billionth app in the App Store.

The winner is a man from Mentor, Ohio by the name of Brandon Ashmore, who downloaded the game Say The Same Thing. For his free download, he’ll receive a $10,000 App Store Gift Card.

In the press release announcing Ashmore’s win, Apple included some other interesting facts about the App Store: it now contains more than 850,000 iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch apps, and is available in 155 countries. Web Pro News also reports the tidbit that every second, 800 apps are downloaded from Apple’s App Store.

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Arguably the most interesting part of Apple’s milestone contest is finding out what exactly that lucky winner downloaded. When Apple held a similar promotion for their 10 billionth app, a British woman won when her daughter downloaded the free game Paper Glider, CBC reports.

Say The Same Thing starts with you and a friend each saying (well, typing) a random word, then you each have to say a word you think connects the two. If you say the same thing, you win. If you say two different words, then those are your words you use in the next round. The game was concocted by the band Ok Go.

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