Recently Apple has put up a countdown page that displays the download of iPhone and iPod touch applications from the App Store. Application download is nearing one billion mark. The download rate per second is impressive, check out here.
The App Store launch is still shy of one year and this is an extraordinary feat for Apple. This is a sales stunt. The present display shows more than 933 million downloads. Some of the most downloaded applications are Crash Bandicoot, Facebook application, Koi Pond, Google Earth, Enigmo, etc. You can see the top 20 downloaded application list here.
To celebrate the milestone, Read More...
Developer name: Don Nguyen
Developing Since:1990
Company Name:Horchata Factory
Apps at the App Store:1
Location:Cupertino, CA
About Dev:
Tell us a little about you, and your current company.
I'm 26 years old, currently living with my lovely wife, Erika, in Cupertino, CA. Horchata Factory originally began as DonFactory USA, a fake car shop that we started in Milpitas modifying import cars. Once most of my friends and I grew out of that phase, I began prototyping several games using a similar name. Horchata Factory is mainly focused on bringing quality games with a lot of inside jokes to the world. Right now, the company is mainly me Read More...
May be to celebrate the 10,000 apps mark and help the searchers in navigating through the mazes of the App Store, Apple has come up with a new idea for the holiday season. They have put up a new section at the iTunes that displays the top apps (in terms of popularity) of 2008 at the App Store. The top 120 apps are there. A small chunk of the 10,000 strong brigade.
The categories chosen are:
Top Overall, Top Games, Top Entertainment, Top Utilities, Top Social Networking and Top Music. All these are organized under two categories – Top Paid Apps at Read More...
Application Category: Entertainment Price: $0.99
File size: 1.2 MB Download here
The app store is changing the definition of “Entertainment”. Here comes another app to hi-techize and glamorize a proxy experience.
The Look:
No questions about the design and look of the app. A Koi pond, with crystal clear waters and both the grayish and colorful varieties of Koi fishes. The water and the stones under the water look pretty natural, the fishes are slightly animated as are the plants and herbs.
The Feel:
However, there is something about the “feel” and that’s important since this app is all about Read More...
