Google Play Passes Billion App Downloads

Batch comes from the same team behind AppGratis, and began as managed push notification platform for iOS, Android and the web. It then expanded to become a martech platform that works with existing data sources, including CRM, CDP and analytics products. The company now counts enterprise clients as customers.

The hyperlocal app helps users connect, find jobs, keep up with local information and more. The app combines food delivery and ridesharing, and now has over , registered users.

The round was led by existing investors Tiger Global and Falcon Edge. The bank offers a savings account along with credit and loan products, and counts some , users in the U. The company allows merchants to accept payments online, in-store or inside apps — the latter of which also includes chat integration and support for WeChat Pay, WhatsApp and others.

The company sold its shares at 90, won apiece, after originally marketing 17 million shares for 60, to 90, won each. Atone French Catholic church on its knees…. By Keith Andrew. Responding to a claim made by The Independent that Google Play was on its way to hitting 15 billion app downloads, Google has revealed it passed said milestone "a few weeks ago. Apple's App Store topped 15 billion app downloads back in July , three years after launch. With Google Play having hit the market as Android Market in October , that means it's taken the store an additional six months to reach the same tally as its main competitor.

Split those figures down to a monthly basis, and that means Apple's marketplace has delivered more than million downloads a month since launch, with Google Play coming in behind on a more modest million downloads a month. Comments No comments. All Facebook-owned apps were inaccessible for several hours due to configuration changes on October 4, pushing many users to switch to Telegram.

The Telegram app has now touched the 1-billion download mark on Google Play , the install counter shows. It was first spotted by Android Police. In August, Telegram crossed the milestone of one billion downloads globally, as per Sensor Tower data. Data revealed in the Oracle v. But those records also indicated that the vast majority of that revenue will be coming from advertising, with small but growing percentages also coming from app sales.

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. News U. What are the most downloaded apps from the Play Store? Google Play Services Debuting the list last year, Google Play Services ousted all other apps in the store by being the first to hit 10 billion downloads.