Comment on 10 billion Android Market downloads and countingComments−lini14yFor a little perspective - the App Store passed 15 billion downloads back in July [1]. Google seems to be catching up.[1] https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/07/07Apples-App-Store-...−estel14yIn October they apparently updated this figure to 18 billion at a rate of 1 billion / month.http://www.knowyourmobile.com/smartphones/smartphoneapps/New...−bproper14yGoogle will catch up, as it did in marketshare. But the cost of Google's open approach, and big gains in smartphone marketshare, is a corresponding growth in its malware, currently growing 4X faster than iOs.http://www.betabeat.com/2011/12/05/android-malware-over-ios-...
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For a little perspective - the App Store passed 15 billion downloads back in July [1]. Google seems to be catching up.
[1] https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/07/07Apples-App-Store-...
In October they apparently updated this figure to 18 billion at a rate of 1 billion / month.
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/smartphones/smartphoneapps/New...
Google will catch up, as it did in marketshare. But the cost of Google's open approach, and big gains in smartphone marketshare, is a corresponding growth in its malware, currently growing 4X faster than iOs.
http://www.betabeat.com/2011/12/05/android-malware-over-ios-...