App Store - 60 Million Downloads
by Roberto Baldwin for maclife.com

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Steve Jobs reported that iPhone/iPod touch owners had downloaded more than 60 million applications from the iTunes App Store. While most of the downloads were for free apps, Steve reported that the App Store had generated $30 million in revenue in its first 30 days.
Steve also revealed that Apple does indeed have the capability to "turn off" an app remotely. The capability was discovered last week and and has some users concerned about privacy. Steve told the Wall Street Journal that Apple would only pull the lever if a malicious app appeared on iPhones. Adding that he hoped they would never have to pull that lever.
An Apple spokeswoman also commented on the removal of the I Am Rich app, saying it was a judgement call on Apple's part.

Just because 99.999% of the population would regard the I Am Rich app that was pulled from the App Store a complete waste of money, there are always a few folks with money to burn.
Eight fools, er wealthy individuals, purchased the app before it was pulled from the App Store, and according to its developer Armin Heinrich, customers "really love the app" and that they had "no trouble spending the money."
If people are willing to buy a dog collar for $480,000, a $1000 on an iPhone app is a deal. 
Source LA Times

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