Google Play, the Internet giant's competitor to Apple's App Store,
has surpassed 25 billion downloads and is celebrating the milestone
with a 75-percent discount for its top apps.
Visitors to Google Play (play.google.com) can download apps for their devices running Google's Android operating system, with "75+ percent off."
Angry Birds Space Premium, one of the storefront's top apps, was available for download for only P10.43.
"Google may hope to add a little fuel to its app buying fire with five
planned days of 25 cent prices on mobile gaming favorites, starting off
with Angry Birds Space, Asphalt 7, Draw Something, and others," reported GamesRadar.com.
Tech site All Things Digital reported Apple’s App Store hit the same 25-billion milestone "with much fanfare" only last March.
AllThingsD said Google Play now has 675,000 apps and games, compared to Apple’s recently announced milestone of 700,000 apps.
"Google said earlier this month that there have been about 500 million
total activated Android devices, and Apple counted 400 million iOS
devices sold as of June — a number that’s not standing still," it noted.
It also said Google is celebrating the milestone by offering 25-cent featured apps and other discounts on movies, books, albums and magazines for the next five days. — TJD, GMA News
source: gmanetwork.com
