Apple’s One-Billionth App Download was “Bump”: 13-Year-Old Wins the Grand Prize

April 24th, 2009 by Todd Haselton

bump2 Apple hit its one-billionth iPhone app download mark yesterday, and the lucky guy who downloaded the one-billionth iPhone app was 13-year-old Connor Mulcahey of Weston, Connecticut. Yep, this little fella just won a $10,000 iTunes gift card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule, and a MacBook Pro. So what was the one-billionth app? It’s called Bump, built by Bump Technologies. It lets you swap contact details by simply knocking one iPhone into another that’s loaded with the same software. Now begins the race for the two-billionth app…

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2 Responses to “Apple’s One-Billionth App Download was “Bump”: 13-Year-Old Wins the Grand Prize”

Dana Wollman Says:
April 24th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
What is that kid going to do with a $10,000 gift card? Can he trade it in for college tuition?
Todd Haselton Says:
April 24th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
buy the works of Bruce Willis both musical and cinematic