GetJar hits one billion downloads

The record-breaking moment happened on June 7th at 11:02 AM when the Geodelic location app was downloaded on an Android handset.
It makes GetJar the world’s second largest app store – behind the Apple App Store – based on downloads.
The firm launched on March 23rd 2004 as a developer resource for testing and appraising Java apps.
But in the last 18 months it has evolved into a more commercially-focused store, offering app makers a portal through which to distribute demo and full products.
What a success it's been. GetJar now provides more than 65,000 mobile apps to consumers in more than 200 countries.

Ilja Laurs, CEO and founder, GetJar, proclaimed the success of his firm's open approach. He said: “We’re delighted to have reached this milestone in mobile app history.
"We’ve supported over 60,000 apps from developers across all major platforms, and our open philosophy has been integral to our continued growth and the development within the industry. We’re looking forward to the next billion downloads.”
The most downloaded app of all time on GetJar is Facebook’s mobile site shortcut. It has been downloaded more than 61 million times since launch late last year.
The most popular app is mobile messenger application, eBuddy, who recently surpassed a landmark 50 million downloads.
Other notable successes include the ‘Bible’ app, which was downloaded more than 398,000 times in its first month alone, and Islamic app ‘Azan’ with 1.5 million downloads.

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