Conner Mulcahey from Weston CT is the lucky guy that downloaded Apple’s one billionth application from the iTunes App Store. And he’s just 13 years old. He’s going to be pretty popular in school, at least for a little while as he’s about to receive prizes from Apple worth over $13,000. 13-year olds are apparently also in love with the App Store. And Conner wasn’t downloading a game but a swapping application from Bump Technologies called Bump. For the rest of us that didn’t win, we can always wait for the next billion downloads to try our luck again.

via Apple

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Are you hooked to bowling? Well you can use your iPhone to see just how good you are. SGN’s most successful game for the iPhone and iPod Touch, iBowl has been announced as one of the top 20 apps of all time as Apple counts down to 1 billion apps downloaded.

With its high quality 3D graphics, live multi-synchronous challenge, multiple bowling alleys and bowling balls to choose from the integration of Facebook Connect, iBowl, since its launch in October last year has stayed a favorite among iPhone and iPod Touch users.

3D graphics and the option to choose from three different bowling alleys, a ‘Random Match’ setting, or selecting to join a ‘Competition’ the game simulates live gaming for up to four people in a single bowling booth. . Players can face random opponents or interact with people they know from around the world

These play modes allow players to see their opponents take a turn to play in real time which then displays the scores and progress of your opponent. iBowl is the first sporting game to enable real time, multi-synchronous game play for iPhone and iPod Touch users.

(Source) Press

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While Vodafone has gained much headway into the industry, it is not spared from the economic problems being encountered by most people today. Mobile phone giant Vodafone has frozen salaries for its 10,000 UK staff as it looks to slash costs, it has been reported.

The move comes barely a month after Vodafone announced it was cutting around 500 jobs in the UK as part of plans to save £1 billion worldwide by March 2011.

According to the Independent on Sunday other measures to affect the firm’s UK subsidiary include scrapping bonuses and ordering sales representatives to keep their cars for longer.

In a confidential memo Guy Laurence, chief executive of the UK business, reportedly told staff the move to stop pay rises was a “tough decision to make, but a responsible one”.

(Source) AP

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