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Apple just delivered its 1 Billionth application downloads from the App Store. It's only been nine months since the App Store launced on iTunes. Amazing.

Fortune's Apple 2.0 wrote:

One of the factors feeding that growth, and in turn being fed by it, is the size of the App Store’s installed base. COO Tim Cook put it at 37 million — a fact, by the way, that gives analysts a fresh handle on the number of iPod touches in circulation. (Because Apple has reported sales of 21.17 million iPhones over the past 7 quarters, we now know that it has also sold at least 15.83 million iPod touches.)

via Fortune's Apple 2.0

Apple just delivered its 1 Billionth application downloads from the App Store. It's only been nine months since the App Store launced on iTunes. Amazing.

Fortune's Apple 2.0 wrote:

One of the factors feeding that growth, and in turn being fed by it, is the size of the App Store’s installed base. COO Tim Cook put it at 37 million — a fact, by the way, that gives analysts a fresh handle on the number of iPod touches in circulation. (Because Apple has reported sales of 21.17 million iPhones over the past 7 quarters, we now know that it has also sold at least 15.83 million iPod touches.)

via Fortune's Apple 2.0

Vopium today announced its latest application to the iPhone, enabling users to make free and cheap international calls. Powered by mobile VoIP and Wi-Fi technology, Vopium is now available in Apple’s App Store.

Once you downloaded application and registered, you will receive 30 minutes of free calls and 30 text messages (SMS). According to Tanveer Sharif, Vopium’s CEO, at least 500 devices already supported this application.

Once the Vopium application is downloaded to the iPhone, it is tightly integrated with the user’s address book. When an international number is dialed, the call is made using the cheapest method available while preserving the highest call quality. When using Wi-Fi, Vopium iPhone users can call other Vopium Wi-Fi users for free, regardless of the brand/model of their device.

iPhone users can download the application from the Apple App Store.

Silicon Alley Insider is reporting that Hulu is coming to the iPhone within a few months -- its video is also reported to support streaming content over wifi and 3G.  This new app, called "badass", is following the existing web video apps for the iPhone including CBS's TV.com, Joost, i.TV and many others.

Why would Apple and AT&T approve this app, which will use up a lot of bandwidth and compete with Apple's iTunes video store? Because it will help sell iPhones, iPod touches, and AT&T subscriptions. And that's the whole point of the App Store. (And if we were Hulu, we'd offer Apple and/or AT&T an ad revenue-sharing deal, too.)

Hulu is an online video service that offers hit TV shows, movies and clips. Founded in March 2007, Hulu is co-owned by NBC Universal, News Corp. and Providence Equity Partners.