Analytics firm Flurry reports that between iOS devices and Android the week of Christmas there were 1.2 billion apps downloaded. That over a billion downloads a week mark is expected to come several times in 2012.
» Read more: 1.2 billion app downloads in a week, Nintendo courts iOS devs, Steve Jobs action figure
Windows Phone reached a key milestone this week. Microsoft’s Windows Marketplace now has more than 50,000 apps
It seems that Verizon’s connections with George Lucas and the whole Star Wars franchise will be continuing on into the future, as the Blu-ray release of the films have begun to be promoted by the mobile carrier this week alongside the DROID BIONIC. All you’ve got to do is send a text to a number and bam! You get a free little teaser video of C3PO
![f37de813c040x322.png 250x149 Verizon Promotes Star Wars Blu ray with the Force [Video]](http://www.downloadapp.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/f37de813c040x322.png-250x149.png "Verizon Promotes Star Wars Blu ray with the Force [Video]")
» Read more: Verizon Promotes Star Wars Blu-ray with the Force [Video]
This week in Berlin, Android Community will be covering IFA 2011, one of the oldest industrial exhibitions in Germany and host to a slew of important events hosted by Samsung, HTC, and many others. First and foremost I should mention that we’ll be liveblogging the Samsung Unpacked event on Thursday, September 1st at 11AM CET – that’s 4AM Central Standard Time, so more than likely past your bedtime. The rest of the time we’ll be having an awesome time speaking with a whole mess of other manufacturers and developers across the board
This week in tech news, we see some long awaited teasers to some amazing devices, the iconic CEO Steve Jobs resigns , and a bundle of Android OS software updates.
The hacker Comex has been given an internship at Apple. The part that seems odd is that Comex is the person behind the JailBreakMe hacks that unlocked the iPhone
» Read more: Comex gets Apple internship, iPhone 4S might be free, Tim Cook’s email to workers
While AT&T still has yet to actually officially launch their 4G LTE network we are now seeing a few signs of life regarding the upgraded service. This week AT&T is launching a few 4G LTE Mobile hotspot devices but so far nothing else has been announced
» Read more: Samsung Impulse 4G Headed to AT&T as first 4G LTE Phone
It appears that Google has another knife to pull on Microsoft , this time regarding Android source code, Google this week asking a judge with the US International Trade Commission to block a Microsoft “expert witness” in a Motorola lawsuit because this witness had “highly confidential source code” leaked to him by Microsoft. It’s not the least confusing situation in these patent posts we’ve been posting these past few months, that’s for sure, and I’m certain we’ll go through it again by the end of this post. The motion filed this week with the ITC, Google has requested that the court bar the so-called expert Dr Robert Stevenson from testifying on Microsoft’s behalf because Microsoft revealed TO Stevenson some source code Android and Microsoft had agreed to keep secret
» Read more: Google Contacts FCC Regarding Microsoft Leaking Confidential Android Source Code
Could Motorola’s next tablet be the KORE? That’s certainly one possibility, after the company was spotted going on a domain-buying spree earlier this week. Fusible caught five domains - MotorolaKore.com , KoreMotorola.com , Moto-Kore.com , MotoKore.com and Motorola-Kore.com - each using a variant of the same KORE name. The five purchases were only made on Wednesday this week, and so far none of the URLs link to any existing Motorola pages.
» Read more: Motorola KORE tipped in domain buying spree: XOOM successor?
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