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App Store Reaches 15,000 Apps, 5 Million Downloads

Apple's home page now claims that the App Store has officially surpassed 15,000 apps available and over 500 million downloads in the six months since the store went online. This is the second landmark for the store. The first was when it hit 10,000 apps and 300 million downloads back in December 2008.