While Apple still has a ways to go to be the dominant mobile phone provider in the world, CEO Steve Jobs is comfortable with his lead in selling mobile applications. (Credit: Apple) Apple announced on Tuesday that after a year in existence, its App Store has counted 1.5 billion downloaded applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. In a press release, Jobs said, “The App Store is like nothing the industry has ever seen before in both scale and quality.

While Apple still has a ways to go to be the dominant cell phone provider in the world, CEO Steve Jobs is comfortable with his lead in selling mobile applications. Apple announced Tuesday that after a year in existence, its App Store has counted 1.5 … Source: 1.5 billion downloads from App Store in a year – CNET Asia Share The Secretwritten by \\ tags: Apple Iphone

Jim Goldman / Tech Check with Jim Goldman:Jobs’ Doctor Speaks  —  Silicon Valley Bureau Chief  —  It was extraordinary enough that Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee released a statement last night confirming that Apple CEO Steve Jobs [AAPL Loading...  () ] had a liver transplant, and the circumstances surrounding how he secured the procedure. Source: Jobs’ Doctor Speaks (Jim Goldman/Tech Check with Jim Goldman) Share The Secretwritten by \\ tags: Steve Jobs

App Store Downloads Reach 1.5B Amid Competition (NewsFactor) Posted on 07.15.09 by templeton @ 2:01 am NewsFactor – Apple CEO Steve Jobs, just back from a medical leave of absence, wasted no time trumpeting the success of the App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch. The store has had 1.5 billion downloads since its launch a year ago.Filed under: MacComments: No comments yet.RSS feed for comments on this post.TrackBack URILeave a commentLine and paragraph breaks

I sent his office an email regarding SBPEA attack against him.  They directed me to this article from Flash Report .  I’m very curious as to how many of you actually agree with SBPEA and want new taxes and have contacted Assemblyman Knight as Bob has asked. PEOPLE TO LAWMAKERS – FIX IT! Assemblyman Steve Knight June 17, 2009 [Publisher's Note: As part of an ongoing effort to bring original, thoughtful commentary to you here at the FlashReport, I am pleased to present this column from Assemblyman Steve Knight - Flash] If you are new to the FlashReport, please check out the main site and the acclaimed FlashReport Weblog on California politics.

Today Apple announced that the iTunes App Store had reached more milestones: 1.5 Billion (with a ‘B’), 65,000 total apps and 100,000 app developers.  Steve Jobs was quoted as saying: “With 1.5 billion apps downloaded, it is going to be very hard for others to catch up.” This statement couldn’t be more true as we see other app stores ( Blackberry App World , Palm Pre’s App Catalog , Nokia’s Ovi Store and Verizon’s app store) launching and making every effort to catch up with Apple.

Please welcome author Jason Kays who is guest posting today! He is the author of the new book, Virtual Vice: A new technology crime novel based on true events , that was published this past March by BookSurge Publishing, as well an intellectual property attorney with fifteen years experience in both information technology and entertainment law. Creative Non-Fiction as Genre I’ve been asked why I chose this relatively new genre for my new novel, Virtual Vice .

Greener Times for the Week of July 13 – July 19Volume 4 No. 13an e-publication for Greens anywhere and everywhereGreener Times Collective: Maryrose Asher, Duff Badgley, Tom Herring and Trey Smith (Editor)In This Week’s Issue * If You Want a Revolution, Start With a Clean Energy One * Thoughts By the Way: Fire in the Ducts * Our Climate Crisis: Seeing REDD, Plundering Our Forests * Un-Spinning the Spin: US to Bomb ET Outpost on the Moon? * This Week in History * Pencil Shavings: A Needed Rx * News You May Have MissedIf You Want a Revolution, Start With a Clean Energy Oneby Ted Glick for Z MagazineIt was about five years ago.

UPDATE: Cult of Mac Blog HAS MovedThe Cult of Mac blog is moving to a new address. The blog can now be found at www.cultofmac.com. And we’re serious this time. We’re still part of the Wired family, just decamped to our own domain to make some mischief. We even have several posts from this week, if you’ve been wondering where we’ve been…Here is the new RSS feed.

(For more stories on Japan’s economy click [ID:nECONJP]) TOKYO , July 15 (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan lowered itsestimate for Japan’s growth in the year to next March,underlining its cautious view on the outlook despite improvementin exports and industrial output. The central bank also said Japanese prices will likely fallless than previously forecast for the year to March, but areexpected to be broadly as projected the following year.