iPad 2 to be announced on 13th February?

There is much talk within the technology press about the possible imminent release of the iPad 2.  

The Mobile World Congress starts on the 14^th February and there is good money on Apple releasing news of its launch next Sunday. This coincides with what was previously reported in Macnotes that the iPad 2 would be released at the beginning of Q2.

It is also suggested that Apple’s latest iOS operating system will be demonstrated at the same time.

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Apple's 10 Million App Store Download

UK-based Gail Davis of Orpington became the winner of a $10,000 App Store gift card after she dowloaded the 10 billionth download from Apple's App Store at around 10:30 yesterday morning.

Davis downloaded an app called Paper Glider from a small UK-based iPhone app developer called Neon Play. Paper Glider is currently the most popular free iPhone app in the UK.

More than seven billion apps have been dowloaded in the last year alone, an astounding rate of growth given that it took Apple over 18 months to get to the one billion app milestone.

The App store was opened in July 2008 and has since been widely emulated by rivals such as Nokia, Google, Blackberry and Microsoft.

Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, said in a press release that the App Store had surpassed Apple's wildest dream.

It is therefore not a surprise that the company has decided to extend the service to the Mac desktop environment through the recently launched Mac Store.

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