Rovio likes to say it can top a billion downloads by the end of next year.
Google Android downloads will top those for the Apple iPhone for the first time, Ovum adds.
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You get three different tabs at the top: Apps, Downloads and Widgets.
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But the fact he could still not reach the top spot highlights the dominance of downloads in today's UK singles chart.
As the lists are generated by country the numbers vary widely: eight thousand downloads will get one into the top ten in Australia and Italy, but ten times that number are needed to get into the American top ten.
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According to Network World, some 22.4 percent of Google searches performed since June produced malicious URLs (such as fake antivirus sites or malware downloads) as part of the top 100 search results, as opposed to 13.7 percent in the second half of 2009.
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This second chart shows the top twenty countries across which the record 1.2 billion downloads were distributed.
The At Bat app hit a grand slam last year: it was downloaded 6.7 million times (more than twice the combined downloads from 2011 and 2010) and is the top-grossing sports app of all-time.
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Downloads, however, do not equate revenue and the top 10 most downloaded apps in the category do not figure anywhere near the top 10 in terms of monthly revenue.
Another possibility is Apple, current top-dog in the small but rapidly growing market for legal music downloads with its iTunes software.
Skyfire has honed its technology through a variety of top-selling consumer applications, which have more than 20 million worldwide downloads to date.
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PlayMG also plans to sell top-up cards at retail, allowing consumers to pre-pay for game downloads, but those will not be available at launch.
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