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"Apple has confirmed that more than 30 billion applications have been downloaded from the App Store. The chief executive confirmed the milestone during the company&amp;#039;s World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco today.  Cook also revealed that more than $5 billion has been paid out to the creators of iPhone and iPad apps since the service launched, and announced plans to bring the App Store to an additional 32 countries. &amp;quot;For Apple, and I suspect many of you, our goal has always been to do great work, and in doing so, make a difference in other people&amp;#039;s lives,&amp;quot; said Cook. &amp;quot;Nothing makes us happier than seeing hundreds of thousands of developers around the world using our hardware and our software to create and share their latest and greatest ideas.&amp;quot; Apple&amp;#039;s App Store will now be available in 155 territories in total. &amp;gt; Follow our live blog of Apple&amp;#039;s World Wide Developers conference Picture gallery - Apple&amp;#039;s Worldwide Developers Conference announcements:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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