Steve Jobs Returns To The Stage With Some Big Numbers To Share
Yes, he’s back. When the Apple event started today, CEO Steve Jobs took the stage to a very long standing ovation. He used his opening remarks to talk about the importance of organ donation. Jobs noted that he now had the liver of a person in their mid-20s who died in a car crash. Jobs urged everyone to think about organ donation, as it saved his life. After that, Jobs thanked Apple’s executive team, and especially Tim Cook, who steered Apple’s ship in his absence. But then it was time for Jobs to quickly move into some impressive statistics. Here are a handful of them: iPhone 30 million iPhone have now been sold worldwide in a little over 2 years. There are now over 75,000 apps in the App Store There have now been some 1.8 billion App Store downloads The 3.1 update for iPhone and iPod touch is launching today. iTunes iTunes is now the #1 music retailer in the world 8.5 billion songs have been downloaded from iTunes There are now 100,000,000 accounts on iTunes, making it one of the largest stores on the web iTunes 9 is launching today, with a revamped look and feel It also features a Genius feature for the App Store ( *ahem *) An easier way to organize apps on the iPhone and iPod touch iTunes LPs (this is the “Cocktail” feature) Follow our live coverage here . Crunch Network : CrunchBase the free database of technology companies, people, and investors TechCrunch50 Conference 2009 : September 14-15, 2009, San Francisco
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