A Closer Look at 10 Billion Downloads

[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty]



On Tuesday, we announced that Android Market passed 10 Billion app downloads. We wanted to look a little deeper at that huge number. First question: which app was lucky number 10 billion? Photobucket Mobile. They’ll be getting a great prize package, including tickets to next year’s Google I/O developer conference.



Remember we still have 8 days left to celebrate 10 billion downloads with 10-cent apps on Android Market. You can follow which apps are promoted each day on +Android, our Google+ page.



Here’s a graphical deep dive into 10 billion downloads...

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10 Billion Android Market Downloads and Counting

[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty]

One billion is a pretty big number by any measurement. However, when it’s describing the speed at which something is growing, it’s simply amazing. This past weekend, thanks to Android users around the world, Android Market exceeded 10 billion app downloads—with a growth rate of one billion app downloads per month. We can’t wait to see where this accelerating growth takes us in 2012.

To celebrate this milestone, we partnered with some of the Android developers who contributed to this milestone to make a bunch of great Android apps available at an amazing price. Starting today for the next 10 days, we’ll have a new set of awesome apps available each day for only 10 cents each. Today, we are starting with Asphalt 6 HD, Color & Draw for Kids, Endomondo Sports Tracker Pro, Fieldrunners HD, Great Little War Game, Minecraft, Paper Camera, Sketchbook Mobile, Soundhound Infinity and Swiftkey X.



Of course, none of these apps would have existed if it weren’t for the developers who created them. Every day, these developers continue to push the limits on what’s possible and delight us in the process. For that, we thank them.



Please join us in this 10-day celebration and check in every day to see what new apps our developer partners are making available on Android Market—for only a dime.

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The Scourge of Christmas Past, Present, and Future

MULTI-STRAND INCANDESCENT CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. WHAT CIRCLE OF HELL DID THESE COME FROM.

<Breathe, J-man, Breathe>

OK. So last night I had the most unpleasant job of untangling a 300 string set of these Christmas Lights. Being the smart geek, I had wound them around a large postage tube to try and keep them from getting untangled, but even that didn't help.

To cut a long story short, after a lot of violent shaking, and spaghetti maze solving, I untangled the string.

After hanging the damn things, half of the string just did not work. At all. What a soul destroying waste of time. Never again.

We did purchase an LED set of lights, but it was a 100 string. We really needed a 300 string. My better half just would not put them up on the tree, saying they would look ridiculous. They probably would.

So, being the geek that I am, I got thinking about the problem and have come up with a Christmas Lights product that makes all the terrible design elements of Christmas Lights a thing of Christmas Past.

The Pitch

Modular Christmas Lights, with the following features:

• Green (or white), flat, flexible, cable. 
• Colour switching LEDs so you do not have to have one colour per strand. 
• Each light string is 1m long, and has keyed connectors.
• 20 individual LEDs per strand (a bulb every 5 cm)
• This would give excellent light output.
• Usable in 100, 150, 200, 250, or 300 bulb lengths:
• Connect how ever many you need.
• Never have the problem with trying to wrap the excess bulb length around the bottom of the tree.
• LED bulb is mounted in a neat, terminal block style housing. 
• One light in center of cable, but connected internally to the correct cable will look a lot better than a LED that is protruding from the cable.
• No protruding bulbs means no tangle.

Bulb Controller, with the following features:

• Seven modes, similar to what most offer now.
• Music Response mode. Responds to bass frequencies to control the light pulse.
• Each mode cycles through with a single push button (like most on market now).
• LED 'mode' indicator built in, so you know exactly what mode is running.
• No bulky wall plug: normal corded wall plug, with unit sitting on the floor.
• Auto detects the modular length connected based on pre-set resistance, and adjusts light intensity accordingly.
• Set the light intensity: soft or bright.

Packages Available:

• 300 bulb length, for big trees.
• 150 bulb length for small trees.
• Other lengths sold separately, for an affordable price.
• 150 bulb length pack controller can be expanded up to 300 bulbs with separately purchased lengths.

Pack Includes:

• Selected bulb length.
• Bulb Controller
• Soft bag for lineal storage of string lengths, and all accessories

So who wants to put up some venture capital and we get these puppies onto the market for Christmas next year?

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