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Mentor Man Wins $10,000 App Store Gift Card
Brandon Ashmore made the 50 billionth download in the App Store's five-year history
A Mentor man now has more download credits than he'll probably ever use.
According to an Apple news release, Brandon Ashmore downloaded the 50 billionth application from the company's popular app store. To commemorate the milestone, Apple gave him a $10,000 App Store Gift Card.
“They actually called me first, several times, because I didn’t actually believe I won, but then they started saying things that they could not have known (unless it was legitimate),” the 21-year-old told The News-Herald.
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The winning app was "Say the Same Thing," developed by Space Inch LLC.
Ashmore attends Lakeland Community College and is working on a computer science degree, according to the paper.
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Apple's App Store opened in in July 2008 with 500 apps. It now offers 850,000 apps to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users in 155 countries.
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