Steve Jobs loved nice round numbers, and the tradition continues. There was a bumper crop at Apple’s (AAPL) WWDC 2014. These are the ones that caught our eye:
$628.65 — Apple’s closing price, down $4.35 (0.69%) for the day.
75 billion — Apps downloaded
300 million — Visits to App Store every week
1.2 million — Apps in App Store
4,000 — New developer APIs (Application program interfaces) in iOS 8’s SDK (Software developer kit)
14 million — Downloads of latest version of X-Code
83% — iOS users setting passcodes, up from 49% before TouchID fingerprint recognition
89% — Installed base running latest iOS
9% — Installed base of Android devices running latest Android version
97% — ChangeWave customer satisfaction with iOS 7
130 million — Customers in past 12 months who were buying their first Apple product
500 million — iPhones sold
200 million — iPads sold
100 million — iPod touches sold
800 million — iOS devices sold
$0.00 — Retail price of OS X Yosemite
51% — Macs using latest operating system
14% — Windows machines using latest operating system
40 million — Copies of Mavericks installed
12% Macs growth last year
80 million — Mac installed base
1,000 — Apple engineers in the house
25th — WWDC anniversary
10:00 — Start time, right on schedule. JP Mangalindan is live blogging for Coins2Day.com
$634.00 — Apple’s opening price Monday.
5 — Apple’s new spot on the Coins2Day 500, up from 6 last year.
5 — Satellite trucks, down from 11 in 2011, when the international media was on a Steve Jobs death watch
2,700 — Attendees in line Monday as of 7:30 a.m. Monday, two and a half hours early
2 — Attendees who took their places in line Sunday at 3 pm Pacific, 19 hours before Monday’s 10 a.m. Pacific keynote
6,000 — Attendees, chosen this year by lottery
See also:
– Five things to watch for at WWDC
– WWDC: Rumor checklist
– WWDC: Buy the rumor, sell the news?