Last time Apple checked in during its Q3 2013 earnings report it announced the App Store was home to 900,000 apps and over 375K designed specifically for iPad. Today, the App Store has now reached 950,000 apps and quickly approaches 1 million with Apple accepting 50K new apps in the last two months alone. The news comes from app discovery service Appsfire, which regularly tracks new and updated apps added to the App Store.
Apple often celebrates milestones for its App Store with some type of giveaway or contest for users. Earlier this year it made a number of premium apps available for free to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the App Store and also gave away a $10,000 App Store gift card to announce the 50 billionth app download. We wouldn’t be surprised to see Apple do something similar for the 1 millionth app on the App Store.
Apple has likely seen an increase in new app submissions in recent weeks, as a long list of developers update and release new apps to accompany last week’s launch of iOS 7 and the new iPhones. At the current rate, it will take Apple just another couple of months to hit the 1 million mark.

App Store stops by 950K apps on its way to 1 million

Updated: Camera Burst Mode For iPhone 5, iPhone 4s And More Added In iOS 7 GM

Apple’s iPhone 5s is set to launch with impressive improvements in the camera department. However, one such feature thought to be reserved for the upcoming handset – a “burst mode” for the Camera app – is available to access now in the prerelease iOS 7 Gold Master (GM), and is reportedly compatible with the iPhone 5, iPhone 4s, and more.
The news comes from iDownloadBlog, who explains that the feature can be accessed in the iOS 7 GM Camera app by holding a finger down on the shutter icon. Doing so will result in one’s iDevice taking “continuous, rapid shots,” the website explains.
Though Apple unveiled the feature alongside its iPhone 5s, which also sports an exciting slow motion mode of video recording, an f/2.2 aperture, and a larger active sensor area that supports 1.5 micron pixels, the Cupertino, Calif. company did not announce that the Camera app’s burst mode would be available for other iDevices. As such, no information concerning compatibility has been formally confirmed.
That being said, iDownloadBlog’s research indicates that the feature is available for the iPhone 5, iPhone 4s, iPad 3, and fifth-generation iPod touch. It seems that the iPhone 4, at least, is unable to support the feature due to “hardware limitations.”
 Updated: Camera Burst Mode For iPhone 5, iPhone 4s And More Added In iOS 7 GM