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Apple flew contest winner Chunli Fu to the company’s headquarters in Beijing to collect her $10,000 Apple Store gift card for downloading the 25 billionth app from the iTunes App Store.

RadioShack has announced that it is now taking pre-orders for the third-generation iPad. In order to facilitate the pre-orders, the retailer is requiring pre-order customers to buy a $50 RadioShack gift card, which can then be used towards the final purchase. Customers will also be able to use the company’s Trade & Save program to receive up to $350 for an iPad 2 or $175 for an original iPad in working condition. RadioShack will start selling…

For the past several weeks, a countdown has been running on Apple’s website to the 25 billionth app downloaded from the App Store. This is similar to the 10 billion app countdown held in January 2010, where the winner won a $10,000 dollar gift card. Apple has not yet announced who won, as they usually

The App Store reached the historic milestone of 25 billion application downloads early on Saturday, though Apple has yet to announce the winner of the $10,000 App Store gift card.

Apple on Friday added a counter to its website, leading up to the milestone of 25 billion downloads from the iOS App Store by offering a chance at a $10,000 gift card.

Scattered reports from customers suggest that Apple continues to have a difficult time combating hackers who are draining iTunes account balances and changing account information.