Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
This might change slightly with the arrival of the iPhone 3.0 software, which includes support for in-app transactions. Rather than downloading a whole new application, it would be possible to activate additional levels within a game once a fee had been paid.
Apple has yet to announce which of the store's 35,000-plus applications was the target of the one billionth download.
Nor do we know who one the associated competition, which offered a prize bundle comprising a $10,000 iTunes gift card (that's a lot of music or apps), a MacBook Pro, a Time Capsule and an iPod touch.
So if you very recently either bought an app or lodged a manual entry, keep an extra-close eye on your email over the next few days and make sure your answering machine is working - Apple may be trying to contact you with the good news.
On second thoughts, don't. If, having been notified, the winner fails to respond within 48 hours, Apple will re-award the prize to a random winner, which means I'll be back in with a chance!
The winner's name should be made public by early May.
David Bass
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