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Jordan Crook studied English Literature at New York University before entering the tech space. Prior to joining TechCrunch, Crook dabbled in mobile marketing and mobile apps as well as doing device reviews for MobileMarketer and MobileBurn. Crook is fascinated with alternative energy production and greentech. She is now a writer for CrunchGear. ? Learn More On its Q3 earnings call, Apple announced that there are over 650,000 apps on the Apple App Store, up from 600K in April of this year. Apple exec Peter Oppenheimer also mentioned that 250,000 of those apps were developed specifically for iPad. Perhaps more importantly to you hungry entrepreneurs, Apple paid out approximately $5.5 billion to developers. This is a huge jump from the $4 billion figure Apple reported in April. iOS 6 — with its deep Facebook integration — and the new iPhone, which is expected in September, should only bolster these numbers. To get a little perspective, Google’s most recent numbers in the Google Play dep...

Elberton, GA (PRWEB) April 03, 2012 Rehabmart.com, an online e-commerce company that sells rehabilitation and medical supplies, has joined into a distribution partnership with Stander , Incorporated, to offer mobility equipment, safety bed rails, rolling walkers and other mobility aids to a larger consumer market. Jan Miller, an elementary school teacher by trade, started the Stander company with her own grandmother as her inspiration. Miller's Grandma Essie celebrated her 90th birthday in 1997, with her mind as sharp as ever and a home full of family visitors, but shortly after, Essie's physical health started to deteriorate and what used to be simple daily tasks had become very difficult for her. Her loving family found a fabulous assisted living facility for their beloved matriarch to live out her remaining life in, with all the luxuries money could buy, but there was one small problem: Grandma Essie had no intention of moving into any type of 'nursing home', no mat...