Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) announced on its website yesterday that it has reached 25 billion app downloads since it was first launched four years ago.Apple has paid out $4 billion to developers after taking its 30% cut, added last week that its application business had created 210,000 US jobs.SmarTrend is bullish on shares of Apple and our subscribers were alerted to buy on December 02, 2011 at $391.11. The stock has risen 39.4% since the alert was issued.Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers and related personal computing and mobile communication devices along with a variety of related software, services, peripherals, and networking solutions. The Company sells its products worldwide through its online stores, its retail stores, its direct sales force, third-party wholesalers, and resellers.