Apple announced the next major versions of its iOS operating system, unveiled iTunes Radio and made a series of software and hardware announcements at Worldwide Developer Conference 2013 (WWDC 2013), its ongoing annual developer conference held at Moscone Center, San Francisco. You can read about various OS X announcements at WWDC 2013. A quick lowdown on all the iOS related announcements from WWDC 2013 below: App Store Stats: iTunes App Store has 900,000 iOS apps, of which 375,000 apps are specifically designed for iPad. Apple CEO Tim Cook claimed that 93% of apps are downloaded from the App store on a monthly basis. There are a total 575 million store accounts with registered credit cards on the App store, up from 400 million accounts last year. Cook claimed that iTunes Store now has more accounts with credit cards than any online store. Last month, Apple had also claimed to have clocked 50 billion downloads on the App Store. Developer Stats: Apple has paid out over $10 billion to developers, of which $5 billion was paid out in the last year. Apple's developer program has seen 6 million signups until now, of which 1.5 million developers registered in the past year (since WWDC 2012). Cook claimed that iOS now accounts for 74% of the total payouts to developers, 3x more than all other mobile platforms combined. Its nearest competitor Android accounts for 20% of the total developer payouts. iOS Stats: Apple claims to have sold 600 million iOS devices until now and around 93% of its users are on the latest iOS version, iOS 6. In comparison, Cook noted that only 33% of…
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