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Kim Kardashian West ‘apologizes for breaking the App Store’ after issues with downloads of Kimoji app

Kim Kardashian West indulged in a spot of humblebrag tweeting after her Kimoji emoticon app shot to the top of the App Store.

[tweet https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/679057097074413568 align=’center’]

[tweet https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/679057411169120256 align=’center’]

While the claim to have crashed the App Store appears to have been something of an exaggeration, it does appear true that many were for a time unable to download the app, with The Drum reporting that downloads peaked at 9,000 per second. But Apple said the App Store didn’t go down:

[tweet https://twitter.com/JohnPaczkowski/status/679380854422896640]

The reality TV star raked in double-digit millions from her Kim Kardashian: Hollywood app last year.

Claims that human beings are continuing to evolve may be somewhat exaggerated.

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  1. iSRS - 8 years ago

    Ben, this may be your best line ever “Claims that human beings are continuing to evolve may be somewhat exaggerated.”

    Funny thing, too. FX will have a new anthology series starting in February, called “American Crime Story” – Season 1 is about the OJ Simpson murder trial. One of the promos shows David “Ross Geller” Schwimmer as Robert Kardashian, talking to his young daughters about how you treat people, and the type of person you are are more important than money or fame.

  2. viciosodiego - 8 years ago

    Why did america make this people famous in the first place?

  3. viciosodiego - 8 years ago

    Why do people even look up to this family is beyond me.

    • 89p13 - 8 years ago

      Sheeples – America is a nation of Sheeples!

      In the 90’s / early 2000 it was Paris Hilton. America was fascinated by this “no talent, publicity whore of a bad girl.” Now it’s th whole family as the Publicity Whores of the 2010 decade!

      I blame People magazine and the rest of the magazines that started and feed this useless “need to know” about all the dirt! Now there’s a network (TMZ) that is dedicated to this waste of time and bandwidth!

      YMMV

  4. pdoobs - 8 years ago

    i was so embarrassed to be a human when I saw this at number 1 yesterday…

  5. xprmntr - 8 years ago

    No words

  6. mpias3785 - 8 years ago

    I just keep thinking of the beginning of “Idiocracy”.

  7. nheath - 8 years ago

    2 Stars, they updated it today so the reviews don’t show. Pitiful.

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