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Apple's App Store Tops 40 Billion Downloads; Generates $7 Billion For Developers

Posted by samzenpus on from the more-money-more-apps dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With the eyes of the tech world fixed on CES this week, Apple this morning conveniently decided to issue a press release announcing that the iTunes App Store has now topped over 40 billion downloads. That's an incredible feat, to be sure, but even more incredible is that nearly half of those downloads occurred in 2012. In December alone, iOS users downloaded over 2 billion applications, setting a monthly record in the process."

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  1. Re:Unique downloads? by samkass · · Score: 5, Informative

    or all downloads.

    They don't count updates or re-downloads in that figure.

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  2. Re:How many developers? by NatasRevol · · Score: 5, Informative

    Many of whom have not released an app.

    I'm a registered iOS developer, it's free.
    Nice to be able to take a look around at what is possible.

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