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Mobile apps set to explode

27-Jan-11 05:57

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Since Apple's App Store opened in mid-2008, however, mobile app sales have skyrocketed. But this is just the beginning, according to research house Gartner.

Gartner recently released a study that says more than 17.7 billion apps will be downloaded in this year alone, up over 100% from the 8.2 billion downloaded in 2010.

By 2014, the total number of apps sold would be a whopping 185 billion, predicts Gartner.

Not everyone buys into the hype though.

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