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App Store blows the candles of the 10 years with cake composed of two million applications
On July 10, 2008, SAPO reported that the App Store was booming with 500 applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch, 25% of which was free. Among the first apps could be found social networks Facebook and Twitter, as well as news channels Bloomberg and Reuters.Ten years have passed and the Cupertino giant has continued to feed the "monster" that has become one of the top mobile app and gaming stores. The storefront currently has something like two million apps, 20 million registered content producers and $ 100 billion in revenue.During its journey, Google got in the way and launched Google Play, with Android devices accounting for more than 85% of global smartphone sales, which means more applications downloaded. But more importantly, "stuffing the coffers" of businesses, the Apple store mounts more money. With only 14% of the market share, their users spend more money on applications.To get an idea, only in the Christmas week of 2017, users spent about 740 million euros in applications, registering a record for the period. The game Pokémon GO was the most downloaded.To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the App Store, SAPO invites you to toast rigorously, using iBeer's virtual beer, curiously one of the 10 most popular applications of 2008 ...



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