App downloads smash records—1.76 billion in one week—during the holidays

Ars Technica
By Florence IonJan 2, 2013, 3:30 pm186 pts
Image provided by Flurry Consumers may be slow to get back into the groove after the holiday, but that didn't stop them from spending time in a mobile app store. On the last week of 2012, a record-breaking 1.76 billion apps were downloaded to both iOS and Android devices, according to a report from Flurry…

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