Apps Dominate, Where Has All the Music Gone?

If you've heard the joke, "there's an app for that," one too many times, sorry, but get used to it. As Apple prepares to hit nearly ten billion downloads at the App Store, there is no end in sight, new research confirms.

If you’ve heard the joke, “there’s an app for that,” one too many times, sorry, but get used to it. As Apple prepares to hit nearly ten billion downloads at the App Store, there is no end in sight, new research confirms.

“As of today, nearly 10 billion apps have been downloaded from the App Store worldwide,” blares the Apple App Store home page. “Which is almost as amazing as the apps themselves.”

And as smartphones continue to dominate the marketplace, new numbers show apps for said smartphones are overtaking the music that started the whole business.

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