Apple reports $1 bn app sales in Dec, $10 billion for 2013

Says about 3 billion apps were downloaded in Dec

Reuters New York
Last Updated : Jan 08 2014 | 8:53 AM IST

Apple Inc said on Tuesday that its customers spent $1 billion on purchases in its applications store in December, leading to a total of $10 billion worth of apps sold in 2013.

Apple reported app downloads of almost 3 billion apps in December, making it a record month for its App Store, which offers 1 million apps for its iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices.

It competes with devices based on Google Inc's Android system and phones and tablets based on Microsoft Corp software.

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First Published: Jan 07 2014 | 11:34 PM IST

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