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8 days into the year and Apple has already raked in half a billion dollars from the App Store

“We’re only eight days into 2015, and Apple is already celebrating bumper sales in the App Store,” Mark Wilson reports for BetaNews. “Buoyed by impressive pre-Christmas hardware purchases, New Year’s Day proved to be the biggest day ever for App Store sales. And in the first week of January, Apple enthusiasts spent almost half a billion dollars on apps and in-app purchases.”

“Sales and income are very much on the rise. Last year was a record-breaker for developers who managed to pull in more than $10 billion in revenue,” Wilson reports. “iPad, iPod and iPhone owners have already helped to earn developers $25 billion, and spending shows no sign of slowing down.”

Wilson reports, “Apple stock rose by more than 3 percent today as the company released details of the App Store earnings.”

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