Mobile apps have enjoyed phenomenal and increasing popularity in recent years, but what we’ve seen so far is just the beginning, according to a new Gartner report. Specifically, mobile app stores will see annual downloads reach 102 billion in 2013, the research firm reported on Thursday, up from 64 billion in 2012. Total revenue in 2013, meanwhile, will reach $26 billion, up from $18 billion in 2012, it predicted. Free apps will account for 91 percent of total downloads in 2013.
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Posted by: Erika Morphy September 20, 2013 05:00 AMMobile apps have enjoyed phenomenal and increasing popularity in recent years, but what we’ve seen so far is just the beginning, according to a new Gartner report. Specifically, mobile app stores will see annual downloads reach 102 billion in 2013, the research firm reported on Thursday, up from 64 billion in 2012. Total revenue in 2013, meanwhile, will reach $26 billion, up from $18 billion in 2012, it predicted. Free apps will account for 91 percent of total downloads in 2013.