The iPhone, Facebook, and Google’s mobile operating system, Android, have been instrumental in developing a completely new business niche – the application, or ‘app’ for brevity.
Whilst these applications are often simple games or utilities, the growing popularity of social networks and the rapid uptake of mobile technology have helped some apps become household names. Farmville, for example, the domain of armchair farmers and their bovine friends, is a champion cash cow, commanding the attentions of over 80m people.
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