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App Store Selling $1M a Day: Jobs

'I've never seen anything like this,' Apple boss says

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 11, 2008 9:01 AM CDT

(Newser) – The iPhone’s new App Store has exceeded the company’s wildest expectations, tallying up average sales of $1 million per day, Steve Jobs said today in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. Apple’s on pace to make $360 million from the store... Read full story »

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