In January 2014, Gartner came up with an interesting forecast on the future of mobile computing – the Mobile Apps usage. It predicts that by 2017, mobile apps will be downloaded more than 268 billion times, generating revenue of more than $77 billion and making apps one of the most popular computing tools for users across the globe. As a result, Gartner predicts that mobile users will provide personalized data streams to more than 100 apps and services every day.

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