8 App Empire · According to a study commissioned by mobile application store oper- ator, GetJar, the mobile application market will reach $17.5B by 2012. · Canalys is forecasting growth of $37B by 2015. Apple reports that iOS app developers have collectively made more than $3 billion in revenues since the App Store opened. · Google's Android market, a rival platform and operating system to Apple's iPhone, hit 250,000 apps with more than 6 billion total downloads in mid-2011. · On average, over 60 apps have been downloaded for every iOS device sold, according to market research firm Asymco. · More than 30 million apps are downloaded every day, according to Asymco. · The average selling price of paid apps will rise 14 percent year after year according to estimates by Piper Jaffray research firm and as reported in the Wall Street Journal. · Apple expects to make more money on apps than on music by 2014 according to Asymco. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PHENOMENON NOW