Comment The $10,000 App Guarantee (Score 1) 176
I feel fairly sure that the $10,000 app guarantee had something to do with this. With 47K apps the odds that more than a few will cross the $1,000 threshold are pretty good.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17926037
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17926037