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February 8, 2012

TechNet: App demand creating 466,000 jobs

  • The study says Seattle is a hotbed of the “app economy,” a boom driven by mobile computing and social networking.
    • By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
    AP Technology Writer

    SAN FRANCISCO — Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps — the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network.

    The demand for applications for everything ranging from games to quantum physics has created 466,000 jobs in the U.S. since 2007, according to an analysis released Tuesday by technology trade group TechNet.


     
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