App sector continues to boom official

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By Al Jazeera English
While much of the US economy is still feeling the effects of the great recession, one new sector has seen explosive growth.

It's an industry that didn't exist just a few years ago. The market for smart phone apps is creating hundreds of thousands of jobs.

Recently, the company that makes the Instagram app was bought by Facebook for $1bn.

Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports.
Al Jazeera
08/17/2012