Apple's App Store Has Created Nearly 500,000 Jobs in Europe

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Apple has about 16,000 employees throughout Europe, but the company says it helps support many more jobs than that.

Apple created a dedicated webpage this week touting research findings from Vision Mobile, which claims that the Cupertino company created or supports 629,000 jobs in Europe.

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In particular, Apple says its App Store has "directly" led to the creation of 497,000 jobs in Europe since it launched in 2008.

"Of the more than $20 billion developers have earned from App Store sales worldwide, $6.5 billion has been paid to European developers," Apple wrote in a statement on its website. "This job growth for coders, developers, entrepreneurs and others would not have existed without Apple’s innovation and technology." Read more...

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