Apple reports record App Store sales


In the two weeks ending January 3, customers spent over $1.1 billion on apps and in-app purchases, setting back-to-back weekly records for traffic and purchases. January 1, 2016 marked the biggest day in App Store history with customers spending over $144 million. It broke the previous single-day record set just a week earlier on Christmas Day.

Apple typically announces something the first full week of January just at the start of CES. While Apple isn't a part of CES, the company seems to still want to remind people they're around.