Apple's App Store just had its best month ever

In case anyone still thought apps were dying, Tim Cook just laid that theory to rest.

The company's App Store set a new record for the month of July, Cook revealed. The month saw Apple's highest ever monthly billings and the biggest amount paid out to developers in a single month, he said in a tweet.

Cook didn't elaborate on the source of the success but we suspect Pokémon Go likely had something (or a lot) to do with it, as Niantic's game has been smashing records left and right.

Apple previously announced that the game had set a new record for the highest number of downloads in its first week.  Read more...