The Amazon Appstore has more than 240,000 apps and games available and is considered rivals with Google and Apple's App stores, which has over 1 million apps. Having opened in 1995 originally as an internet bookstore, Amazon climbed through the ranks to become one of the largest tech firms. With the large increase in apps, they believe it would attract developers who are looking to increase their profit. The statistics that Amazon came out with earlier today are considered very important. By gathering information related to customers' lives and tendencies, they can better position themselves as a central gateway. Not only that, Amazon is also planning to offer a music streaming service to compete with Spotify and Pandora.