Some of the biggest app blockbusters on your smartphone or tablet came from mobile app developers.
Take Instagram, for example. The company only had a dozen or so employees when Facebook bought it for a cool $1 billion.
So who are the people working on the next big hit? We took a look at some of the best independent developers doing the coolest things in mobile.
They're changing your life too in ways you don't even know about.
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