Apple Celebrates '5 Years of the App Store' With Poster Sent to ReportersTim Bradshaw, a tech reporter with the Financial Times, received this poster from Apple celebrating the upcoming 5-year anniversary of the App Store. The App Store, which originally launched on July 10, 2008, has seen more than 50 billion app downloads across nearly a million individual apps. Apple sent a similar promotional item to reporters to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the iTunes Store, though that version included a gift card redeemable for 100 songs hand-picked by the iTunes staff. Recent Mac and iOS Blog Stories • Original Angry Birds Updated with New Egg Defender Mode • Snuglet Kickstarter Project Aims to Secure Loose MagSafe 2 Cables • iOS 7 Installs Hit All-Time High for Beta Software • Apple Releases Security Update 2013-003 for OS X Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion • Southwest Airlines and DISH Launch Free In-Flight TV • Best Buy May Begin Selling Pebble Smart Watch This Weekend [Updated] • Microsoft Updates OneNote for iPhone and iPad With Improved Consistency • Apple France Targeted by Regulators Over Treatment of Resellers, App Store Lock-In
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