App Store Year One: Shocking successes, game-changers, and unpredictable painIn celebration of the App Store's 10th anniversary, we're taking a look back at its history, including its initial launch, immediate success, and the passion and pain that came with it.
Apple introduced the App Store on July 10, 2008, five years ago this week. Over the course of the next few days we're going to take a look back at the origins and development of App Store, and forward towards its potential future. That future began with launch day. Apple went from no apps to hundreds of them over night. And for the first time ever, every up-to-date device across an entire platform had a centralized, unified place where customers could go to easily, safely buy apps. One tap on one icon on one Home screen, and they were in and buying with one login and one account. Just like the iPhone had made mobile computing mainstream, the App Store now made mobile apps mainstream. The world has never been the same.
The 500... to 50,000
The App Store launched in 62 countries and with 500 apps, ...
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App Store Year One: Shocking successes, game-changers, and unpredictable pain
