A year after opening App Store, Apple sitting pretty
How can you tell that the App Store's first anniversary is a big deal? Even Apple -- which normally treats milestones with the same stony silence divorced couples regard their erstwhile wedding anniversaries -- has acknowledged the event.
Earlier this week, Apple opened a new section at its online emporium for iPhone and iPod touch apps that marks the App Store's first year in business. That's a modest amount of hoopla, to be sure, but for a company that barely uttered a peep earlier this year to mark the silver anniversary of the original Mac's industry-changing debut, a page at the App Store is practically a ticker-tape parade.
Apple certainly has plenty to celebrate with the App Store, which officially opened its doors on July 11, 2008. The App Store debuted a year ago with 552 applications aimed at iPhone and iPod touch users.
