Apple this morning announced that the Mac App Store will open on Thursday, January 6. At launch, it will be available in 90 countries and feature both paid and free apps in categories like Education, Games, Graphics & Design, Lifestyle, Productivity and Utilities.
In a short statement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said:
“The App Store revolutionized mobile apps. We hope to do the same for PC apps with the Mac App Store by making finding and buying PC apps easy and fun. We can’t wait to get started on Jan 6.”
Our previous coverage:
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Started by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple has expanded from computers to consumer electronics over the last 30 years, officially changing their name from Apple Computer, Inc. to Apple, Inc. in January 2007. Among the key offerings from Apple’s product line are: Pro line laptops (MacBook Pro) and desktops (Mac Pro), consumer line laptops (MacBook Air) and desktops (iMac), servers (Xserve), Apple TV, the Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server operating systems, the iPod, the...
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