In in another tease, a new section dedicated to the anniversary has just gone live on the App Store. The ’5 Years of the App Store’ is accessible both in desktop iTunes and the stock App Store app on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices by following this link…
From the 500 apps available at launch in 2008 to the more than 900,000 at your fingertips today, it’s been a remarkably prolific five years for the App Store.To celebrate, we’re giving everyone five landmark games and five groundbreaking apps for a limited time.Plus, look back at the key moments that have made the App Store the world’s most innovative destination for apps.
The App Store Twitter account shared this nice teaser graphics.
Apple’s application store went live in 62 countries with 500 apps available, including MLB.com at Bat, Super Monkey Ball, eBay, Travelocity, Facebook, Shazam and Yelp. Facebook was that year’s most downloaded app with nearly five million downloads between Ju;y 10, 2008 and December 31, 2008.
The interactive section lets you explore key highights in the App Store’s five-year history. The very first milestone concerns the July 10, 2008 launch of the App Store.
