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Mac App Store reaches 100 million downloads

Whether you’re a PC or a Mac, people have certainly been app happy this year. Apple announced yesterday that the Mac App Store has sold over 100 million apps in less than one year, coming on the heels of Android’s own annoucement last week that the Android Market downloads have reached the 10 billion mark. Apple launched its online Mac App store in January, building upon the extraordinary momentum generated by its App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod devices. The original App Store revolutionized the app industry, now offering more than 500,000 apps for Apple’s smartphones and tablets. Customers have downloaded more than 18 billion apps and continue to download more than 1 billion apps per month. “In just three years the App Store changed how people get mobile apps, and now the Mac App Store is changing the traditional PC software industry,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “With more than 100 million downloads in less than a year, the Mac App Store is the largest and fastest growing PC software store in the world.” The Mac App Store offers thousands of free and paid apps in various categories, including Education, Games, Graphics & Design, Lifestyle, Productivity and Utilities. Users can browse for apps in the online store and then buy them using their iTunes account. Additionally, Apple lets Mac developers set the prices for their apps and keep 70 per cent of the sales revenue.

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Mac App Store reaches 100 million downloads