Apple\u2019s Mac App Store to Open on 7 January SYDNEY, Australia – 17 December 2010 – Apple\u00ae today announced that the Mac\u00ae App Store? will open for business on Friday, 7 January. By bringing the revolutionary App Store experience to Mac OS\u00ae X, the Mac App Store makes discovering, installing and updating Mac apps easier than ever. The Mac App Store will be available in 90 countries at launch and will feature paid and free apps in categories like Education, Games, Graphics & Design, Lifestyle, Productivity and Utilities. \u201cThe App Store revolutionised mobile apps,\u201d said Steve Jobs, Apple\u2019s CEO. \u201cWe 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\u2019t wait to get started on 7 January.\u201d The Mac App Store lets you browse new and noteworthy apps, find out what\u2019s hot, view staff favourites, search categories and read customer ratings and reviews. Like on iPhone\u00ae, iPod touch\u00ae and iPad\u2122, you can purchase, download and install apps in just one click and start using them immediately. Purchased apps can run on all of your personal Macs and updates are delivered directly through the Mac App Store so it\u2019s easy to keep all of your apps up to date. The Mac App Store is available to Mac OS X Snow Leopard\u00ae users as a free download through Software Update. Mac developers set the price for their apps, keep 70 percent of the sales revenue, are not charged for free apps and do not have to pay hosting, marketing or credit card fees. To find out more about developing for the Mac App Store visit developer.apple.com\/programs\/mac. Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork, and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple is reinventing the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apple\u2019s Mac App Store to Open on 7 January SYDNEY, Australia – 17 December 2010 – Apple\u00ae today announced that the Mac\u00ae App Store? will open for business on Friday, 7 January. By bringing the revolutionary App Store experience to Mac OS\u00ae X, the Mac App Store makes discovering, installing and updating Mac apps easier<\/p>\n