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The iOS and Mac App Stores alone, with more than $10 billion in sales last year, would themselves slot in at number 270 [in the Fortune 500 list] ahead of credit firm Discover and casino giants MGM and Caesar’s.5
—appleinsider
From July 2008, when it offered 500 apps, to 6 years later, when it offered more than 1.2 million apps, the Apple App Store has become a model for creating a fertile business ecosystem. Other companies have created similar ecosystems, most notably the Amazon Appstore and Google Play. The application stores—with their overabundance of options—are merely the visible manifestations of connected technologies and business systems. These systems are carefully constructed to deliver specific solutions to targeted consumer markets. Apple's App Store found success by providing developers with development tools and design guidelines; offering ready...
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