Apple has made its app store available to users in 20 more countries, bringing the total number of countries in which the App Store operates to 155. The list includes: Afghanistan, Gabon, Cote d'Ivoire, Georgia, Maldives, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Iraq, Kosovo, Libya, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Rwanda, Tonga, Zambia and Vanuatu.
Apple introduced its own app store back in 2008, along with iPhone OS 2.0, which was running iPhone 3G. At its launch, the App Store offered fewer than 1000 games and apps. Within the first month, their number quadrupled, and a year later, in July 2009, the App Store boasted over 65,000 apps for every taste and every need. In October 2012, the App Store introduced ruble payment options.
All apps are subject to strict moderation before being released to the App Store, giving Apple the right to claim that its app store is one of the safest in the industry. The App Store database is regularly checked for malicious or potentially fraudulent applications.
Since the store launched in 2008, app developers have cumulatively earned $155 billion.
Source: 3dnews.ru
