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 proprietary application store back in 2008, along with iPhone OS 2.0, which ran the iPhone 3G. At the time of opening, less than 1000 games and applications were available in the App Store. During the first month of its existence, their number has grown 4 times, and a year later, in July 2009, the App Store already had more than 65 applications for every taste and for a wide variety of tasks. In October 000, the App Store made it possible to pay for purchases in rubles.
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