Apple reminds us how the App Store has changed everything before its 10th anniversary – BGR

Nintendo's Shingo Miyamoto video game designers at game makers like Candy Crush and Temple Run, as well as representatives of HBO, Major League Baseball, and other major corporations and organizations, began singing the praises of Apple. App Store before its tenth birthday on Tuesday, July 10th.

Earlier this week, we plunged into new data on the most popular – and most lucrative – applications in this $ 42.5 billion market. This figure is the number of consumers spent on iOS apps last year.

While the first decade of the App Store is officially coming to an end, in the meantime, Apple is giving us a bit of the human side of the equation. How it has changed lives and businesses and exceeded the craziest expectations of everyone. And that is after having started, one must remember, almost by accident – or, more specifically, not come from an insightful view of the shutdown.

The tenth anniversary of the App Store, as Om Malik has said this morning, is a timely reminder that enthusiasts – derisively labeled fanboys – help turn companies into cultural movements. "

Here is a summary of some of the contributions included in a retrospective on the App Store – which receives 500 million visitors a week – that Apple released HBO CEO Richard Plepler for example , describes the announcement of its streaming service with Apple and the arrival of the application HBO NOW of the cable channel on the "App Store" One of the most significant moments from the history of HBO.

Shigeru Miyamoto, Director and Associate, Nintendo: "We are very excited that we can deliver Super Mario Run, a new Super Mario experience that could be played with one hand on the iPhone, to hundreds of millions of consumers through the App Store.The App Store allows us to share the joy of Nintendo games with many new audiences, and we will continue to provide unique and new gaming experiences to App Store customers. "

Riccardo Zacconi, CEO of King, creators of Candy Crush: " We launched Candy Crush Saga on the App Store more than five years ago and this has been extremely beneficial , allowing us to reach a whole new world audience.Our games have been played in all seven continents, including Antarctica! This shows how much the App Store has become influential and extensive. "

Francoise A. Marvel, MD, research team e health of Corrie, Johns Hopkins, cardiology: "In the last 10 years, the App Store has contributed to the advancement of innovation in patient care by creating a flat -form for advanced medical applications like Corrie at Johns Hopkins. Our mobile health research is supported by the App Store to provide life-saving and life-changing applications for our patients.

Dan Gray, studio chief, ustwo Games, creators of Monument Valley: built our entire team around the App Store, and we were able to have some millions of people around the world to play our games that would never have considered themselves players. The App Store update has shown players the creators behind the apps that they enjoy every day. Humanizing apps can only be a good thing and showing how they are made will inspire the next generation of creators from all over the world. "

Here are the next 10 years, and beyond.