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All Grown Up: Apple Apps Are for Adults (There, We Said It)

Kara Swisher in News on July 21, 2008 at 8:26 am PT

When Apple releases its third-quarter earnings after the close today, Wall Street will be looking hard for a solid performance from the company to help buoy a tech sector smacked silly by weak reports from industry leaders Microsoft and Google last week. But more important to me is what is happening with the plethora of third-party apps now available on the iTunes App Store–both free and paid–for use on the iPhone platform. That’s because Apple has finally built a platform for adults.