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appleinsider.com - 11/12/2008
Microsoft plans to embrace Apple's App Store format
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Microsoft is less interested in adopting WebKit for a future version of Internet Explorer than in its plans to replicate another Apple-driven technology: the direct-to-customer software distribution model pioneered by the App Store.

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Apple Gazette:  Microsoft jumping on the App Store bandwagon

Microsoft Store - Home
store.microsoft.com - 11/13/2008
Microsoft Store - Home
— store.microsoft.com — Microsoft Store Home United States | Sign In Shopping Cart Shopping Cart (0) | Help | Account Search Microsoft Store Xbox 360 Games Gears of War 2 Gears of War 2 Xbox 360 Game DVD Add to Cart $59.99 An Office for everyone Office Home and Student ... (more) Microsoft Store - Home

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Facebook Stock Now Worth About $4 Billion
alleyinsider.com - 11/11/2008
Facebook Stock Now Worth About $4 Billion
— alleyinsider.com — Facebook's common stock is now changing hands in private sales at about a $4 billion valuation, a source says (unconfirmed). And Facebook CFO Gideon Yu is indeed trying to raise money in Dubai , the source says (also unconfirmed). As we all know, ... (more) Facebook Stock Now Worth About $4 Billion

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iPhone 2.2 screenshots: App Store
boygeniusreport.com - 11/11/2008
iPhone 2.2 screenshots: App Store
— boygeniusreport.com — There are plenty of iPhone 2.2 OS screenshots floating around, but we just got a hold of some we hadn’t seen. These detail the changes to the App Store which honest to god makes so much sense. Finally you can sort the categories themselves ... (more) iPhone 2.2 screenshots: App Store

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Microsoft jumping on the App Store bandwagon
Apple Gazette — ... According to Apple Insider Ballmer dismissed Webkit as interesting, but refuses to build a version of IE around it because he says its vital to Microsoft to continue to develop “proprietary innovation” through “innovative extensions” that they can only do on their own platform. ...

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