App Store Now Available Through Facebook
Mashable yesterday noted that Apple has rolled out revamped App Store pages in Facebook offering full browsing and search access for the store.
In the Featured tab on the App Store's Facebook page, you can see top apps and view the sales charts for paid and free apps across different categories. This is the same information that you would get from iTunes or from the App Store application on your iPhone or iPod touch, but it's all in Facebook.
Clicking the "Get App" button links users directly to the iTunes Preview or iTunes page for the item, allowing for easy purchase and installation. The new layout also incorporates a "Share" function to allow users to post links to items on their walls. A separate "Search & Share" tab moves things beyond the top apps lists to allow for full searching of the App Store.Vitrue, the company behind the project, notes that the App Store pages are built on the same technology that powers the existing iTunes Facebook pages and will be expanded in the future to offer additional searching and sharing tools.
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25 months ago
Great start to many more things to come.
Apple's marketing has quality and value everytime. Choosing to advertise the store on Facebook instead of other social sites proves how focus the company is, despit what pundits say.
Apple's marketing has quality and value everytime. Choosing to advertise the store on Facebook instead of other social sites proves how focus the company is, despit what pundits say.
25 months ago
It's nice to see Apple venturing out into the social networking web.
youtube.com/apple was a good first step.
youtube.com/apple was a good first step.
25 months ago
So it's the app store on Facebook. Seems nothing more than a presence on Facebook, albeit a significantly well done presence, but nothing extra compared to iTunes.
Good if you're on a computer that doesn't have or allow iTunes I guess? Probably best for Windows or Linux users or if you don't want to enter your Apple ID into someone else's iTunes?
Good if you're on a computer that doesn't have or allow iTunes I guess? Probably best for Windows or Linux users or if you don't want to enter your Apple ID into someone else's iTunes?
25 months ago
well this is actually something that Apple has to and something thats great for developers as well because of the upcoming onslaught of Android phones. Apple needs to to show developers that its giving them every way possible to reach their audience members.
25 months ago
This is really big.
Apple will reach millions more now with the App Store available through Facebook.
Apple will reach millions more now with the App Store available through Facebook.
25 months ago
So the next question is does apple now build their own social media platform or buy facebook.
25 months ago
Good news. Plenty of corporate machines can't run iTunes.
First question - do these pages work inside the iPhone Facebook app - can I post a link to my wall that will show as a page on the web and divert to the app store on someone's phone automatically?
Phazer
First question - do these pages work inside the iPhone Facebook app - can I post a link to my wall that will show as a page on the web and divert to the app store on someone's phone automatically?
Phazer
25 months ago
I don't really see the point. The App Store is only any use if one has an iPhone/pod Touch/pad - in which case one would already have awareness of/access to the App Store.
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