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Apple Opens App Store Twitter Account

Monday January 24, 2011 12:19 pm PST by Eric Slivka

Apple today launched an official Twitter account for the App Store, marking yet another potential way for users to keep updated on the latest news about the company's popular marketplace for iOS applications. The account's debut Tweet simply welcomes users to the account, which is up to over 4,000 followers at the present time and rapidly growing.

Welcome to App Store on Twitter! Follow us to discover new apps, get exclusive offers, and share with friends. #appstore

The @AppStore account is not yet verified by Twitter as being a legitimate Apple account, but the initial Tweet was retweet by the company's iTunesTV account, suggesting that it is indeed legitimate.

We don't yet know exactly what Apple plans to highlight with the new AppStore Twitter account, although the company's existing iTunes Twitter accounts offer announcements of new and sale releases on a fairly regular basis, so a similar model might be expected for the @AppStore account.

Update: A second Tweet has just been issued from the account, promoting the Nike Training Club application.

Update 2: @AppStore is now listed as a verified account and has already garnered over 50,000 followers.
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Ubuntu
17 months ago
Hmm. That's quite nice but just feels kinda odd to me. Feels very un-apple to do so, they don't normally reach out to the consumer like that, but rather use iconography (and ofc brand status) to simply reel them in. And Appshopper is good enough!
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iKennett
17 months ago
A reaction to the recent law suit filed by MS regarding the use of 'App Store'?
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CANEHDN
17 months ago
I've never really figured out this twitter thing. I just don't get it.
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cmfilms
17 months ago
Is MR going to just re-post all of the Twits coming from @AppStore? Really?
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Doodledoo
17 months ago
Also worth noting (came up in the suggestions feed): http://twitter.com/#!/businessiphone for iPhone in business. Clearly a barely-opened account, but it looks legitimate.
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WildCowboy
17 months ago

Is MR going to just re-post all of the Twits coming from @AppStore? Really?


Er, no...and I'm not sure why you'd think we'd do that. We simply updated with the second tweet as an example of what to expect Apple to do with it.
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ECUpirate44
17 months ago
Does Steve approve of this? It's not like him.
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Ed91
17 months ago

A reaction to the recent law suit filed by MS regarding the use of 'App Store'?


Exactly what I was thinking. Claiming the #AppStore tag is a pretty aggressive move. Smart.
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Small White Car
17 months ago

I've never really figured out this twitter thing. I just don't get it.


Well if you care about this appstore stuff, just bookmark this and check it from time to time:

http://twitter.com/appstore

Boom. Done. That's really all you need to know.

I mean, there are many, many other ways to use Twitter, but the most basic way is still "find 1 thing I like, bookmark it and treat it like an RSS feed."

I'll probably follow this 'cause it's likely they'll feature apps that are free for the first day or things like that. Could be interesting. If it's not stuff like that, I probably won't stick around.
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goatless
17 months ago

I've never really figured out this twitter thing. I just don't get it.


I got to this page by following a MacRumors tweet. I installed HandyLight by following a tweet. It goes on and on and on ...
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