App Store

Over the years Apple has produced infamous products such as the iPhone, iPod, Mac computers and iPad, becoming the largest technology company in the world, with more revenue and profit than Google and Microsoft combined. In 2001, iTunes was created, and in 2008 the App Store was introduced as an update. As of March 2012, 585,000 applications were available with over 25 billion downloads. Every app imaginable is available on the App Store , either for free or for a price. I have only ever paid for one app (Harry Potter Spells) because you can get a lot for free. Some apps have been particularly successful, the standard Facebook, Twitter and Skype, and then games such as Temple Run and Angry Birds have also recently been hugely popular and addictive. But with all these clever apps at our fingertips, it's hard to envision a time without them. Maybe it's becoming too easy to let someone else do the thinking for us. When certain apps become essential to everyday life we lose the ability to carry out those functions easily on our own. Our devices start to think for us, holding our notes, calculations, schedules and every thought. But that's the technology we have nowadays, and we won't stop thinking of ways to push it further because as humans we have to see how far we can reach. It may not be the best situation, but it won't go backwards, it can only evolve.