MacVoices #20171: MacVoices Live - The App Store at 12; Favorite Apps (1)

Published: July 16, 2020, 12:09 a.m.

The Apple App Store just had its 12th anniversary week. How time flies! The panel of Mark Fuccio,\xa0David Ginsburg,\xa0Kelly Guimont,\xa0Warren Sklar,\xa0and host\xa0Chuck Joiner\xa0talk about the development of The App Store, its importance to the Apple ecosystem, and how it drove the utility of the iPhone and iPad. The fees Apple charges developers, for both being a developer as well as distributing the apps, sparks an enthusiastic discussion of transparency and services. (Part 1)


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Mark Fuccio is actively involved in high tech startup companies, both as a principle at piqsure.com, or as an marketing advisor through his consulting practice Tactics Sells High Tech, Inc. Mark was a proud investor in Microsoft from the mid-1990's selling in mid 2000, and hopes one day that MSFT will be again an attractive investment. You can contact Mark through Twitter\xa0on LinkedIn.


David Ginsburg\xa0is the President of the\xa0Suburban Chicago Apple Users Group, and is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Find and follow him on Twitter as\xa0@daveg65. You can also hear him share his knowledge on his podcast, In Touch With iOS.


Kelly Guimont\xa0is a longtime Apple geek, sitting down (on a telephone book) in front of an Apple IIe in 1983. She can still hear the ticking of the ImageWriter. Thanks to the miracle of the adjustable leg desk, she no longer needs the phonebook. Kelly writes for\xa0The Mac Observer, is the host of the\xa0Daily Observations Podcast, is co-host of\xa0The Aftershow,\xa0and yet still has more to say which she saves for\xa0Twitter\xa0and Micro.blog.


Warren Sklar helps host the\xa0Mac to The Future Group\xa0on Facebook, and is the co-host of\xa0In Touch With iOS with David Ginsburg.


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