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Installing software on a personal computer can be a time-consuming
and tedious process that's nowhere near as fast and effortless
as downloading an app for a smartphone. Now there's a better way:
Get an app for your PC.
Apps have been popular on mobile devices for years, but now Apple
and Google are making a range of their most popular apps available
for download on computers. WSJ's Katherine Boehret has the lowdown.
After successfully proving the popularity of app stores on mobile
devices, Apple and Google have brought them to the personal computer.
In January, Apple unveiled a version of its app marketplace to
computers: the Mac App Store. In December, Google gave PC and
Mac users a way to download apps on their computers using the
Chrome Web Store, accessible via Google's Chrome Web browser.
Each of these marketplaces includes a different set of apps than
those available for mobile; Apple's offers about 3,400 apps and
Google's, about 3,700.
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