https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/technology/article/How-Apple-s-app-store-changed-our-world-13064136.php > SAN FRANCISCO — A decade ago, Apple opened a store peddling iPhone apps, unlocking the creativity of software developers and letting users truly make their mobile devices their own. > The resulting explosion of phone apps — there are now more than 2 million for the iPhone alone — has changed daily life for billions of people around the world.