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|  Apple Brings The App Store To Twitter Promising Exclusive Offers by batteryfast.co.ukApple and Twitter have had an interesting but cautious relationship over the past couple of years.
By: battery Apple and Twitter have had an interesting but cautious relationship over the past couple of years. Early on, the only official Apple accounts belonged to various iTunes properties, which utilized the service for promotions. Then Apple secured a deal with Twitter for Ping, Cordless drill batteries their social network within iTunes. Then some Twitter executives starting joining in on the fun (though some more vocally then others). Now it appears that Apple is taking another step into official Twitter land today with an account for the App Store. About an hour ago, the first tweet was sent from the account saying, "Welcome to App Store on Twitter! Follow us to discover new apps, get exclusive offers, and share with friends. #appstore". Looking over the vitals, the account has about 3,000 followers at the moment, but is only following 5 users — all iTunes official accounts. And while the App Store account isn't yet verified, Twitter has altered their practice of doing that, so we'll have to take the fact that both iTunes TV and iTunes Music are following the account as a sign that it's legit (we've also reached out to Twitter about it). The idea of sending out special App Store deals via Twitter sounds interesting. Might that mean that Apple will also become a Promoted Products advertiser on the service? Either way, there's certainly an appetite for App Store info on Twitter, as an unofficial account has over 70,000 followers. Read More: http://www.batteryfast.co.uk/ # # # http://www.batteryfast.co.uk/ We aim at offering the most updated and high quality consumer electronics to shoppers from all over the world End
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