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Verizon abandoning its app store in favor of curation

Responding to how consumers are now downloading apps/games for their phones, Verizon Wireless will shut down its proprietary mobile app storefronts for Android and BlackBerry devices. Just several years ago, before iOS’s App Store and Android’s Google Play (previously Android Market) took over as the dominant shops for mobile applications, carrier-specific storefronts were the primary hubs that consumers would turn to for finding and buying new apps on their feature phones. As smartphones grew in …