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In an effort to get users to start using Apple’s brand spanking new Mac App Store when it launches next month, the company will completely shut down its existing Web-based digital download store.

The Mac App Store aims to make downloading computer software as easy as it is to download apps to the iPhone and iPad. It will serve as a visually pleasing, centralized hub for all officially licensed Mac programs. Developers will have to opt-in to the service, but those who already use Apple’s “Downloads” service can make the transition fairly easily.

Nevertheless, some developers no doubt got a bit shaken when they saw a mass e-mail from Apple saying the Web-based Downloads service will be shut down instantly on January 6.

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Apple’s iOS mobile operating system is now the third-most popular platform on the Internet, with a share nearly six times larger than Android’s, a Web measurement company said Wednesday.

Collectively the devices that run iOS — the iPhone , iPod Touch and iPad — accounted for 1.1% of all hardware on the Internet last month, more than enough to shove Linux off its perch as the third-place operating system on the Web.

For the month of August, Linux fell to a 0.85% share, the third month in a row that the open-source operating system lost ground. Windows and Apple ‘s Mac OS were the No. 1 and No. 2 operating systems on the Web, with 91.3% and 5%, respectively.

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Google is showcasing its newly-minted Chrome web store at the 2010 I/O conference in San Francisco.

The online shop is expected to offer shoppers access to a wide variety of games, magazines and applications.

“We believe it should be easier for users to discover web apps and for developers to reach a large audience,” explained Google spokesperson Erik Kay.

“Chrome users who find web apps in the store will be able to create convenient shortcuts in Chrome for easy access.

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