The App Store Is About to Get a Major Makeover  There are
countless search systems floating around the web, but it has
just been announced that Apple has purchased the app search
company Chomp. This isn't a normal Apple takeover though; it
looks like Apple has serious plans for the expertise it just
purchased for $50 million.  According to 9to5mac, the staff of
Chomp are becoming well and truly intertwined with Apple, with
its CEO and CTO both assuming fairly senior positions.  Why? The
current thinking is that Apple's App Store has become unwieldy.
With over 500,000 apps, it's probably in need of a technical
overhaul—and it makes sense to buy a start-up that's been
performing so well that it already has an exclusive deal with
Verizon to power all of its Android-based app searches. Expect
some big changes at the iOS app store real soon. [TechCrunch and
9to5mac]