CNBC to air 'Planet of the Apps' on January 7

I was meet watching CNBC and saw a advertizement for a special called "Planet of the Apps: A Handheld Revolution!" The one-hour program looks at how the launch of the Apple iPhone in June of 2007 gave relationship to a turning in ambulatory technology. The main site lists whatever particular from the show, including a piece on Heroes actor Greg Grunberg and his "second job" as an app developer (he's one of the grouping behind the Yowza! app). From the press release:

Apps are everywhere. In less than digit years, the app craze has taken over. These diminutive applications – or apps – that sound on our ambulatory phone do everything from serving us accomplish unremarkable tasks to ownership us entertained patch we move for the bus.

Apps are favourite and profitable. Studies estimate, the Apple iPhone apps store alone generates about $200 million a period in sales. Innovative and ofttimes addictive apps are dynamical the way we impact and live.

Welcome to Planet of the Apps: A Handheld Revolution. In this hour we'll look at how apps hit changed our lives, foregather whatever of the creators behind them, and figure discover meet how bounteous a business they rattling are.

CNBC's "Planet of the Apps: A Handheld Revolution!" will execute on Thursday, January 7th at 10PM, and repeats at 1AM. No interpret on the cleverness of the show's title, or lack thereof.