WORLDTECHiBeer: the App Store’s first viral sensation
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What happened
The App Store launched with over 500 applications, carefully selected and curated to showcase the original iPhone’s latest technology, cue accelerometer. In July of 2008, Steve Jobs and Apple were in full preparation for the launch of Apple’s highly anticipated, and now very familiar, App Store.
In […] The post iBeer: the App Store’s first viral sensation appeared first on EU-Startups . In a somewhat comedic sense, he was not wrong.
Of this initial release, it was an app that made it look like your phone was a glass of beer which gained some of the most attention. The magic behind iBeer The person behind iBeer was Steve Sheraton, a magician and creator of technology-based illusions.
Sources & evidence
- EU-Startups Reporting source
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https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/09/ibeer-the-app-stores-first-viral-sensation/