The difference the sale of Edinburgh could make to Scottish airports depends who buys it, how much they have to invest in developing it, whether the new owners will target Glasgow's market, and whether the Scottish government can find a means and the money to re-introduce some method for attracting new routes in and out of Scotland.

BBC: Stuck on the runway

The store could also stoke more interest in developing software for Mac computers, which have not been as attractive a target for independent software makers as the bigger market of PCs that run Microsoft Corp.

WSJ: Apple Takes Wraps Off Mac App Store