Steam store reveals a handful of new categories, hints at non-gaming app possibilities

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Steam's [Android app][3] has thrown up a selection of new categories that point to the possibility of productivity apps and other types of non-gaming software being sold in the near-future. Ranging from photo editing to accounting, there's ten categories that aren't available on the desktop version. It would open up yet another branch for [Valve][4], which already offers books and movies through its online store, but until these categories get fleshed-out -- they're currently empty -- we're left guessing as to what it's [likely to offer][5].

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