The Windows Store is supposed to be an easy way for you to purchase touch-centric apps built with the new Windows 8 Metro-style interface in mind. But Microsoft said you will also see traditional ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Microsoft has offered up a few more details on what to expect in ...

Speculation that Microsoft would include an app store in Windows 8 has been circulating for some time. When Sinofsky gave a sneak peek at Windows 8 in June, a screenshot from the new OS showed a ...

The Windows 8 Store is where consumers will buy Metro apps for the new operating system. Metro is designed first for tablet and touch, but can also be used with a traditional keyboard and mouse.

Overall there appears to be a lot of thought and work around Windows 8 from Microsoft’s engineers. The Windows Store will be the sole source of Microsoft’s new Metro Style apps, and Microsoft ...

Talk of a Windows 8 app store has swirled around our feet like the approaching fall leaves (there’s something about operating systems that gets me all poetic), but Microsoft’s never broached ...

Microsoft has already showed that Windows 8 will offer a radically redesigned user interface meant for tablets and computers with touchscreen displays (although you’ll still be able to use the ...

Microsoft aiming to lure app makers with 80 per cent cut... Microsoft has given more details on what to expect from its upcoming Windows Store for Windows 8 – the shop window for apps based on ...

This was confirmed by Microsoft at its BUILD conference last week. Ted Dworkin, lead director for the Windows Store development team, spilled the beans at a BUILD session: "We will be the only ...

The Windows 8 store’s applications are geared towards tablets and PCs, so if you are comparing it to Apple’s app business, this puts it between the Apple Mac Store and Apple’s iPad-dedicated ...

Microsoft launched a Windows 8 app-for-cash promotion this week because growth of the company’s app store has slowed this quarter, an analyst argued today. “Month-over-month growth has slowed ...

App stores are all the rage these days. Pretty much every major mobile phone platform has an app store, as well as some third party app marketplaces. And there’s a growing push to bring the ...