While 20,000 apps in an online store may seem paltry compared to the more than 700,000 apps in Apple’s store and more than 600,000 apps in Google Play, for an upstart in the app trade like Microsoft, ...

The Windows 8 app store is perhaps the most controversial feature in Microsoft’s new operating system. Windows has thrived for decades because of its openness to developers and willingness to let them ...

Microsoft's Windows Store is now home to more than 50,000 apps, according to the latest stats from MetroStore Scanner. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...

Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don't worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. On the app selection front, Windows 8 is quickly coming into its own. The Windows 8 ...

Microsoft’s prototype of its Windows Store. Wondering what buying apps in Windows 8 will be like using Microsoft’s new app store, dubbed the Windows Store? Microsoft shared some details Tuesday about ...

In San Francisco today, Microsoft started talking up the Windows Store, the online marketplace for Metro-style Windows 8 applications. With Apple’s Mac App Store and iTunes Store already operational ...

It has been over 6 since months since Microsoft held its Windows 8 BUILD event for ecosystem partners. These partners included application developers, OEMs, ODMs, and hardware partners. At BUILD, ...

When Windows 8 ships this fall, it will represent both the next iteration of Windows on the desktop and Microsoft’s answer to Apple’s dominance of the tablet market. As the Metro interface replaces ...

When Microsoft built Windows 8, it bet that it could create a Windows Store experience that would rival competitors like Apple and Google. The company was confident enough of its abilities in this ...

Someone is scamming users on the Windows App Store by uploading a file and claiming it to be the game Darkest Dungeon. Darkest Dungeon is not officially available on the Windows 8 Store. Instead, ...