The Windows app store has taken many forms over the years, first launching with Windows 8 in 2012 as the "Windows Store," a marketplace for "modern" apps that never fully materialized. The store was ...

Learn more about the Microsoft Store, also called the Windows App Store, which allows you to choose from thousands of available apps to use on your Windows 10 or 8 device, including Surface laptops ...

In 2012, Microsoft jumped the shark with Windows 8, releasing an ambitious, touch-first desktop OS to a world that didn't want or see the need for one. The company has spent years undoing all the bad ...

Microsoft catch up with Android and iOS with Facebook and Flipboard apps. June 26, 2013 — -- Microsoft is addressing many of the user complaints of Windows 8 in its forthcoming Windows 8.1 update ...

Good thing I reserved a dose of skepticism for those Windows 8 App Store screenshots that surfaced earlier this month, because they turned out to be a sham. According to iStartedSomething, the images ...

Microsoft announced the "unified future for app updates on Windows" this week. The tech giant created the Windows Update orchestration platform to bring together app updates and other updates on your ...

Emulation is the sincerest form of flattery and Microsoft's not afraid to follow in Apple's footsteps. The Mac App Store's success is another home run for Apple and what does that mean for Microsoft's ...

Microsoft has added a new unique identifier to Windows 8.1 to help app developers better monetize their apps, the company said today. “Specifically, in Windows 8.1 we include a unique identifier that ...

Over the last three years, we have experienced the appification of everything. It began with the launch of the iOS App Store in July 2008, and was perpetuated with the introduction of the Android ...

So how are things going over on the Mac App Store? What are developers noticing when their apps first go on sale there? Marzban Cooper, one of the team behind zen word processor OmmWriter, spoke to ...

Chris Hoffman is the author of Windows Intelligence, an email newsletter that brings the latest Windows news, tips, and tricks to inboxes each week. He's also the former editor-in-chief of How-To Geek ...