Microsoft itself has attempted a broader store—the Microsoft Marketplace, used in conjunction with the Digital Locker for online purchasing of both first- and third-party software—but its efforts were ...

While consumers and developers have enjoyed free access to the developer’s preview of Windows 8 for a few months, precious little information surrounding Microsoft’s promised online app store was ...

Rumors of a Windows 8 app store have resurfaced, with a website posting what it claims are leaked screenshots. The screenshots, posted by Chinese-language website CNBeta, show a store that looks ...

It’s crunch time. In just over two weeks Microsoft is hosting a massive media event in New York to officially launch Windows 8. With the clock winding down, Microsoft is working diligently to improve ...

A leaked slide deck shows that Microsoft plans to launch and app store for Windows 8. If true, it has failure written all over it. Microsoft clearly took a look at the raging success of Apple’s App ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The Windows store is finally getting apps people care about The Windows store is finally getting apps people care about is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...

No mention of the much more interesting feature Microsoft is looking at copying from Apple? Windows 8 will allow you to reinstall the OS without wiping out the computer's user accounts and stored ...