Microsoft has a team of engineers hard at work on an app store for Windows 8, the next iteration of the company’s operating system due out in 2012. The revelation comes via a recent blog post by ...

Microsoft is reportedly developing an innovative means of delivering application software to personal computing devices: Leveraging a technology called the Internet, best described as “a series of ...

Microsoft's goal for the Windows app store was to make it easy to find and download apps, which sounds simple but was a challenge given the array of programs likely to pop up. Lance Whitney ...

A variety of free software designed for Microsoft Windows 8 can be downloaded through Microsoft's Windows Store. While the Windows Store provides a comprehensive list of apps available for download, ...

Here's what went wrong with the Windows App Store and how Microsoft is trying to get things right for the future. But is it too late? I've been writing about technology for more than 15 years and ...

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 ...

Whether you want it or not, Microsoft will release its Windows 8 operating system on October 26. The new OS upends the familiar Start menu-based interface you’ve known since Windows 95 in favor of one ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Microsoft’s early planning documents for Windows 8, the next version of the PC operating system, suggested that the company was creating ...

Microsoft wants developers of Windows 8/8.1 applications in the Microsoft Store to port their apps to Windows 10, and it described some coming app deadlines, perhaps as an incentive. Specifically, ...