If Windows 8 changed a lot of things for longtime Microsoft users than Windows 8.1 made those changes easier to swallow. The free update from Microsoft added new customization options for the Start ...

The Windows Store in Windows 8 has passed 20,000 apps. It’s not clear exactly when it happened, but Win App Update, which keeps track of the totals, posted on Thursday that the milestone was likely ...

Windows 8.1 dropped out of mainstream support earlier this year, entering the five-year extended support period in which it receives only security fixes. However, Microsoft is still accepting new ...

Perhaps one of the best things about Windows 8 Store apps, a.k.a. Metro apps a.k.a. Modern apps (Microsoft really needs to pin down what these apps will be called) is that they put content front and ...

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 ...

Windows 8 Start page Microsoft’s Steve Sinofsky announced on the Building Windows 8 blog Wednesday that development on Windows 8 is now complete. The final bits are being shipped to hardware OEMs, ...

Microsoft has amended the guidelines of the Windows 8 store to allow the sale of mature games, Gizmodo reports. Initially, the guidelines prevented the sale of games rated "Adult" by the ESRB and, in ...

A new Twitter app, a new game, and an update to existing blogging app have popped up in the Windows 8 Store. Lance Whitney Contributing Writer Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and ...

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 ...

Windows 8.1's store is a far cry better than Windows 8.0, with a number of features that make it worth a second look. If you're considering the OS, check out the improvements. Share on Facebook (opens ...

Microsoft's Windows Store launched with Windows 8 in 2012 offering only apps and games. Windows 10 in 2015 added music, movies, and TV shows, and April's Creators Update added books. But how can you ...

If you've still got a Lumia smartphone running on unsupported Windows Phone 8.1, you'll soon no longer have an official Microsoft store to download apps. In a recent update to its support page, ...