Microsoft on Wednesday revealed that it will follow in Apple's footsteps by building an "App Store" for the next generation of its flagship OS, codenamed Windows 8.

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The Windows Store is supposed to be an easy way for you to purchase touch-centric apps built with the new Windows 8 Metro-style interface in mind. But Microsoft said you will also see traditional ...

Speculation that Microsoft would include an app store in Windows 8 has been circulating for some time. When Sinofsky gave a sneak peek at Windows 8 in June, a screenshot from the new OS showed a ...

Microsoft also claims to have more than 160,000 apps and games in its Windows Phone store, but these numbers are dwarfed by the approximately 700,000 apps that Google has in its Play store, while ...

"If you build it, they will come" appears to be Microsoft's approach as it shows off the Windows Store for a product that won't be available until mid-2012.

Microsoft had a chance to fix Windows’ long-messy application update process with the launch of that Store app alongside Windows 8 in 2012. Instead, it spent more than a decade flailing — training PC ...

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. Microsoft: Designing ...

Microsoft officials revealed more details about how the company plans to design and organize its Windows 8 app store via a blog post on January 20. (click on the image above to enlarge) The ...

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.

Microsoft's Windows Store -- the built-in app store for Windows 8 and Windows RT -- is fully open to developers as of today. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 years ...

Microsoft has added its Office suite to Windows 8's online store, a move that shows how Microsoft will promote traditional x86/64 desktop software through the e-mart.