The Microsoft Store has been around for nearly 10 years now — it launched as the Windows Store with Windows 8 — but compared to app marketplaces on other platforms, it can feel like a barren wasteland ...

In its early days, the Microsoft Store (which was previously known as the Windows Store), had a bit of a middling reputation, in part because it was full of low-quality tools. With the launch 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 ...

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At Build 2022, Microsoft announces several new features coming to the Windows 11 app store, including the ability to restore all your apps on a new PC at once. I've been testing PC and mobile software ...

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No disrespect to the Microsoft Store, but it’s not the most exciting place to discover new Windows software. Peruse Microsoft’s official app store and you’ll mostly find the obvious, with apps like ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is testing some updates to the Microsoft Store on Windows 11 that will ...

Microsoft has rebuilt its Teams Store to make it easier to find and install apps to enhance your chats and meetings. This includes a redesigned landing page with better categories of curated apps. The ...

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 ...

He says Apple and Google’s self-serving app store rules are doing developers disservice He says Apple and Google’s self-serving app store rules are doing developers disservice is a senior editor and ...