By typing simple, text-based commands into Windows' PowerShell, you can quickly install apps directly from the Microsoft ...

Learn more about the Microsoft Store, also called the Windows App Store, which allows you to choose from thousands of available apps to use on your Windows 10 or 8 device, including Surface laptops ...

The top-five free apps are Facebook, Netflix, Google Search, The Weather Channel, and Skype. The top-five paid apps are Plex, Player for MKV, KVADPhoto+ Pro, DVD for Windows, and MyRadar Weather Radar ...

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 ...

In a nutshell: Despite a lack of user interest, Microsoft is still trying to transform the Windows App Store into a "universal" platform for accessing all types of Windows applications. The company is ...

Microsoft catch up with Android and iOS with Facebook and Flipboard apps. June 26, 2013 — -- Microsoft is addressing many of the user complaints of Windows 8 in its forthcoming Windows 8.1 update ...

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 ...

Much like mobile operating systems, Microsoft offers a unified store to easily install Windows apps, known as the Microsoft Store. While it wasn't that great at first, over the years, many of the core ...

Over the last three years, we have experienced the appification of everything. It began with the launch of the iOS App Store in July 2008, and was perpetuated with the introduction of the Android ...