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Video Messaging Comes To Skype For Windows 8
05/02/2013, Skype has been on a roll recently. They are making a lot of improvements to the service in order to make it easier for users to connect with people that they need to. Just last week, Skype was integrated with Outlook.com, [...]
Microsoft To Release Major Windows 8 Built In App Updates Tomorrow
03/25/2013, The native Mail, Calendar and People apps on Windows 8 were criticized as they lacked functionality. Microsoft has addressed all those issues and starting tomorrow, it will release a major update for the aforementioned built in apps for Windows 8. [...]
Windows Store Now Has Over 50,000 Apps For Windows 8 And RT
03/24/2013, The Windows Store has finally crossed the 50,000 mark. It is now home to over 50,000 applications for Windows 8 and Windows RT. Despite that it is being reported that the number of apps being submitted to Windows Store is [...]
Windows Store Ban On 18+ Rated Games Removed
12/17/2012, Microsoft has lifted up the Windows Store ban on 18+ rated games, which means that from now on, you are able to submit mature games for sale – assuming that the entire title has been approved for mass consumption, of [...]
Windows Phone Store Expands, Gets New Features
12/13/2012, Just like a brick-and-mortar store, so too, has Microsoft decided that it is about time for something to be done about their very own virtual Windows Phone store. An expansion is in line, and it also underlines Microsoft’s seriousness in [...]
Windows Store Apps Cracked And Pirated
11/26/2012, It has been drummed into the heads and minds of many, that if you are using pirated software, it is as good as using stolen goods. Assuming you do not want to have any kind of goodwill with Santa this [...]
Windows Store hits 20,000 apps, aims for 30,000 before the end of the year
11/26/2012, Earlier this month it was revealed that the Windows Store had managed to rack up close to 13,000 apps, a pretty impressive feat given that Apple’s Mac Store is only sporting 12,641 apps and has been up and running longer. [...]
Windows Store now has 13,000 apps
11/07/2012, According to WinAppUpdate, Microsoft’s Windows Store for Windows 8 now has a total of 12,895 applications since yesterday. Albeit the number of apps are still relatively small when compared to the Mac App Store’s more than 10,000 apps, it ‘s worth [...]
New Windows Store screenshots surface
12/12/2011, The Windows Store was introduced last week, but the video demonstration released by Microsoft didn’t really let us have a good look at the store. Fortunately the folks over at Winunleaked.tk manage to get their hands on some screenshots, to [...]
Windows Store has a heart for open source
12/08/2011, Microsoft and the open source movement have not exactly been seeing eye to eye over the years, but that does not mean they cannot walk hand in hand as partners. Microsoft has taken the opportunity to make a special provision [...]
Windows Store introduced
12/07/2011, Microsoft introduced its Windows 8 app store today for the first time, and fortunately for those of us who didn’t make it to the event, a detailed write up a video introduction was posted up on the official Windows Store [...]