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 ...

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Here's what went wrong with the Windows App Store and how Microsoft is trying to get things right for the future. But is it too late? I've been writing about technology for more than 15 years and ...

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 ...

I'd like to see an article on what Windows 8 could bring to the business environment. In an enterprise setting like the one I find myself in, looking at W8 as seen through these articles makes it ...

Windows 8 might have made waves for its short-lived removal of the beloved Start button, but the platform’s launch of an ill-fated storefront for streamlined app management was arguably Microsoft’s ...

Now, I wonder if the review screen has been improved. On the current version in Windows 8, the review, though limited to 500 characters, is contained in a ridiculously small text area that has the ...

It's official -- well, sort of. Microsoft has formally changed the "Metro" name used to describe a user interface and an app style for Windows 8 to a new name, "Windows Store app." The name change ...