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[SekaiStory]

My own app got approved last week and is up in the Store, it's called Activity Runner and serves as an extended To-Do app. You can download it here.

[grayscale]

TuneUp IncrediLock

It provides widgets on the lock screen. As of now, only a sticky note can be placed. Note that you have to choose a lock screen picture first before you can use the widget.
This does not work with Chameleon so the rotating lock screen pictures will be disabled when this app is active.


Personally, I prefer to-dos because I rarely spend time on the lock screen.

[~Johnny]

GP007, on 22 November 2012 - 13:25, said:

How hard is it to add support for more audio formats? Just wondering really.

Well, lets put it like this: there's a reason there's not a single application in the store that adds support for extra audio file formats at the moment

Microsoft should really chuck out a sample at some point...

[scorpian007]

If DOSBox could be ported onto WindowsRT, that would be amazing.

[Matthew_Thepc]

scorpian007, on 27 November 2012 - 05:10, said:

If DOSBox could be ported onto WindowsRT, that would be amazing.

Aeon (also on Codeplex) seems like it would be easier to port, at least for me (C# is a lot more my forte than DOSBox's C++), and just glancing over it, it doesn't seem to suck.
Anybody else interested on working on this (or a real DOSBox port)? I'd be willing to give it a try

[Flippinwindows]

Here at that site I have a series called What's on my Start Screen.

I'm at my 5th Episode and these are all recommendations for decent and appealing Windows 8 Apps.


http://www.youtube.c...Ss&feature=plcp

[Detection]

Just read that TVCatchup is now in the store for 8 and RT

On my phone atm so can't link to it

[Dashel]

Got my niece using Khan Academy - fantastic app. The NASA Mars one is neat too.

[MorganX]

Has facebook touch been mentioned? If not, I like it much better than a browser. It's basically the Modern UI version of the HTML 5 app. No timeline support yet.

[Dashel]

My wife loves that Facebook touch app Morgan. (Picked up a Surface over the weekend) I hope they add timeline soon, it would really flesh out the widescreen view (she prefers it vertical atm because of this) like it does in the People app.

[grayscale]

Adobe Reader is in the Store now.

[Dashel]

JAM's TreeSize Touch is an interesting conversion of their great desktop sizing app.

[Subhadip]

grayscale, on 11 December 2012 - 22:45, said:

Adobe Reader is in the Store now.

Not bad... until I see it using 200 MB. Same pdf in Modern Reader - 36 MB. It is more responsive though, to be fair.

Interesting to see the Windows Store growth is actually accelerating. Over 30000 apps now, adding in at 600-700 apps per day, and accelerating. Very likely there will be 50,000 apps by the time Windows 8 is 3 months old. By the time Windows Blue comes along there will probably be more apps than Android tablets and perhaps even iPads.

[AmUnderage]

4oD app now available for win 8 Got to love it
channel 4 a big thums up

[TheDarkLord]

Apps that I love and use are:
Netflix - Movies/Video streaming app
Amazon - Shopping
Tune in Radio - Music streaming app
Khan's Academy - Educational videos. Covers variety of topics.
Kindle - Book reader
Wikipedia - Encyclopedia
Wordament - Word making game
Jetpack joyride - Arcade game