Neowin News Feed for: Windows phone store

Itsdagram sees over 22,500 downloads in 4 days, becomes 'number one selling app'

Max Slater-Robins — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:03:09 +0100

Itsdagram, the first fully featured Instagram app, has seen over 22,500 downloads in four days. That figure has doubled in the last few days, showing the desire for Instagram on Windows Phone. Read more...

Many Windows Phone users cannot download apps [Update]

John Callaham — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:31:13 +0000

A large number of Windows Phone-based smartphone owners are reporting they are unable to download apps from the Windows Phone Store, but so far there's no word on why this is happening. Read more...

Study gives high innovation marks to Microsoft's Windows Phone Store

John Callaham — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:49:00 +0000

A new study from ABI Research gave Microsoft's Windows Phone Store the top mark in terms of innovation, ahead of Apple's iTunes and Google's Google Play store. Read more...

Windows Phone Store in 2012: 75,000 new apps, 300,000 updates

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 10:37:55 +0000

Microsoft has posted some interesting and positive statistics regarding the Windows Phone Store in 2012. According to them there's never been a better time for developers to jump onboard. Read more...

Windows Phone Store website adds new features and countries

John Callaham — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:58:35 +0000

Microsoft has anounced that it has expanded the Windows Phone Store website to 37 new international markets, along with adding some new features to the web-based storefront. Read more...

Windows Phone Store app submissions up by 40 percent

John Callaham — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:36:28 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it has seen app submissions for its Windows Phone Store increase by 40 percent since the launch of Windows Phone 8 earlier this fall. Read more...

Windows Phone 8 brings more flexibility to the Store

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:55:03 +0000

Windows Phone 8 brings some new improvements to the Windows Phone Store. Users can now change their regional settings to access any Store they want regardless of where their Live ID is registered. Read more...

Windows Phone Marketplace app ranking algorithm changed

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:59:30 +0000

While Microsoft continues to build its Windows and Window Phone Stores, recent changes to the ranking algorithms could impact the smaller developers trying to get their apps seen. Read more...

glƏƏk! for Windows Phone updated for Windows Phone 8

John Callaham — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 20:35:58 +0000

glƏƏk!, the popular third party Twitter client, has a launched a new version for Windows Phone that supports Windows Phone 8 with a number of new and additional features. Read more...

Windows Phone Store now lets users install apps from SD cards

Vlad Dudau — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 15:45:30 +0000

Windows Phone 8 users just got a new way of installing apps: directly from an SD card. This is a pretty awesome new feature especially for people that want to have their basic apps in one place. Read more...

Over 20 Xbox games missing from Windows Phone 8

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:48:41 +0000

Microsoft seems to be having some problems in regards to app compatibility on their new mobile platform. More than 20 Xbox titles are missing from the store due to incompatibility with Windows Phone 8 Read more...

More features (and Angry Birds Space) added to Windows Phone Store

John Callaham — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:19:35 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it has added some new features to the Windows Phone Store, along with news that Angry Birds Space and Cut The Rope are now available to download. Read more...

SkyDrive app now available for Windows Phone 8

John Callaham — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:01:18 +0000

A new version of Microsoft's SkyDrive app has appeared in the Windows Phone Store and the new 3.0 version is also the first made especially for the new Windows Phone 8 OS. Read more...

New Windows Phone Store badges available for developers

John Callaham — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:31:06 +0100

Microsoft has now released updated versions of its Windows Phone Store badges that can be used by Windows Phone software developers to help market and promote their apps. Read more...

Windows Phone Store opens in 13 new markets

John Callaham — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 03:41:38 +0100

Microsoft has announced that 13 new countries and territories around the world have opened up for developers for Windows Phone Store apps, a few weeks ahead of the launch of Windows Phone 8. Read more...

Windows Phone version of Adobe Reader downgraded in "update"

John Callaham — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:59:21 +0100

Reports are coming in that Windows Phone owners in the US who get prompted to update their Adobe Reader app actually get downgraded from the current 10.1 version to a much older 9.0 build. Read more...

Goodbye Marketplace, hello Windows Phone Store

John Callaham — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:01:17 +0100

Microsoft has confirmed it will change the name of the Windows Phone Marketplace app download service to simply Windows Phone Store, along with improvements to the Windows Phone website. Read more...

Windows Phone Marketplace changed to Windows Phone Store?

John Callaham — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 23:47:03 +0100

Microsoft may have changed the branding of the Windows Phone download store, Windows Phone Marketplace, to simply the Windows Phone Store as part of its new Windows Phone Dev Center launch. Read more...