Screenshots have been posted that show the new look of the Windows 8 Xbox Music app, along with a video of the Weather app, which should be officially released with the preview version of Windows 8.1. More...
Xbox SmartGlass remains the most popular free Windows 8 app in the Windows Store, but the recently launched Adobe Photoshop Express app has surged up to the number two spot. More...
Eight of the current top 10 most downloaded paid Windows 8 app in the Windows Store are games, led by Temple Run: Brave, one of the many games in the Temple Run titles. More...
A website designed to monitor the number of Windows 8 apps in the Windows Store shows that for the beginning of June the number of available apps reached and exceeded the 80,000 milestone. More...
The GasBuddy website has recently launched a version of its mobile app for Windows 8, allowing US users to find the cheapest price for gas in their area quickly, among other features. More...
Microsoft rolls out more updates for its core set of productivity apps. Mail, Calendar and the People hub are all in line for some tweaks and improvements. Updates to these apps are always welcome.... More...
Microsoft has confirmed that it will introduce a number of new in-house apps for the upcoming free Windows 8.1 update, including apps that were revealed in previous leaks of the OS. More...
A new report, using unnamed sources, claims to have more information how how the Windows 8 kernel will work inside Microsoft's Xbox One, including word that app releases will be strictly controlled. More...
A new study by Soluto claims that 60 percent of the Windows 8 desktop owners they surveyed launch a Modern app less than one time a day, with the percentage somewhat lower for touchscreen PC users. More...
Adobe has released the free Photoshop Express app for Windows 8 and RT devices, allowing users to access a number of photo editing features. It also has support for in-app purchases. More...
New Windows 8 updates are now available for Microsoft's Xbox Video and Xbox Music apps, with a number of changes, along with the recently launched Nokia Music app. More...
Microsoft has revamped the Windows Dev Center website, with a new navigation model and a retooled design that Microsoft says focuses on "top tasks, scenarios, and new content." More...
Box has updated both its Windows 8 and Windows Phone apps today, adding a number of new features for subscribers to its business themed cloud data storage service. More...
Tami Reller, the CFO for Microsoft's Windows division, said this week that Windows 8 PC owners "shouldn't expect an iTunes app" for the OS anytime soon, despite an effort to bring iTunes to Windows 8. More...
Paramount has launched the official Star Trek app for Windows 8 and RT devices, which mainly serves as an app made to promote the upcoming film Star Trek Into Darkness. More...
As promised, Lazyworm Applications has now launched the Windows 8 version of Metrotube, its third party YouTube player that was originally made for Windows Phone devices. More...
Windows 8 app developers who get their money by running ad banners inside their apps have seen revenues drop to near zero in the last few weeks due to a lack of banners from Microsoft. More...
Microsoft has released a new update for the Windows 8 Skype app which adds the "preview" version of its video messaging features that were added to the desktop version earlier this week. More...
Microsoft is holding a free online summit for app builders interested in making apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone plaforms. The summit will be held Thursday, May 2nd. More...
A website designed to monitor the number of Windows 8 apps in the Windows Store shows that for the beginning of May there are over 65,000 apps available for download. More...
Microsoft has released an update for the OneNote app for Windows 8 that allows users who have touchscreens to draw on the app using their finger for the first time. More...
Microsoft updated its Weather app to include a dynamically updated and interactive weather map that features several viewing options, such as satellite, temperature, precipitation and more. More...
More information on Microsoft's mysterious Movie Moments app that first appeared in the first Windows Blue/8.1 leaked build has been revealed in screenshots of a later build. More...
Michael Cherry, and analyst for Directions on Microsoft, has slammed Microsoft's strategy for Windows 8.1, saying that new (or returning) features are irrelevant when the apps "suck." More...
We chat again with Roman Karachinsky, the CEO of News360, as we get an update about the newsreader app company, their impressions of Windows 8 now that it has been launched and more. More...
Stardock has released a new version of its ModernMix software for Windows 8, adding in a number of features as well as bug fixes for the program that allows Modern apps to run on the desktop. More...
Microsoft has released an update to the Trackpad Settings app for Windows 8, which is supposed to fix an issue with the Touch or Type Cover add-on not being recognized by the Surface Pro. More...
Based on the newest leaked build of Windows 8.1, it looks like the Start screen for Microsoft's OS will have some more customization features for the Modern app tiles. More...
GEICO Insurance has launched its official Modern app for Windows 8, becoming one of only two insurance companies to launch such an app for Microsoft's latest OS. More...
Facebook has launched the new Facebook SDK for .NET which should make it easier for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 app developers to integrate Facebook features in their apps. More...
Google has released the first update for its Google Search Windows 8 app in several months, adding a few new minor features to the highly popular free app for Microsoft's latest OS. More...
Microsoft showcased four new third party Windows 8 apps at the DEMO Mobile event in San Francisco Wednesday, including a new email client called TouchMail and a fitness themed app called KinectHealth. More...
The popular streaming music service Deezer has just launched a Windows 8 and Windows RT app for its millions of users around the world - but it is not currently available for use in the US. More...
Ed Graczyk of Ceton Corporation talks to us about their successful My Media Center media streaming app for Windows 8, along with his thoughts on Windows 8.1 and more. More...
A newly discovered image from a leaked Windows 8.1 build shows that the update to Microsoft's Windows 8 may add a small download progress bar on the Live Tile for Modern apps. More...
Microsoft and IdeaNotion are offering to compensate people for their Windows Store Developer Account if they make a Windows 8 app out of their WordPress blog using tools provided by IdeaNotion. More...
The Adobe Reader Touch PDF reader app for Windows 8 has received a new update, which finally allows its users to print PDF files for the first time, along with some keyboard shortcuts. More...
Microsoft has released new apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 that offer quick access to the company's Office Webinar videos where people can learn more about Office 2013. More...
Microsoft has once again updated the Skype app for Windows 8 but so far there are no details as to what this update for the Modern client to Microsoft's VoIP service contains. More...
We take a look at some more newly released and odd Windows 8 apps that we have found published in the Windows Store, including an egg timer, a cat game app and more. More...
Nokia has launched the Nokia Music app for Windows 8 and Windows RT PCs, offering people who have signed up to use Nokia's streaming music services a way to play their music on those devices. More...
Kevin Foreman, Director of Product Development for Vectorform, answers our questions about the popular Toolbox app for Windows 8 that allows for running multiple apps at once. More...
Microsoft has now offered a workaround for Windows 8 users who want to see their Google Calendar events, even though the Windows 8 Mail app removed Exchange ActiveSync support. More...
Microsoft has quietly launched the official Channel 9 app for Windows 8, while Yahoo continues to expand its own Windows 8 app library with the Yahoo Finance app. More...
The official MLB.TV pro baseball app for Windows 8 is now available for download in the Windows Store and a number of other major Windows 8 apps have received new updates. More...
Microsoft has revealed the winners of its Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest, which was designed to help promote both Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 apps made to help people. More...
Halfbrick Studios' popular touch-based arcade game Fruit Ninja is currently the most downloaded paid app for Windows 8 after recently cutting its price from $4.99 to $1.99. More...
Xbox SmartGlass remains the most popular free Windows 8 app in the Windows Store, but the recently launched Twitter app has charged up the list to become the third most popular free Windows 8 app. More...
Microsoft released the first ever security update for a Windows 8 app earlier this week, fixing a spoofing vulnerability issue with the in-house developed Modern Mail app. More...
Microsoft has announced that the upcoming 2.0 version of the popular open source JavaScript library jQuery will add full support for the creation of apps for Windows 8. More...