The Windows app store has taken many forms over the years, first launching with Windows 8 in 2012 as the "Windows Store," a marketplace for "modern" apps that never fully materialized. The store was ...

That software development kit is used in the likes of the stock Photos app in Windows 11, or Phone Link, but apps leveraging the SDK can often exhibit sluggish behavior when loading, or in terms of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft is testing an updated library experience in the Microsoft Store. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft is testing ...

GitHub is a vast labyrinth of amazing open-source software projects, and it can be hard to see some of the awesomeness within ...

WindowSill is a new Windows app that promises a taskbar-like command bar for power users, offering them a versatile set of useful utilities. Windows 11's taskbar is a pretty minimalistic piece of user ...