There’s a new Windows OS in town. And unlike past editions, you won’t have to trawl the Web to get apps for it (although that option still exists for all ye who want to), but just head to its Store, ...

Learn more about the Microsoft Store, also called the Windows App Store, which allows you to choose from thousands of available apps to use on your Windows 10 or 8 device, including Surface laptops ...

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 ...

We picked 23 of the best free Windows apps for video editing, backup, email, security, photo editing, media playback, and ...

Eleventh in a series. Microsoft has updated two of the native apps that Windows 8 ships with this week. The News and Finance apps have received updates that enhance performance, improve network ...

Microsoft is currently testing a pair of new apps — including one that the company previously decided to stop using due to a lack of interest. The two new apps are People and File Search. If “People” ...

Electronic health record company Allscripts has developed a native app for Windows 8.1 devices, called Allscripts Wand, two years after the company first launched the app for iOS devices. While there ...

Google has launched a free search app for Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 8 operating system. The software offers the web giant's core service complete with voice support in a dedicated app for ...

Hulu Plus subscribers that have been anxiously awaiting the launch of Windows 8 this Friday now have something else to look forward to as well—Hulu has been working on a new Hulu Plus app that is ...

My Start menu has never been this easy to feed.

In 2012, Microsoft jumped the shark with Windows 8, releasing an ambitious, touch-first desktop OS to a world that didn't want or see the need for one. The company has spent years undoing all the bad ...