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 ...

Microsoft has today released an app for Windows 8 and Windows RT that will enable users to sync content form mobile devices running the upcoming Windows Phone 8. Available to download for free from ...

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've been fans of Splashtop's remote access apps for quite awhile, so when we heard the company was working on a new remote desktop app for Windows 8, we jumped at the chance to take it for a test ...

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 ...

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” ...

Microsoft earlier this week quietly issued its first security update for one of its Windows 8 apps, patching a link-spoofing vulnerability in Mail. Two weeks ago, Microsoft spelled out plans for ...

Activity tracker company Fitbit launched a native app for Windows 8.1 that integrate data from a user's Fitbit device via Bluetooth. The company said they are the first company to offer an app for ...

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 ...

Microsoft wants your digital pictures to be as easy to browse as your physical ones. The new Photos app for Windows 8 was designed from the ground up to access images from several sources and make ...

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 ...