Windows 8 not only puts the emphasis on the consumer, but takes the emphasis away from the web. Once again, Microsoft wants to change the conversation by bundling in essential apps that will fit ...

This app is a multi-tasking solution similar to Toolbox for Windows 8. It takes a more minimalist approach, however, and isn’t designed to be your primary app.

The Windows Store is supposed to be an easy way for you to purchase touch-centric apps built with the new Windows 8 Metro-style interface in mind. But Microsoft said you will also see traditional ...

Metro apps will now be called Windows 8 apps, although not all applications that will run on Windows 8 will be Windows 8 apps. Written by James Kendrick, Contributor Aug. 10, 2012 at 4:01 a.m. PT ...

Windows 8.1 has lots of other changes, especially for desktop diehards, but the improvements to the apps alone should help make Microsoft’s platform a lot more hospitable for touchscreen PCs.

Microsoft's new Windows 8 Store is full of beautiful apps. Feb. 29, 2012 — -- intro: Forget humdrum and outdated looking programs. The future Windows apps are beautiful and clean. Microsoft ...

Even if you bypass Windows 8's "modern" UI entirely using a tool like Start8 or Classic Shell, there are some great apps available for it.Thanks to ModernMix, an app that lets you run full-screen ...

The more I use Windows 8 , the more I realize what's missing: great apps. If Microsoft wants people to fall in love with their new OS, it needs a collection of killer apps. Here's my wish list.

Microsoft is gearing up for its Windows 8 launch -- and winning over developers will be a key part of its strategy.

If Windows mobile apps had counterparts on the desktop that synced up and presented themselves as a Windows 8 app tile, that could give Windows phone an advantage currently lacking in its rivals.

But here's the catch: In most cases, these new Windows 8 apps are already available for iOS or Android — or in some cases for both.

Today, in our continuing series of Windows 8 tips and tricks, we're going to look at closing Windows 8 Metro apps, and how to work with SmartScreen -- a new feature in Windows 8 that prevents you ...