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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 Feb. 29, 2012 — -- intro: Forget humdrum and outdated looking programs.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 ...

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 ...

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

Repeat after me: There are no ads in Windows 8. Yes, you can find ads if you look closely at a group of consumer apps from a separate Microsoft division. But you'll be surprised to learn the real ...

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.

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.

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 ...