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iTunes now finally available in the Microsoft Store

3 hours

It has been a long wait, but Apple’s iTunes is finally available to download from the Windows Store. Promising the easiest way to enjoy your favourite music, movies, TV shows, and more on your PC, the app also offers access...

$400 Video Editor now in the Microsoft App Store

by Surur

2 days

Most apps cost less than $1 and are often worth less, but some applications are worth every penny of the hundreds of dollars they charge because they help their users make even more money. The Vegas video editor is one such applic...

New W10 RedStone 4 feature gives side-loaded apps the second best feature of the Microsoft Store

by Surur

5 days

The best feature of the Microsoft Store is the security of having your apps curated and checked, meaning it is a much safer source of applications. The second best feature is that apps are automatically updated, without needing a ...

Microsoft start ingesting and publishing the first Progressive Web Applications on the Microsoft Store

by Surur

3 weeks

Microsoft is hoping Progressive Web Apps, an industry movement, will be the saviour of the flagging Microsoft App Store. Available in Windows 10 Redstone 4, the applications are similar to locally cached websites, and have access...

Microsoft is removing Telegram app Unigram from the Store because reasons

by Gabriel Stephens

4 weeks

Microsoft’s ever-evolving store policies are about to claim another beloved third-party Windows App — Unigram. The developer for Unigram was met with a nasty surprise today, warning him that his app was at risk of bein...

Foobar2000 is now in the Microsoft Store

by Surur

1 month

Foobar2000 is a freeware audio player for Windows, well known for its highly modular design, breadth of features, and extensive user flexibility in configuration, including a very customizable user interface. Foobar2000 supports a...

Telegram desktop app updated with Sticker improvements and more

by Surur

1 month

Popular privacy-focused messaging app Telegram has been updated in the Windows Store to version 1.2.14. The update brings improvements to how stickers are discovered in the app. Now when you type one emoji you will see suggestions...

Microsoft promoting Edge Extensions more in the Windows Store

by Surur

2 months

Microsoft’s Edge browser is struggling to rise up to 5% market share, and one of the reasons is that it’s not perceived to be as flexible as Chrome due to having fewer plugins and extensions. Microsoft is trying to add...

Developer frets about aging Windows users

by Surur

2 months

Microsoft claims around 1.5 million PC users, but with more than 2 billion Android users and 1 billion iOS users, there are clearly millions of people who are using computing devices but are no longer using PCs. That has raised co...

State-sponsored hacking is one good reason to use the Microsoft Store for your apps

by Surur

2 months

Security has always been one of the main reasons to use the Microsoft Store for your apps, and now the Turkish government has provided another example of how downloading directly from the websites of companies may not be the safes...

Spotify app from Microsoft Store blocks Windows 10’s System Restore

by Surur

2 months

One of the main reasons to choose Windows Store apps over the same version of the app downloaded from the company’s website is that those apps are meant to be safer and not interfere with the operation of your PC. Unfortunat...

Microsoft shows an “incredible indifference … to developers and their fans”

by Surur

2 months

As we wrote earlier, Microsoft in Germany has demanded some websites remove their apps from the Microsoft Store due to having Windows in their name, with two websites, in particular, WindowsArea.de and Dr Windows affected by the i...