Microsoft Corp. is so eager to have a panoply of applications for the next version of its Windows operating system that it has lined up design firms, recruited interns and sent engineers on an ...

13 October 2012 Application developed by LINK Development in collaboration with Microsoft and DWTC to provide an even greater experience with easy-to-use mobile application Application availability ...

One of the complaints against Windows 8 is the lack of apps. Windows 8 can't run older Windows apps in "Metro" mode and the Windows RT version can't run Windows 7 apps at all. Seven months after ...

Microsoft is releasing the public preview of winapp, the new Windows app development CLI that will be useful to developers building Windows apps. Microsoft is making it easier for developers to build ...

With $25, an iPad and a bit of curiosity, you can try Windows 8 on a tablet right now. Splashtop, a maker of remote desktop software, has released a $25 iPad app called Win8 Metro Testbed. If you’ve ...

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Jan 22, 2013) - CheapOair, a top three online travel agency, revealed this week that its Windows 8 app has been elevated to the cover of Microsoft's travel section. The ...

Cloud storage provider Box wants to be one of the first third-party services with a Windows 8 Metro-style app, allowing users to save and load files online instead of on their hard drives. I got a ...

Windows 8 is a bold innovation, melding the worlds of tablets and PCs. Its excellent touch input, an app store, and better performance are compelling, but the changes will be too drastic for some and ...

Microsoft is trying to make Windows app development feel a lot less painful. This week, the company unveiled winapp, a new open-source command-line tool designed to cut through the setup, packaging, ...

Last week, dormant Windows watchers sprang to life in a huge wave, like fireflies switching on in the Atchafalaya Swamp. Details about Windows 8 leaked (wink, wink) to a card-carrying Windows fan (nod ...

In an interesting but not unexpected twist, it looks like Microsoft might allow Windows 8 to run all 70,000 Windows Phone 7 apps, and possibly all Windows Phone 8 apps as well. At first I thought this ...