The Microsoft Store now automatically updates apps on Windows 11 This move was made without any announcement from Microsoft It may have been rolling out for some time, and it's designed to keep ...

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 ...

Windows 11 KB5085516 is rolling out to address major issues affecting internet connectivity in some apps after the March 2026 ...

PC gaming via the Microsoft Store can be a pain: game updates can lag, and mod support may be limited. But Microsoft is testing at least one small improvement: modular downloads of games via the ...

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 ...

Web apps made Windows slower, clunkier, and less compelling. Microsoft is finally scrambling to fix it—it's about time.

Rudy Huyn, a Partner Architect at Microsoft working on the Store and File Explorer, said in a post on X that he is building a ...

Truth be told, we pretty much never engage with the actual Microsoft Store app for Windows. If we're going to play PC games, ...

Microsoft has added a new unique identifier to Windows 8.1 to help app developers better monetize their apps, the company said today. “Specifically, in Windows 8.1 we include a unique identifier that ...

Microsoft is forming a new team dedicated to building native, high-quality Windows apps. It’s led by Rudy Huyn, a Principal ...

Over the last three years, we have experienced the appification of everything. It began with the launch of the iOS App Store in July 2008, and was perpetuated with the introduction of the Android ...