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The Microsoft Store on Windows 11 is actually great now — here's why you should be using it in 2025

The Windows app store has taken many forms over the years, first launching with Windows 8 in 2012 as the "Windows Store," a marketplace for "modern" apps that never fully materialized. The store was ...
Windows Central

Why the Microsoft Store on Windows 11 is now a must use app store in 2025

The Microsoft Store is now an incredible, reliable, and safe place to discover and download apps on Windows. Everyone should be using it, and it's time to give it another chance if you're not. When ...

Windows Store: 175,190 total apps and the top free and paid apps and games for Windows 8.1

The top-five free apps are Facebook, Netflix, Google Search, The Weather Channel, and Skype. The top-five paid apps are Plex, Player for MKV, KVADPhoto+ Pro, DVD for Windows, and MyRadar Weather Radar ...
Bleeping Computer

Amazon's AppStore is getting more apps and games on Windows 11

In collaboration with Microsoft, Amazon has announced the general availability of its AppStore on Windows 11 for all developers. This means more apps and games are coming to Windows 11 as Amazon ...

Facebook wants all unofficial Facebook apps out of the Windows Phone Store

Facebook isn’t too happy right now. Facebook is now demanding all third party Facebook apps be removed from the Windows Phone Store over a trademark claim. According to a report by WPCentral, Facebook ...