 | Microsoft is all set to introduce a new app store for Windows 8. The Windows 8 app store, which is simply called Store, will be the exclusive channel for the distribution of Metro Apps. Metro Apps are those fullscreen touch-screen friendly apps that is being introduced in Windows 8. Unlike the classic Windows applications, they… |
 | There has been a lot of rumor that Windows 8 might feature Xbox LIVE integration. Well, today the rumor has been confirmed as true. Larry Hryd, the Director of Programming for the Microsoft Xbox LIVE, has confirmed on his blog that Xbox LIVE is indeed coming to PCs in Windows 8. What this means is… |
 | Windows 8 era has begun. Microsoft recently made available the Developer Preview disk images of their latest Windows 8 Operating system. Although, we have been showing you many leaked previews and images of Windows 8 prior to this. But there is nothing more Awesome than experiencing the real thing! We have already shared the download… |
 | Yesterday, Microsoft showed a glimpse of what Windows 8 has to offer at the Build Conference. They demoed Windows 8 running on a Samsung Tablet. Windows 8 is inspired by Windows Phone 7 and it has also adopted the Metro UI. While the UI looks like it has been developed with touch interfaces in mind,… |
 | According to the latest statistics released by Experian Hitwise, Bing’s market share in on the raise in the US. According to the statistics for August, Bing accounts for 29% of the searches in the US while Google is still holding a commanding lead at 65%, Bing’s market share of 29% represents a 3% increase from… |
 | In the upcoming successor to Windows 7 – Windows 8 – users will no longer need to install third party applications to access ISO and VHD files. In a blog post, Rajeev Nagar, group program manager on Microsoft’s Storage & File Systems team announced that Windows 8 will natively support mounting of ISO and VHD files. Steven… |
 | In a blog post, John Luther, the Project Manager of Google’s WebM Project, has announced that Skype now supports the VP8 codec. The VP8 support is already available for Windows users who are using Skype 5.5. VP8 will be used to encode and decode the Skype video call if both the caller and receiver have… |
 | In order to make the Azure Platform more attractive for developers, Microsoft has announced the launch of it’s Windows Azure Toolkit for developing Social Games. The social gaming scenario is hot right now with games such as Angry Birds and the Heist selling like hot cakes in various app stores, Microsoft is taking advantage of this fact for good. |
