Blast from the past! Microsoft has released the original Windows File Manager as a UWP app on the Windows Store. Yes, this was the program that debuted with Windows 3.0. All those eons back. The company has previously open-sourced the project in 2018. But now it is going a step further by making it available...
2019 is already off to a great start! Microsoft Store is coming to the Old Continent big time, with Microsoft looking to open its first flagship store location in London. The company is currently hiring staff for various operations in a wide variety of departments. As you can see here, the software giant has...
You may recall that companies like Acer, ASUS, HP and Lenovo all announced at CES earlier this year that they would be bringing Amazon Alexa support to their PCs very soon. In fact, buzz among the bees was that an app was in development for Windows 10. The popular digital assistant used to be only available...
Apps and avatars, both. If you recall, it was back in May that Microsoft launched game gifting on PCs through its Store, promising to expand this functionality to include PC and Xbox applications in the future. The idea was simple — allowing users to send someone a game as a gift through the Microsoft...
Some say, one can never have enough themes and wallpapers to customize a PC. Microsoft seems to agree, as the company is here with new Widows 10 themes, and by extension, wallpapers. These new packs allow users of the OS to customize their desktops with a choice of several HD backgrounds. And since Redmond is...
More of a good thing is never bad, right? Well, that seems to be the driving philosophy for Microsoft, as the company has lined up even more Microsoft Store improvements for Windows 10 users. Users accessing the app repository using Windows 10 devices have access to a new design. While Redmond has also been...
If you are one of the few that are still rocking the old version of the operating system, then make way for some news. Stores for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 are all set for retirement. Microsoft clearly wants everyone to move to the latest version of Windows, and shutting down access to the apps repository...
Took them long enough! Microsoft Store finally has access to shopping carts. Or rather, a new shopping cart feature. Redmond has just rolled it out for both for Windows 10 and Xbox One. The announcement was actually made on Xbox Wire, confirming that this handy new option is now available to Insiders in the...
Long time due, too. Redmond has rolled out a design refresh for the Microsoft Store app, the desktop one at least, along with a few new features to go with it. First noted here, this new update to the Store app for Windows 10 users implements the depth element of the company’s new Fluent Design System, with...
If reports are to be believed, Microsoft is all set to roll out some new features for Microsoft Store, many of them quality of life improvements that the company actually already made available previously. On the Windows Phone platform, so to say. Along with other small new features here and there to improve...