December, 2011

Yesterday at our Windows Store Preview event in San Francisco, we announced our plans for distributing Metro style Windows 8 apps via the new Windows Store.  As part of that event, we also announced an exciting opportunity for developers: the First Apps Contest .  Based on the tremendous amount of feedback we’ve received, and the nearly 3 million downloads of Windows 8 Developer Preview, we know many developers have been writing code and building apps. With this contest, we now provide...

Hi. I’m Antoine Leblond, Vice President of Windows Web Services. This is the first post in our new Windows Store blog, which will be dedicated to informing developers both on the progress of the Store as a service, and the platform and economic opportunity the Store represents. In September, we announced the Windows Store as part of Windows 8 and the distribution point for Metro style apps. And today, at our Store Preview event in San Francisco, we described the app policies and business terms for...