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Microsoft Windows 8 App Store gets official

If you ain't got an App Store, you ain't coming in

Dan Grabham Dan Grabham

Yes, we’ve already sneaked a peek at the Windows 8 App Store goodies but we can at least pretend to be surprised. Windows president Steven Sinofsky has confirmed that the upcoming OS will have an app store for third-party applications by imaginatively naming the team responsible for it – App Store. Apple have been busy with Samsung lately, will it be itching for a fight with Microsoft?

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home