W indows 11 offers all the necessary apps and tools to get you started. You get Photos, Snipping Tool, Media Player, and more ...

Google is starting to roll out an auto-open toggle for when you download apps. When enabled, the app you’re downloading will open automatically. You will receive a notification with a five-second ...

In December 2023, a California jury found that Google had created a monopoly in the Google Play Store in a suit brought by Epic Games. In November 2024, Judge James Donato issued a final ruling that ...

A new ‘My apps’ view includes browsers, gaming utilities, and even rival storefronts. A new ‘My apps’ view includes browsers, gaming utilities, and even rival storefronts.

Like Windows Update, you can’t permanently disable automatic app updates in the Microsoft Store anymore. The Store removed the persistent on/off switch and now only lets you pause updates for 1–5 ...

If Windows is your OS of choice, consider these open-source apps. There are tons of open-source apps for just about any task. These are all free to install and use on Windows. I've been using ...

Editor's take: Microsoft has spent years trying to make its official app store the default gateway for Windows software. The effort has mostly flopped, but the company keeps nudging the store toward ...

Previously, you could indefinitely delay an app update. Now you have up to five weeks. The Microsoft Store previously allowed you to indefinitely pause app updates until you were ready to download ...

Microsoft announced that it will phase out the Microsoft Lens PDF scanner app for Android and iOS devices starting in September. Microsoft Lens (formerly known as Office Lens) can convert images into ...

Microsoft Lens PDF scanner will be retired on Android and iOS later this year. The phase-out begins in September, with scanning disabled after December 15, 2025. Microsoft is pushing users toward its ...

Microsoft has published an article on Github detailing its plans to open source WinUI, its native Windows UI framework. Beth Pan, a software engineer on the Windows App SDK team at Microsoft, ...