Microsoft to open ‘app store’ in February

SAN FRACISCO:Microsoft has announced opening of it's first "app store" for computers supported by Windows Software.

The Store will open in late February 2012 when Microsoft shall release a test version of its next-generation Windows 8 operating system.

The company claims it shall give a great competition to Apple and Google in the booming market of fun, functional programs built for latest technologies such as smartphones, tablets, or computers.

“I think we are going to do great,” Windows Web Services vice president Antoine Leblond said as he gave developers and press a preview of the store in a San Francisco art gallery.
“The reach of Windows is absolutely huge and can’t be matched,” he continued, noting that the Microsoft operating system powers more than a half billion computers around the world."

Reference:Express Tribune