Cloud storage provider Box wants to be one of the first third-party services with a Windows 8 Metro-style app, allowing users to save and load files online instead of on their hard drives. I got a ...

Update: The guide below was written for Windows 8 Developer Preview and will not work with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview released on February 29th, 2012. But you can still enable Metro style apps on ...

The Windows 8 Consumer Preview might be worth another look thanks to a new round of Metro-style apps available now. The new Windows 8 apps include a Facebook and Twitter client called FlipToast, the ...

Developers should refrain from using any non-sanctioned APIs in their Windows 8 Metro-style apps, Microsoft has said. Developer experience manager John Hazen said on Thursday that using APIs not ...

Before you get too excited: No, the Start Screen is still there -- but due to a trademark claim by Metro AG, a massive Eurasian retail chain, Microsoft can no longer call it the Metro Start Screen, ...

With the launch of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Microsoft has embraced the age of the app and opened its own app store — the Windows Store. Like Apple’s iOS App Store and Google’s Android Market, ...