Facebook, Foursquare, and Flipboard lead a flood of big-name Windows 8 apps

June 28, 2013

Don't let all this blabber about "Windows 8.1 being Microsoft's grand chance for a re-do"—talk I'm admittedly guilty of myself—fool you. Windows 8.1 does a terrific job of refining Microsoft's modern-style vision, but as an operating system built from the ground up to revolve around an app-based experience, the Start screen can never truly shine unless the Windows Store is stuffed. That's a big problem, since both the quantity and quality of the Windows Store's selection has been …lackluster thus far. Microsoft seems to be tackling the issue head-on, though: Not only did the number of apps in the Windows Store spike in the weeks ahead of Build 2013, but Microsoft took advantage of the developer conference to announce a slew of high-profile apps coming to Windows 8's virtual marketplace. Here's a rundown of the biggest apps destined to land on the Windows Store's currently dusty shelves. Facebook Yes! A Facebook app is coming to the Windows Store. Finally—finally—a proper Facebook app is coming to Windows 8, where we hope it will embrace the modern style as wholeheartedly as the Windows 8 Twitter app. While no official launch date was announced, you can look forward to a day where "Pin an IE shortcut to the Start screen" isn't Microsoft's official answer to the missing Facebook question. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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