Windows 8 App Store to Open with Rich Developer Incentives

Antoine Leblond, Vice President of Windows Web Services, with the Windows Store home screen. Photo: Christina Bonnington/Wired.com. Microsoft revealed Tuesday one of the key components that will be shipping with its upcoming Windows 8 platform: the Windows Store. The new software portal will launch in late February alongside the beta of Windows 8, selling applications ranging in price from $1.49 to $999.99.

To an installed base of 500 million-plus Windows users, the Windows Store presents a whole new world of software discovery and consumption.



Gadget Lab, Windows 8 App Store to Open with Rich Developer Incentives