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  1. Signal Desktop Arrives in Microsoft Store: Privacy First Windows Distribution

    Signal’s desktop client has finally landed in the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 and Windows 11, bringing the privacy-first messenger into one of the most convenient distribution channels for PC users — but the move raises important questions about packaging, update mechanics, enterprise...
  2. Restore NVIDIA Control Panel Without Store: DCH vs Standard Drivers

    For many Windchows users the sudden disappearance of the NVIDIA Control Panel — or the inability to reinstall it because the Microsoft Store won’t cooperate — has become a frustrating reality. The good news is there are reliable, supported ways to get the Control Panel working again without...
  3. NET Verification Tools Add Windows 10 4.6 Support; Store Adds Install Drive Prompts

    Aaron Stebner’s long‑running .NET verification and cleanup utilities have been refreshed to recognize the newer runtimes and Windows 10 environments, and Microsoft’s Store is testing a more granular app‑install workflow that lets Windows 10 users pick a drive for large Store apps — two modest...
  4. Ready Set Summer: The Windows Store Promotion of 2016

    Microsoft’s summer push for the Windows Store — the “Ready, Set, Summer” collection — landed as a cross‑category sales campaign that bundled more than a hundred deals across apps, games, music and movies, and it included some high‑profile name brands such as Minecraft and Radiohead’s OK...
  5. Microsoft Adds Music Section to Windows Store Unified Experience

    Microsoft has quietly added a dedicated Music section to the Windows Store as part of its long-running push to turn the Store into a single, unified shopping portal for apps, games, movies, TV and music — a move visible to Windows Insiders on recent preview builds and confirmed in Microsoft’s...
  6. BUILD 2012: Microsoft Bets on Windows Convergence with WinRT and the Store

    Microsoft used BUILD 2012 to drive a single message home: the company is reshaping Windows — from kernel to store to devices — and it will pay developers to come along for the ride. Background / Overview Microsoft staged BUILD 2012 on its Redmond campus in late October 2012 as the company’s big...
  7. Windows Store Roundup: RoundedTB, Speech Pack, and Sysinternals Updates

    This week’s Microsoft Store roundup spotlights a handful of small-but-useful arrivals and platform-side moves that matter to power users: the open-source RoundedTB taskbar tool, a new Microsoft-delivered Speech Pack entry appearing in the Store, and a batch of incremental Sysinternals updates...
  8. Best Windows Store picks this week: Order & Chaos 2, Brilli, Wedge and more

    One-hundred and forty‑seven in the series, this week’s roundup of Windows Store arrivals and updates delivers a compact but substantive mix: a massive free‑to‑play MMORPG that anchors the list, a professional cad app that promises 2D/3D constraint‑based modeling, a polished wallpaper switcher...
  9. Best Windows Apps This Week: Tubecast Pro Tops Roundup, SDK Tools and Surface Pro 3 UEFI Update

    This week’s Best Windows apps roundup — issue number one‑hundred and twenty‑four in the series — highlights a compact but high‑quality slate of releases and updates, from a standout YouTube casting client to console‑style and mobile ports, plus a firmware update for older Surface hardware and a...
  10. Windows Store Highlights: 10 Days of $0.10 Deals and Fresh UWP Apps

    Microsoft’s Windows Store kept the bargains and new releases coming this week, with a high‑profile Black Friday–style promotion, a freshly rewritten Reddit client that earns “App of the Week” billing, and a slate of universal Windows 10 apps that underscore how developers were moving to the...
  11. Prime World Defenders Leads This Week's Windows Store Roundup of Ports and Niche Apps

    Microsoft’s weekly roundup of standout Windows releases this time highlights a mix of high-profile ports, polished indie titles and a handful of productivity utilities — led by a solid tower‑defense pick — while also noting Microsoft’s continued polishing of its core media apps and the Store...
  12. Best Windows Apps This Week: Series Tracker Leads With Dynamic Theme and Two Dots

    One-hundred and sixty-one in the series, this week’s BetaNews roundup delivers a compact but useful list of new Windows Store arrivals and updates, with Series Tracker crowned App of the Week and a cluster of games and utilities — from the meditative puzzle of Two Dots to the practical...
  13. Windows Store Roundup: Polarr Leads This Week's Ported Games and Utilities

    This week’s Windows Store roundup landed squarely on two familiar signals: polished third‑party ports that bring mobile and indie games to Windows devices, and a handful of utility apps that aim to fill specific productivity gaps for desktop and tablet users — with Polarr Photo Editor taking the...
  14. Windows Store Roundup: Riptide GP Renegade Leads This Week's Picks

    This week’s Windows Store roundup brings a mix of polished mobile ports, useful utilities, and a couple of pleasant surprises — from an instructional yoga app that promises a complete practice library to a high‑octane hydrojet racer that finally feels at home on PCs. Highlights include the...
  15. Windows Store Roundup: Ambiance, HP 12C, AdGuard Edge & More

    Two-hundred-and-nineteen in the series: this week’s Windows Store roundup highlights a small but diverse batch of new arrivals — from ambient sound mixers and audiobook players to a GTA-style open-world mobile port and an official HP financial calculator app — plus a newly available ad‑blocking...