Windows 10: Get ready to pay more for apps on Windows Store

The biggest missing feature in Windows Store for me is the lack of Google apps, but I can't see those appearing any time soon.

 

Google does have some apps, just not as many as they do on Android. Hmm.. I thought they had more, but it appears they only have one app. Google Search.

 

What about the potential monies to be made via Cortana.
Well it is based on ones location, think of all the local businesses who could take advantage of the publicity with enquirers using Cortana in the search for local amenities.
Perhaps Microsoft will consider, if not already, a computerised system similar to and have the same benefits as do Yellow Pages at the present time.
Advertisers could pay a subscription thereby keeping the monies flowing in to M$.

 

The store is no longer working



I get that same error on any app I try to download.

 

For both the green and beta?? Mine work fine..

 

I've had the Store not work a few times, but it comes back the next day or a couple of hours later, same thing with a lot of Microsoft Apps like News, Maps and Weather etc.

 

The Beta, I do not have a Green one..

 

I found it, nevermind. I will try it. Same issue:

 

I don't know why you're bringing Apple into it, if they were any good with software they'd have a lot more than 3% of the PC market. Having a single interface is the best idea ever, especially just for familiarity, but also being able to do lots of things away from work on a tablet or whatever, you've obviously never had a Surface to see what they're capble of. Nobody is going to jump on a train with a 40" Desktop in their lap, there are horses for courses.

 

It should come back, I had the same problem.

 

The reason that My Store was not working was because I had the Windows Firewall turned off. I use Avast Internet Security which has a Firewall and I saw no need for two. So now when I want to use The Store, I just turn on Windows Firewall.

 

Other than Solitaire and Mahjong, I have no use for any of the apps in the Store.

 

Do I get a medal if I use the App Store!?!?

Well, even if I should get a medal, I don't use the App Store because:

1. I get weather from my TV or my smart phone.
2. I get news from my TV and/or my radio. If I want to get news between the regular news hours, I can go to ABC, NBC, CBS.
3. The Money app is useless to me because I just don't need it.
4. I don't need a Travel App because I know the way to my sister's house and to my daughter's house.
5. I don't need a Music App because I have all that I need in that area.

I am not a power user, but I am no slouch either. BTW, they're no longer called Metro . . . it's now Modern Apps. However, that said, it's not that the Modern Apps aren't beneath me . . . I just have no reason to use them. And it seems like I'm right there with Unifex.

 

I got those two as well plus some sports stuff, I am done with my shopping.

 

You can go to the Google Play Store and get Office for Android (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) for your 'droid tablet. I think there must be some agreement between Google and Microsoft about "encroaching on each other's territory". Right now, though, Office for Android will only run on KitKat or better, 7" to 10" screen (anything larger and you have to have a subscription to Office 365) and 1 GB RAM.

I know that you can get Google apps on Amazon.com, probably because of Amazon's Kindle, which is "sort of" Android.