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Windows Store: Two-thousand, seventy-nine

Windows Store: Two-thousand, seventy-nine

Milestones. Every one counts. Sure, the iOS app store has considerably more apps than the Windows Store today – that’s not news. But developers are adding to the Windows Store every day – and though some apps are removed from the store periodically, the number that grows every day. Today, the Windows Store broke the 2000 app mark and arrived at 2,079 apps available internationally. Though I can’t explain the divot of September 12th (the day after the Windows Store…

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Windows Store: How many apps? How many developers? What’s the ratio?

Windows Store: How many apps? How many developers? What’s the ratio?

I swear – there are other people asking for information too – but the other day Jason again gave me a good question for which I had the data in hand. He asked: [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/databasejase/status/247582677241307136″] As of yesterday, Sept. 18, 2012: There were 1851 apps available globally. There were 1094 developers with apps live in the store. The average is 1.6 apps per developer. 866 of developers had one app live. There are 18 developers with 10 or more applications…

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Flashlight apps – lighting their way into the Windows Store

Flashlight apps – lighting their way into the Windows Store

As I mentioned yesterday, I asked my Twitter followers what Windows Store statistics they’d like to see. He likely meant it as a joke, but follower @databasejase asked: [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/databasejase/status/247440810721832960″] I figured I’d actually take a look at this one, just to see if they had shown up. Indeed they have. Early on, the Apple iPhone had no LED flash, so “flashlight” apps arrived that could light the screen one (or often more) colors, so that the screen could be…

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Welcome to WinAppUpdate

Welcome to WinAppUpdate

One month ago today, I began analyzing the Windows Store. It was a dark time, when we didn’t know the difference between a Metro app, modern app, and a Windows Store app. When I first calculated the number of Windows Store apps on August 16th, it was 530 applications. Times have changed – with the clarified naming, I think I finally get what those terms all mean. Well at least the last two. The first one means you’re likely to…

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Yahoo and Microsoft – Bread and circuses?

Yahoo and Microsoft – Bread and circuses?

This morning I awoke to the news that Marissa Mayer, the new CEO of Yahoo, was awarding Yahoo employees with a free smartphone, and, from what I can derive, some coverage for service plans as well. On the heels of Microsoft’s news last week leaked during their company meeting of free personal/work Windows Phone 8 devices, Windows RT devices, and accelerated replacement of work systems with Windows 8-capable PCs, this is interesting news to consider. Perhaps some may call this…

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Windows to Go where exactly?

Windows to Go where exactly?

Recently, I’ve seen a lot of excitement around Windows to Go, a new feature available in Windows 8. Windows to Go (WTG) enables Windows 8 (Enterprise) to boot from a USB Flash Drive (UFD). Fundamentally, WTG includes three technical features: Windows support for USB boot (including USB 3.0) Support for installing and running Windows from a removable USB hard drive (yes, this is a different line item than 1) Support for handling “surprise removal” of Windows without hanging or crashing….

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Goodbye, Google World.

Goodbye, Google World.

TODO: Google Search Google Reader Google Chrome Google Maps Google Analytics for the blog In my blog last weekend, I set out to discuss whether I could quit Google’s software and services. To begin, I decided to start just with using Bing instead of Google. This caused no end of amusement to friends on Twitter who mocked be because I wasn’t searching with Google, but worse, I was using their browser all the time. That, exactly, was the reason why…

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Can I Quit Google?

Can I Quit Google?

If you asked me a few years ago about Google, odds are I would talk your ear off about privacy, about how Google aggregates your life together in a manner you can’t imagine. Ask any co-worker at my last job before I left Austin – it’s true. Yet while I’ve still held up my stance as someone concerned about online security and privacy… I’ve lowered my guard. I’ve used Google. I use Google a lot, actually. But Google has been…

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Hey kids, let’s go to Dubuque!

Hey kids, let’s go to Dubuque!

When you travel somewhere, especially somewhere new, somewhere eclectic – do you ever buy your airline ticket, hop on the plane, and eagerly look forward to planning your activities once you arrive? No. No, you don’t. You plan a trip, buy tickets, get everything lined up long before you go. It’s been my contention for some time that buying a new computing device – smartphone, tablet/slate or other, is just like taking a trip. Also, unlike years ago where when…

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Windows on ARM – some notes

Windows on ARM – some notes

This evening, in lieu of a transcript, I listened a few times to Steve Ballmer’s CES keynote – specifically around the 3:06:23 mark. Given my blog post yesterday, I was most curious as to whether I was correct that there would not be any x86 application compatibility for Windows running on ARM. Steve’s words are below, emphasis is mine: “We are very excited about the full set of partners for the next version of Windows. NVidia, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments…

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