Windows 8 still runs nearly all of the millions of applications programmed for it over the past decade and a half, in its desktop mode. But Microsoft's new operating system brings with it a whole new class of application. Formerly called "Metro" but now simply called Windows 8 apps, these full-screen, touch friendly programs can connect both to the Web, to each other through "contracts," and to features of Windows 8 itself, such as the Search and Share charms.
You get the new-style apps from the new Windows Store, which automates installation and updating, and gives both users and developers a central place to discover new and needed software. While the Windows Store hasn't yet caught up in number with the more than 300,000 iPad apps available in Apple's iTunes App store, but according to the excellent site, MetroStore Scanner, there are currently over 41,000 Windows 8 apps, with about 200 being added every day.
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