Windows 8 hits 100,000 apps mark in just over 8 months

Microsoft announced on Tuesday that the Windows 8 store has passed the 100,000 apps mark. The Redmond-based company released Windows 8 in October last year, so it has taken a little over eight months to achieve this feat. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had predicted that the company will manage to have 100,000 apps in the Windows 8 Store by the time Build Developers conference starts. The Build Developers Conference took place between June 26 to 28, so the company missed this target by a few days. Nevertheless, Microsoft has been adding apps at great speed. In comparison, it took Android and Microsoft's very own Windows Phone store nearly 18 months each to achieve a similar target. However, some critics are not entirely impressed with Microsoft's achievement as they complain that a lot of applications in the Windows 8 Store are spam or not up to the mark in terms of quality. They claim that the app store is focusing more on quantity rather than churning out quality apps. In the past, there were similar allegations made against Google Play Store as well. So it is safe to say that all new platforms have to go through the same grind before they come of age. The next logical step for Microsoft is to make sure that it is able to get good quality apps in the Store at a faster pace. At the recently concluded Build Developers Conference, Flipboard and Facebook had announced that they are developing apps for the Windows 8. In a blog post, Flipboard had shared that its Windows 8 application will be custom-made for this new platform. Overall, things seem to be going right for Windows 8 for now.