Microsoft confirms that the Windows Store is growing bigger

May 15, 2013 19:11 GMT  ·  By

Just as I’ve told you a couple of days ago, there are more than 70,000 apps available in the Store, at least according to some unofficial services that keep track of the Windows 8 software repository.

The tech giant Microsoft has finally confirmed that these figures are indeed accurate, so Windows 8 adopters are now provided with more than 70,000 Metro apps, most of which are available free of charge.

“We now have more than 70,000 apps in the Windows Store (the online app store for Windows) – apps such as Twitter, eBay, Netflix, CNN and games like Temple Run: Brave, Bejeweled LIVE and Angry Birds Star Wars and many others. As PCs continue to evolve for this world of mobile computing, so does Windows 8,” Microsoft’s Brandon LeBlanc said in a statement.

The good news is that Microsoft is now publishing more than 1,000 apps every day, which could be a sign that developers have indeed decided to embrace the new Windows 8.