Is there much of a difference between the words “marketplace” and “store?” Microsoft hopes so. The company announced on the Windows Phone blog Wednesday that it officially renamed its mobile app store from “Windows Phone Marketplace,” to “Windows Phone Store.” The change comes in advance of Microsoft’s launch of Windows Phone 8 this fall. The… Read More…
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