Microsoft reportedly close to unifying its app stores across Windows/Windows Phone

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/06/windowsstore.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/27/microsoft-close-to-unified-app-store/)Microsoft is apparently far closer to bringing together its disparate stores than many thought. The company has reportedly already demoed a single app portal for both Windows and Windows Phone behind closed doors at its annual company meeting in Seattle, according to ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley (http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-demos-single-app-store-at-company-meeting-sources-7000021232/). One of her sources tells her that the new unified store will likely launch alongside the next iteration of Windows, version 8.1 (http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/14/windows-8.1-launch/), although other sources were less certain on this. In any case, the gossip tallies with comments by Microsoft's Terry Myerson last week (http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/20/terry-myerson-microsoft-windows-on-arm-future/), who said that he sees the unification of Microsoft's platforms and APIs as a priority.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/27/microsoft-close-to-unified-app-store/