Microsoft (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson) Shoppers at a Microsoft store. What a time to be alive: Microsoft now has its own app store — on Google's Android operating system.

TL;DR: Microsoft plans to add a feature to the Xbox App for Android, allowing game purchases and play directly from the app. However, this is delayed due to Google's appeal against a ruling in the ...

On October 18th, Judge James Donato granted Google’s request for a stay while it appeals his ruling that the Android app store is an illegal monopoly, which could leave things hanging in the ...

Finally, pair your Android phone to your PC using the Link to Windows app on your phone and Phone Link on your PC. Go to ...

Separately, Microsoft is also working on a browser-based Xbox mobile store that it was originally planning to launch in July. The store will eventually focus on first-party mobile games from ...

Those fees are commissions, however — Apple still levies an annual fee of $99 on developers publishing to the App Store. Meanwhile, Google charges a one-time $25 fee for Google Play, the app ...

Microsoft probably isn't ready for that drastic of a step: The company is, and remains, committed to its new Windows 10 Mobile operating system, despite a general lack of excitement or momentum.