What Microsoft could learn from the Google Play update
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 9th Apr 2013 16:40 UTC
Windows "Google announced an update to its Google Play mobile app on Android - its online store for apps, music, books, magazines, movies and TV shows - today, one that is aimed at cleaning up the UI and optimizing it for different device types. It's a model of clarity and discoverability, not to mention scalability, features that are sorely lacking in Microsoft's Windows Store." As a Surface RT owner, I couldn't agree more with Paul Thurrott.
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RE: Permissions
by WorknMan on Tue 9th Apr 2013 19:55 UTC in reply to "Permissions"
WorknMan
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2005-11-13

Does it allow sorting/filtering out apps by permissions or at least lists permissions in search results?


Right, especially the in-app purchase permission, which they used to list, but are now hiding from users. And they also need a way to filter out apps that are infected with adware.

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RE[2]: Permissions
by darknexus on Tue 9th Apr 2013 20:28 in reply to "RE: Permissions"
darknexus Member since:
2008-07-15

And they also need a way to filter out apps that are infected with adware.

Google, an advertising company, filter out adware? I think you forgot a sarcasm tag somewhere. ;)

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RE[3]: Permissions
by panzi on Wed 10th Apr 2013 00:17 in reply to "RE[2]: Permissions"
panzi Member since:
2006-01-22

If it's the adware of competitors, why not?

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