Microsoft ditches ‘Metro’ design name for Windows 8, all other products

August 2, 2012 4:15 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

After nearly two years of calling its design language "Metro," Microsoft has decided to get rid of the name, most likely because of a dispute with the German company Metro AG.

Microsoft creates its own walled-garden with Windows 8 Metro apps

September 19, 2011 9:46 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Microsoft will adopt a familiar Apple policy for the tablet applications on its new Windows 8 operating system.

Microsoft’s Windows 8 is the latest operating system to adopt a walled-garden approach to mobile app sales.

Windows 8, as Microsoft explained …