Microsoft shares data on Windows 8 and Windows Phone app activity

In a recent blog post, the Windows team provided some details about download activity in the Windows Store, and the Windows Phone Store as part of an effort to drive interest by developers to build universal apps using Visual Studio.



Not surprisingly, games are the number one category of apps downloaded from both venues, with Windows grabbing nearly 40% of the download activity and Windows Phone taking just shy of 35%.



For Windows Phone, productivity apps manage a respectable 20%, followed by music, video, other entertainment and social apps. While games rule the download categories ...



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