Store
You use the Store app to access the online
Windows Store and browse and purchase new Windows 8 apps for your
Windows 8 PC. The main Store screen is divided into a number of app
categories, including Spotlight, Games (see Figure 6), Social, Entertainment, Photo, Lifestyle, and Tools.
Figure 6. The main Store screen is organized into various categories, such as Games.
In each category, you have four choices:
• Click an app tile to see that app’s details.
• Click New Releases to see a list of the latest apps added to the category.
• Click Top Free to see a list of the most popular free apps in the category.
• Click the category name to see a
complete list of the apps in the category. From there, you can filter
the apps by price (for example, Free or Paid), and you can sort the
apps (for example, by highest rating or by newest).
Clicking an app displays
the app’s details, including its user rating, price, description and
features, user reviews, permissions, and more.
Weather
The Weather app is a straightforward weather
forecast program. When you first start the app, it might ask if it can
use your location. If it’s your local forecast you’re after, click
Allow and you’re pretty much done. You can also add other places to the
Weather app:
1. Right-click the Weather app screen and then click Places. The Places screen appears.
2. Click Add (+). Weather prompts you to enter the city name.
3. Start typing the name of the city you want to add.
4. When you see the name of the city in the list that appears, click it. Weather adds the city to the Places screen.
Tip
To make a city the default (that is, the city
that appears on the Weather app’s live tile and that appears first when
you launch the Weather app), display the Places screen, right-click the
city, and then click Set as Default. Alternatively, if you want to add
a second Weather app tile to the Start screen, display Places,
right-click the city, click Pin, and then click Pin to Start.
