"Windows Store apps" doesn't exactly roll off your tongue. But that seems to be the new name for what were previously known as Metro apps.
At Microsoft's Build developers conference yesterday, Will Tschumy, one of the company's so-called user experience evangelists, led a session called "The Principles of Microsoft Design."
During Q&A, Tschumy was asked a question by the Verge's Tom Warren, namely: what do people call Windows 8 apps since Metro is persona non grata? Tschumy declined to comment on the whole Metro naming debacle but said that Microsoft is now using the term "Windows 8 Store apps."
A Microsoft spokeswoman told CNET today that Tschumy misspoke and that the term is simply "Windows Store apps."
Microsoft caught developers and Windows watchers off guard after it officially put the kibosh on the name Metro back in August. People working on apps, books, and other material were forced to remove the name "Metro" and replace it with the phrase "Windows 8 UI."
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Metro apps renamed Windows Store apps | Windows 8 - CNET Reviews