Title: Microsoft to take 30% cut of Metro apps under Windows 8 Post by: HCK on September 16, 2011, 11:00:38 pm Microsoft to take 30% cut of Metro apps under Windows 8
New Metro-style apps designed to run on Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 8 for tablets will copy Apple's App Store business model of charging a 30 percent fee from developers, allowing the potential for Microsoft to regain control over software in segments it has lost to Apple's iTunes and Google search. http://feeds.appleinsider.com/click.phdo?i=78904f78f9e36120ae556f335c034dfe |