App Gallery - AppRaisin

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

November 20, 2015

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App Gallery - AppRaisin

 

If you did a search for the terms apps and windows the most prominent result would likely be related to the well discussed app gap between the Windows ecosystem and those of Android and Apple.

Setting that definition aside, lets talk about this new Universal Windows Platform app called AppRaisin which allows you to discover new apps for Windows devices through a crowd sourcing process.

The premise of this app, which runs on Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile, is that users add their own favorites to the database of suggested apps and they are listed on the Latest News tab. That is part 1 of the crowd sourcing.

Part 2 of the crowd sourcing is when users of AppRaisin open up the app and browse the listed offerings. If they are familiar with one and already like it they can Raise it aka up vote it and as apps gain momentum they will float to the top of the Rising News tab.

Of course, there are links in each listing to download the app from the Windows Store and to also share that listed app through your share targets in Windows.

So instead of raisin the roof we are raisin the apps!

The app is free and you can download it from the Windows Store with the link below:

AppRaisin Download in the Windows Store

 

About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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