Location consent prompts and settings improvements in Windows 10 Mobile
This blog was written by Jon Kay, Program Manager, Location Team. We have made big investments in Windows 10 to unify the Windows and Windows Phone app platform. Based on user and developer feedback,...
View ArticleChanges to Store listings and search algorithms
As we near the launch of Windows 10, I want to share with you some changes coming in the new Windows Store: lists and search algorithms, a new web Store, changes to the app listings and updates to...
View ArticleOpening the Windows 10 Store for Developers
Today we’re making Windows 10 available to customers in over 190 markets and providing developers the tools they need to submit Universal Windows Platform apps and games to a single unified Windows...
View ArticleIt’s time to upgrade your world, and your apps
Today marks a huge milestone for Windows developers – Windows 10 and the related developer tools are now both available for download and for use in a production environment. Today, you can officially...
View ArticleDev Center open for Windows 10 app submissions, adds new features
The new unified Windows Dev Center is now open for Windows 10 app submissions. Dev Center launched a number of new features yesterday, summarized by Todd Brix. In this post I’ll share more details...
View ArticleANGLE for Windows Now Available On NuGet
This blog was written by Tony Balogh, Senior Program Manager. You have developed and/or published apps running on iOS and Android with OpenGL ES content. You want your app in the hands of the...
View ArticleBuild better apps: Windows 10 by 10 development series
We’ve been talking about the new capabilities that come with Windows 10 for some time, but an area that we haven’t really dug into yet is how they can help your app better engage your users. To remedy...
View ArticleWindows Bridge for iOS: Let’s open this up
Post written by Salmaan Ahmed, Program Manager, Windows Bridge for iOS Today I’m going to take you a bit deeper on what’s in the Windows Bridge for iOS (previously referred to as ‘Project Islandwood’),...
View ArticleOpen Sourcing the Windows Bridge for iOS
Last week, we released Windows 10 as a free upgrade in over 190 markets, taking the first big step toward upgrading 1 billion devices to Windows 10 and the Universal Windows Platform (UWP). Alongside...
View ArticleHello, Windows 10 IoT Core
Greetings, Makers! We are excited to announce the public release of Windows 10 IoT Core for the Raspberry Pi 2 and the MinnowBoard Max. Visit the Windows IoT Dev Center to choose your target board,...
View ArticleGetting noticed and installed more often (10 by 10)
Welcome to the first week of our Windows 10 by 10 series. To kick things off, let’s begin where your customer engagement starts – with the Windows Store. To help ensure that your apps are getting...
View ArticleContextual sensing in Windows 10
This blog was written by Rinku Sreedhar, Senior Program Manager In Windows 10, we are very excited to introduce several APIs for contextual sensing that can help you build apps to improve your...
View ArticleNew Microsoft Windows advertising SDK with support for video interstitials
Today, Microsoft is releasing several important capabilities that allow you to increase ad revenue in your apps: Microsoft Universal Ad Client SDK for Windows 10 Support for video interstitials on...
View ArticleEngaging customers with Live Tiles and toast notifications (10 by 10)
Last week, we talked about how you can do three things to get your apps discovered and launched by Windows 10 customers. This week, we’d like to continue with how to increase customer engagement...
View Article.NET Native – What it means for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) developers
This blog was written by Daniel Jacobson, Program Manager What is .NET Native? .NET Native is a precompilation technology for building Universal Windows apps in Visual Studio 2015. The .NET Native...
View ArticleUsing promotional codes for your apps: a walkthrough and suggested uses
On July 29, we launched a highly requested new feature in Dev Center: promotional codes. Today I want to share more details about this feature, how and when to best use it. Promotional codes enable...
View ArticleUsing Cortana to interact with your customers (10 by 10)
This week’s theme in our Windows 10 by 10 development series is extending customer engagement using the Windows 10 without your users even entering your app. Last week’s topic, Live Tiles and...
View ArticleNew advertising and campaign tracking capabilities for Windows Store apps
Microsoft is releasing two new Dev Center features to simplify and streamline management of ads-in-apps as well as releasing the campaign tracking feature that we announced earlier: pubCenter...
View ArticleUpdate to Developer’s Guide to Windows 10 video series
What better way to get up to speed with building Universal Windows apps than to immerse yourself in the updated Microsoft Virtual Academy training course, the Developer’s Guide to Windows 10, led by...
View ArticleMake your app look great on any size screen or window (10 by 10)
With the Universal Windows Platform in Windows 10, your apps will now run on a number of device families and automatically scale across the different screen and window sizes, supported by the platform...
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