Dev Projects for the Long Weekend
Find your favorite chair, kick your feet up and grab yourself a cup of coffee. It’s finally time to pick up some of the dev projects you’ve been eyeballing from behind the hazy fog of pre-vacation...
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Standard C++ and the Windows Runtime (C++/WinRT)
The Windows Runtime (WinRT) is the technology that powers the Universal Windows Platform, letting developers write applications that are common to all Windows devices, from Xbox to PCs to HoloLens to...
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A New Input Paradigm in Windows – The Surface Dial
With the debut of Windows Ink in the Windows Anniversary Update, we introduced simultaneous pen and touch as the dawn of a revolutionary change in interacting with Windows. In our blog post, we discuss...
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Symlinks in Windows 10!
Overview Symlinks, or symbolic links, are “virtual” files or folders which reference a physical file or folder located elsewhere, and are an important feature built in to many operating systems,...
View ArticleICYMI – Animations, C++/WinRT, Surface Dial and Symlinks
Did you miss us over the long weekend? We missed you, too. Here’s what you might’ve missed this past week! Symlinks Symlinks haven’t always been easy to access or create for Windows developers....
View ArticleReengage your customers with UWP ad campaigns and push notifications
We’re pleased to announce that all developers can now use new features in Windows Dev Center to engage with customers of their UWP apps. Developers can build segments of their customers and use them...
View ArticleConversion options for bringing your existing desktop app to the Universal...
With this summer’s release of the Windows 10 Anniversary update and the recent announcement of the Store supporting apps built with the Desktop Bridge technology, we are receiving much interest from...
View ArticleICYMI – Build 14986, BUILD 2017, and Windows 10 on ARM-based computers!?
What a time to be a Windows developer. This week we got a new Windows Insider Preview Build, new options added to the Desktop Bridge, expanded access to customer segmentation and notifications, and...
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Designing and Prototyping Apps with Adobe Experience Design CC (Beta)
Adobe Experience Design CC (Beta) or Adobe XD, is a new creative tool from Adobe for designing high-fidelity prototypes of websites and mobile apps. You can try a new public preview released today of...
View ArticleCortana to open up to new devices and developers with Cortana Skills Kit and...
We believe that everyone deserves a personal assistant. One to help you cope as you battle to stay on top of everything, from work to your home life. Calendars, communications and commitments. An...
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GameAnalytics SDK for Microsoft UWP Released
We’re excited to announce our partnership with GameAnalytics, a powerful tool that helps developers understand player behavior so they can improve engagement, reduce churn and increase monetization....
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UWP Experiences – App Samples
The UWP App Experiences are beautiful, cross-device, feature-rich and functional app samples built to demonstrate realistic app scenarios on the UWP platform across PC, Tablet, Xbox and more. Besides...
View ArticleICYMI – Cortana Skills Kit, Adobe XD, Surface Dial and the GameAnalytics SDK
No time for an intro, we want to jump right into this. The New Cortana Skills Kit Excited doesn’t even begin to describe the glass case of emotion containing our feelings toward the new Cortana Skills...
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AdDuplex – your one stop shop for Windows app and game marketing and...
From the early days of the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace to the modern days of Windows Store, AdDuplex was and is committed to providing top-notch advertising solutions for app and game developers,...
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Windows Bridge for iOS: Customizing the Surface Dial Experience
In part one of the Windows Bridge for iOS series, we created a simple to-do list app in Xcode and used the iOS bridge to bring it over to Windows 10. In part two of the series, we went on a tour of...
View ArticleJust released – Windows developer virtual machines – December 2016 build
We’re releasing the December 2016 edition of our evaluation and licensed Windows developer virtual machines (VM) on Windows Dev Center. The VMs come in Hyper-V, Parallels, VirtualBox and VMWare...
View ArticleWe Want You (to help us improve our blog)
Developers, First of all, we can’t thank you enough for reading our blog. We put a lot of time and care into managing this site, and it means a lot that so many of you tune in regularly. That being...
View ArticleICYMI – AdDuplex, Windows Bridge for iOS, new Virtual Machine
It’s that time of the week, devs. In case you missed our updates, here is an annotated list of the latest announcements coming from the Windows Developer team. We hope you enjoy them! AdDuplex...
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ICYMI – What happened over vacation?
We hope everyone had a great vacation and a very happy New Year! We’re excited to be back and while we have a few exciting updates on the way, here are a few things that you might have missed. Patterns...
View ArticleJoin us on Feb 8th for Windows Developer Day – Creators Update livestream
On February 8, we’ll be livestreaming a Windows Developer Day, which will outline what’s new for developers in the Windows 10 Creators Update. Whether you’re building for the web or UWP, the latest...
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