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Ensuring compatibility of desktop applications with WIMBoot systems
This post was written by Tobias Klima, Program Manager, Windows Storage, File Systems & Protection. Windows Image Format Boot, or WIMBoot, is a technology that provides significant capacity savings...
View ArticleDownload the updated Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0 public preview
Last week, Microsoft released an updated version of the Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0 public preview. We made more than 200 improvements to the core SDK, including the addition of the Kinect Fusion tool...
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Toronto-based developer will leverage Windows 8.1 features to more deeply...
Onome Igharoro is a co-founder of Toronto-based Sterling Games Inc., which makes the hugely successful Xtreme Joyride game. After two years of publishing their games on Windows platforms, Onome and his...
View ArticleHow we’re addressing misleading apps in Windows Store
As Windows Store expands to reach more customers in more markets with a growing list of great titles, we are continuously looking for ways to improve both customer experience and developer opportunity....
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Marmalade adds support for new Windows Phone 8.1 features
Marmalade is a powerful cross-platform, native game development environment. With Marmalade, developers can build in C++ with full support for standard libraries and third-party extensions, then...
View ArticleIntroducing Win2D: GPU accelerated 2D graphics programming in the Windows...
This blog was written by Shawn Hargreaves, Principal Dev Lead at Microsoft. Today I’d like to share some information about work we are doing to make hardware accelerated 2D graphics APIs available to...
View ArticleExtend your App Studio app’s reach with Azure Mobile Services
Windows App Studio Beta allows you to download your complete source code package to be edited in Visual Studio, providing countless opportunities for the types of apps that can be built. Adding Azure...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Windows Dev Center Partner Program
If you’ve done any app or game development in the last 10 years, you certainly recognize the criticality and power of third party components. With these components you can add all sorts of amazing...
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Responding to app reviews: benefits and guidelines
Last April, we announced the possibility for developers to respond to user customer reviews, and last month we completed the rollout of this feature. Developers who see the “respond” option in Dev...
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WinJS Everywhere
This post was authored by Rachel Nizhnikova, Program Manager, Windows Ecosystem & Frameworks Team The Windows Library for JavaScript (WinJS) project is pleased to announce the general availability...
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New Dev Center lifetime registration and benefits program
This month we are releasing several new features to enhance your development experience: the lifetime Dev Center account, and the new Dev Center Benefits program. I’d like to encourage you to visit the...
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Microsoft OCR Library for Windows Runtime
This blog was written by Jelena Mojasevic, Program Manager at Microsoft. We are pleased to announce that Microsoft OCR Library for Windows Runtime has been released as a NuGet package. The library...
View ArticleCortana Integration and Speech Recognition: New Code Samples
The blog post was authored by Steve White, Senior Content Developer, Content Publication Team One of the strengths of Cortana is its ability to understand and respond to voice commands. The Windows...
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Ginny Caughey, grandmother and avid Windows developer, uses Windows 8.1 to...
Ginny Caughey, president of Carolina Software in Wilmington, NC, has been a developer for decades—decades she has spent using Windows to develop enterprise applications. Her firm has provided software...
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Windows and Windows Phone Store Trends – September 2014 Update
This blog post is the latest in a recurring series that provides details about recent Store trends across categories, markets, and more. Understanding these general trends can help you determine what...
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Universal Windows apps get better with Windows 10
Today Terry Myerson and Joe Belfiore talked about the future of Windows and gave the world its first look at Windows 10. They demonstrated new features designed to make people and businesses more...
View ArticleIoT Developer Program Update: Support for Intel Galileo Gen 2 Boards
Back in July we began rolling out the Windows Developer Program for IoT, and today I want to let you know how the program is doing and announce exciting new hardware support. Program Update Since we...
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Console Improvements in the Windows 10 Technical Preview
This post was written by Rich Eizenhoefer, a Program Manager in the Microsoft Developer Tools and Runtimes team. I have some good news about the Windows command line console, conhost.exe. In this blog...
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18 year old student and designer develops an app for a global manufacturer...
Mick Brege is more than just your average 18 year old. Full-time student and part-time designer, Brege attends Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, MI and works for Promess, Inc. – a global...
View ArticleWinSock and more Open Source for your Windows Store apps
Back at the //Build conference in April, I outlined our goals for the Windows 8.1 developer platform and summarized them in a post about Extending platform commonality through universal Windows apps....
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