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Since its reveal last year, Windows 10’s universal app functionality has been a point of pride for Microsoft’s latest operating system. Theoretically, it’s supposed to bring one app to a host of ...

I have a phone that runs Windows Mobile. It's a somewhat aging Audiovox unit that I intend, at some point in the near future, to upgrade to a Samsung Blackjack. Windows Mobile has a great developer ...

Microsoft’s newly released Windows 10 offers developers what at first blush appears to be a can’t-miss pitch: Write your app once and run it anywhere Windows exists. With Microsoft’s push toward “one ...

Microsoft is highlighting previews of Windows 10 that would include new features – 'Timeline' and 'Sets' – aiming at boosting productivity on a PC. Microsoft this week announced that upcoming previews ...

Human-computer interaction goes further than keyboard and mouse in modern Windows; be sure your apps take advantage of the new UI methods Microsoft has long been a driver of alternate user interaction ...

Microsoft has announced the release of the Windows UI Library Preview, which facilitates UWP app developers by cutting ties with SDK releases, and opting for more flexibility using NuGet packages.

When Microsoft unveiled Windows 8, it also announced a new development structure for the software applications that would use the then-new "Metro UI." Applications that were built to run in the Metro ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Looks like Microsoft is still tweaking those Live Tiles for Windows 10. The latest SDK preview ...