Surface Hub OS Seen Powering A Windows Phone
Miracles do happen! It’s not something that you see every day, what with Windows 10 Mobile being dead for a while. But a Lumia 950 XL has been hacked …
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These Are The New Platform Features For Windows
Call it surprising, but Microsoft had some news about Windows to share at its Ignite 2020 conference, primarily related to developers that cook up solutions for the operating platform. …
Microsoft Announces Expressive Pixels
It is not every day that Microsoft launches a new app. And it has just done so in the form of a new Windows 10 application called Expressive Pixels …
Surface Duo Has An Unlocked Bootloader
Good guy Microsoft. The Redmond based technology giant recently launched its first ever Android device, the Surface Duo. It is available for preorder now, with a projected ship date …
Microsoft Kills Memory Bugs Behind 10% Of Windows Flaws
Well, that’s one way to do it. Microsoft has introduced two new Windows APIs meant for driver developers to help them create safe software for the operating system. This, …
The Xbox Game Bar Widget Store Is Open For Business
Now open! If you want your digital doohickeys, then the Xbox Game Bar Widget Store is the place to go. The repository is now open for business, and already …
Redesigned Edge Addons Page Is Now Live
It was at BUILD 2020 that Microsoft confirmed plans for a major update to its Edge Addons website, with better search and curated collections. And the redesigned page is …
Surface Duo Emulation Arrives For Microsoft Edge DevTools
The world of dual screen devices continues to shape up. Microsoft has been working hard on adding features for its upcoming Surface Duo handset, with the now delayed Surface …
The Secret History Of The Windows Task Manager
One of the most used applications in the OS, the Windows Task Manager has seen a lot of action in recent releases of the operating system. Microsoft has been …
Project Reunion Bridges The UWP And Win32 Divide
Well, at least they got the name right! We recently heard about Microsoft’s plan to unify UWP and Win32. And Project Reunion is the official codename of this endeavor. …
OpenBSD Flies On The Surface Go 2
There are few things more exciting in the technology world than seeing alternate operating systems run on different hardware. Operating systems like OpenBSD, for instance. This is an open …
Microsoft Plans To Unify UWP And Win32 Apps
Finally! In what might be the final nail in the Universal Windows Platform coffin, Microsoft is all ready to talk about it plans to unify UWP and Win32 apps …
Windows 10 May 2020 Update Launched On MSDN
The rollout begins! As previously rumored, Microsoft has released the Windows 10 May 2020 Update to developers. Those with the proper license can now download it on MSDN. Otherwise, …
Digital BUILD 2020 Registrations Now Open
We’re going digital! And everyone’s invited! It was back in March that Microsoft confirmed that its highly anticipated BUILD 2020 developer conference would not go on in Seattle as …
Microsoft Pulls Out Of GDC 2020
Fiddlesticks! GDC 2020 just got hit! After major technology firms, including Microsoft, pulled out of Mobile World Congress, earlier this month, the company has now done the same for …
Mixed Reality Dev Days Set For May 16-17
Things have been a tad quiet on the mixed reality front recently. But Microsoft is ready to put the spark back in, as it has announced that Mixed Reality …
How Win32 Apps Will Work On Windows 10X
Windows 10X promises to be a whole new beginning for Microsoft, building on all the wins and mistakes of the past decade. And thankfully, Win32 apps will be first …
Microsoft Signs Up 12 UK Firms For AI For Good
12 UK companies have joined Microsoft’s AI for Good accelerator program. These firms will now gain access to a whole array of Microsoft technology, resources, and expertise. Which, they …
You Can Now Register For Microsoft BUILD 2020
The mega event of the year is on! Microsoft is now allowing folks to register for its BUILD 2020 developer conference, which is set to take place from May …
The GitHub iOS App Is Finally Here
And it took just 11 years since the launch of the platform! GitHub, now under Microsoft, has finally released an iOS app only a year after it was acquired …
MSDN Magazine Officially Retired
End of an era. Microsoft has official retired the MSDN Magazine, announcing that this iconic publication will sail into the sunset later this year, more than three decades after …
Microsoft Has Open Sourced Its Quantum Development Kit
QDK goes OS! Microsoft, in its quest to promote quantum computing across the planet, has opened up its quantum ecosystem to experts, development and researchers. That is to say …
Microsoft Launches Azure Pipelines App For Slack
DevOps got a bit more interesting! Microsoft has launched an Azure Pipelines app for Slack, while also reminding developers of the tweaks that it made to breakpoints in two …
Azure Reserved Instance Discounts Expanded
That’s the way to do it! While we rarely get a price war in the cloud space these days, companies do like to roll out discounts every now and …
Microsoft Introduces New Azure Maps Services
The highlight being Azure Maps Android SDK, which is now in preview. Microsoft today announced a whole array of new capabilities to its enterprise geospatial suite. Details here. But …
Stratis Using Microsoft Architecture To Simplify Blockchain
London-based project Stratis has unveiled plans to use Microsoft architecture to make blockchain easier for developers. The company recently became a member of the Microsoft Partnership Network. Attaining silver …
No Live Tiles In Windows Lite?
Boy, Windows Lite sure is turning out to be an interesting little beast! The latest intelligence on this upcoming new version of the OS hints that live tiles are …
Final Release Candidate For Azure DevOps Server 2019 Is Out
The official release of the Visual Studio Foundation Server 2012 replacement nears! Microsoft has pushed out the final prerelease candidate of Azure DevOps Server, with a number of new …
Azure Cloud Skills Are In High Demand
A new report has revealed that interest in cloud skills has risen in the past three years, with employers and job seekers searching for Azure, AWS and Google Cloud …
Microsoft, Docker Launch Cloud Native Application Bundles
Containers are the new black. These new software packages have upended traditional software deployments, with Docker pioneering the modern container movement. Opening up a new range of possibilities across …