The Windows Phone 8.1 SDK unveils most of Microsoft's plans for the next iteration of its smartphone platform, but there are a few things still up in the air. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

Great idea, poor execution.

It’s a moment we’ve been waiting for for a long time. No, Microsoft’s various operating systems are not merging quite yet, but they’re about to get universal apps that work across all devices.

Sometimes, it merely takes one line of code to port an Android app over to Windows 10 for phones. Once Windows 10 RTM is released, Project Astoria, or Project A as it is referred to, will become ...

Microsoft has announced it has launched a public preview of its new UWP (Universal Windows Platform) support for .NET 9 Windows app developers who are coding their projects for UWP (Universal Windows ...

Installing Windows apps used to feel exciting. A tiny, 5 MB installer could give you a blazing-fast music player, a rock-solid text editor, a powerful image viewer that opens instantly, and barely ...

Over the past few years, Microsoft has been pushing to migrate UWP (Universal Windows Platform) apps to the newer Windows App SDK. The transition hasn’t been completely smooth, though, and the company ...