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Feature roadmap of WinUI is finally available

5 days

Microsoft today announced the release of WinUI 3.0 feature roadmap. The feature roadmap table included below will offer you the status on WinUI 3 features, and the expected date of availability. As you can expect from any project ...

GitHub commits to replacing Master with Main on the 1st October

by Surur

1 week

Several months ago, in response to the Black Lives Matter movement, GitHub undertook to rename the default branch name of its repository from master to something with less racist overtones. Recently the company discussed the progr...

Microsoft is planning to release a series of optimised apps over the life of the Surface Duo

by Surur

2 months

For mature smartphone companies, the software bundle that is delivered at the introduction of a handset is usually part and parcel of the sales pitch of the device and does not generally change much over the support lifetime of ...

Microsoft adopts Google’s Dual-screen Windows Manager for the Surface Duo

by Surur

2 months

On Microsoft’s Developer Blog the company has announced that it is adding support for Google’s Jetpack Windows Manager to the Surface Duo. This would allow developers to code to a cross-device API which would work as w...

Microsoft offers developer guidelines for HoloLens 2’s cool hand-attached menu feature

by Surur

3 months

HoloLens 2 has a cool feature called hand-attached menu or hand-menu. It allows you to quickly bring up hand-attached virtual UI that is accessible anytime and can be shown and hidden easily. ?? The feature is so handy that develo...

Microsoft explains the unique behavior of the Surface Duo device

by Pradeep

3 months

In October last year, Microsoft announced the Surface Duo mobile device running Android with full support for Play Store apps. The Surface Duo comes with two 5.6” displays and it unfolds in to a 8.3” display. The 360-degree ...

Influential Apple developer sets out an Agenda for Change for the iOS App Store

by Surur

4 months

Apple is estimated to have paid out more than $100 billion to developers over the last decade of the existence of the iOS App Store, but this does not mean developers are happy with how Apple has been managing the platform. With A...

Here’s what’s coming in Windows Terminal 2.0 (roadmap)

by Surur

4 months

The Windows Terminal is a modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application for users of command-line tools and shells like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and WSL. Its main features include multiple tabs, panes, ...

Microsoft announces Learn TV, an on-demand video programming for developers and engineers

by Pradeep

4 months

Microsoft yesterday announced Learn TV, an on-demand video programming for developers and engineers. With Learn TV, you can always keep updated on the latest announcements, features and products from Microsoft. It will aggregate l...

Here’s what’s coming to Microsoft Teams in June and beyond (video)

by Surur

4 months

At Build 2020, Microsoft announced several new capabilities that are coming to Teams experience in the coming weeks. The Microsoft Mechanics Team have posted a short video which rounds up the upcoming new features. Other new featu...

Microsoft announces Windows Package Manager, a new way to install tools easily on Windows

by Pradeep

4 months

Microsoft is finally releasing an official package manager for Windows. At Build 2020, Microsoft announced the new Windows Package Manager preview, a command line tool that allows you to install your favorite tools quickly and eas...

Microsoft announces several new improvements coming to Teams experience

by Pradeep

4 months

At Build 2020, Microsoft announced several new capabilities that are coming to Teams experience in the coming weeks. Read about them in detail below. New Teams extensions in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code enable developers ...