by Lewis White
2 years
The Xbox PC application has seen an update that completely reworks the app’s backend for extreme performance gains. While the original Xbox PC app was built upon Microsoft’s Electron Application Framework, an open-sour...
by Rahul
2 years
Microsoft’s upcoming operating system Windows 10 X is exciting in a lot of ways. Not because it’s a new Microsoft operating system that has the Windows branding, but because of the fact that the new OS seems to have th...
3 years
Use the Kodi app for Xbox? It’s in a spot of trouble if things don’t change soon. At the moment, the team behind the app has run into an issue. The Xbox app is built on the old UWP Platform. They can’t get develo...
by Surur
3 years
The iPod did not really explode until Apple provided support for Windows, and even today the vast majority of iPhone owners also run Windows. Apple has been a company in transition, with an increased emphasis on services as its iP...
by Surur
3 years
In September we reported that famed Windows Phone developer Rudy Huyn had left Dropbox after 4 years. It seems Huyn landed on his feet, and has joined Microsoft, according to a tweet he posted earlier today. After 9 years of close...
by Surur
3 years
We have said repeatedly that there is no UWP developer story without porting UWP to Android. Till now there has been limited indication that Microsoft is working on this. Now however a Github repository has popped up suggesting Mi...
by Surur
3 years
For most pragmatists, the news that Microsoft decided to launch its Andromeda hardware with Android was welcome news, but for a large number of the faithful who had been waiting 5 years for the Surface Phone, the news was a major ...
by Surur
3 years
Nearly exactly 4 years ago we reported that famed UWP developer Rudy Huyn was joining Dropbox. At the time he had been making a number of unofficial UWP apps for services such as Instagram and Dropbox, and after joining the compan...
by Surur
3 years
Microsoft has been slowly phasing out its old UWP apps in favour of more universal applications built on web technologies, and it appears the latest victim of the trend is the unloved OneDrive UWP app. Noticed by Windows developer...
by Rahul
3 years
Developer Jackie Liu has developed a beautiful Notepad alternative. Based on UWP, the app offers exactly what every Windows 10 fan wants, and to be honest, the app feels more native to Windows 10 than the original Notepad app by M...
by Surur
3 years
Dropbox is replacing their Windows 10 UWP app with a new app based on Electron. Dropbox notes: It’s the Dropbox you know and love, but better. It’s a single workspace to organize your content, connect your tools, and...
by Lewis White
3 years
Microsoft will fully support Win32 titles in the Microsoft Store, as of today. While the company’s “revolutionary” UWP format was designed to replace the older Win32 app format, Microsoft appears to be back-peddl...
