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Contains a specification for support of VP8 and VP9 video decoding (according to the available VP8 and VP9 source code and public documents) within the Microsoft Windows DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) API/DDI context. Link Removed

The absolute beginners series is back for Windows 10. It doesn’t matter if you’re a pro dev or just starting out, there’s valuable content for everyone. If you’re looking for a faster pace content that dives, the Developer’s Guide to Windows 10 series may be for you. The only thing that the...

In case you're curious how to add Universal Windows Platform functionalities that isn't already covered with Unity APIs or with existing plugins - here is how you can write your own plugins targeting UWP. Edit: one little correction, instead of checking all boxes for the stub plugin, just...

With Windows 10, the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) provides a number of improvements to better support sharing data and files across Windows apps. Cross-app communication in Windows 10 Windows 10 introduces some new and improved ways to ease communication between apps on the same device...

Post written by Link Removed Sr. Program Manager and Link Removed, Principal Program Manager Lead on Chakra Ever since we Link Removed our preview of Node.js support for Windows 10 IoT Core a few months back, we have been working to enable new scenarios and improve its ease of use. Here is what...

Today marks the initial release of Mobilize.NET’s Silverlight bridge, which helps Windows Phone Silverlight app developers bring their WP Silverlight 8.x apps to the Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform (UWP). Announced at Build 2015, the Moblize.NET bridge is free and directly integrates into...

With Windows 10, it’s now easier than ever to support natural input in your apps and today we’d like to highlight using inking and speech to interact more naturally with your users. Digital inking with DirectInk Despite the introduction and evolution of all types of computer input devices...

This blog was written by Rinku Sreedhar, Senior Program Manager In Windows 10 we added a multiple new sensor features, innovations and changes. In my previous blog, I talked about the new contextual sensing features like activity sensors, pedometers, barometer and proximity sensors. In this...

Seems like with every Windows release, there's a set of sample apps that wrap the browser, showing you how you can add your own chrome (as in UI) to it, adding features and behaviors, creating your own web browser. Windows 10 is no different. Then again it is, because this time around, it's...

Building Windows 10 IoT? Then you'll want to check out the Link Removed and Brian Rockwell's great post on how to use it... Link Removed AllJoyn® in Windows® 10 An AllJoyn® development toolkit to quick-start AllJoyn® development. The AllSeen Alliance created AllJoyn® to empower the Internet...

Over the past several months, we have made numerous improvements to the Microsoft Edge rendering engine (Microsoft EdgeHTML), focusing on interoperability with modern browsers and compliance with new and emerging standards. In addition to powering Microsoft Edge, EdgeHTML is also available for...

Like many of you, I'm looking at jumping into developing Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform apps. So like most of you, I fire up Visual Studio, New Project and look for a Project Template to help me hit the ground running. Let's see, for creating a Windows 10 app there's... one UI template...

This blog was written by Daniel Jacobson, Program Manager What is .NET Native? .NET Native is a precompilation technology for building Universal Windows apps in Visual Studio 2015. The .NET Native toolchain will compile your managed IL binaries into native binaries. Every managed (C# or VB)...

Link Removedrecently posted this great .NET Analyzer round-up. A few I've seen and highlighted but a couple I'd not, which makes his post one of my favorite kinds... :) A few recent related posts; Refactoring Essentials - Open Source, Cross Platform Refactoring and Analyzers Analyze This...

Even with the Channel 9 Studio closed in order to host the Channel 9 Live: Developer’s Guide to Windows 10 event, there was still a huge number of posts this week! Here are just 30 of them... Link Removed This week on Channel 9, Nikola and Vlad discuss the week's top developer news, including...

One of the new libraries I've not blogged about enough (cough... at all... cough) is one that will help the C++ or C# dev create GPU accelerated 2D Windows Runtime apps on Windows 8.1/WinPhone 8.1 and Windows 10. Why haven't I blogged about it? Well, I hate the author... JUST KIDDING. No, I've...

This blog was written by Rinku Sreedhar, Senior Program Manager In Windows 10, we are very excited to introduce several APIs for contextual sensing that can help you build apps to improve your customers’ daily lives. These include apps that detect presence when customers approach their devices...

Greetings, Makers! We are excited to announce the public release of Link Removed for the Link Removed and the Link Removed. Visit the Windows IoT Dev Center to choose your target board, then walk through the steps to provision your board, acquire the tools, and get started Making. This release...

Windows 10 introduces the Universal Windows Platform, and with it a new way to partition the API surface. APIs are grouped into "device families", and that means you can support a huge range of devices with just one app. Even better, you can still light up the unique features of each of those...

17 of the many great posts, episodes and shows from last week. Can you feel the excitement building yet? Just a couple more weeks! Link Removed A technical evangelist explains how he uses OneNote for collaboration with his teammates. OneNote provides a central location where the entire team...