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Build 2016 was Microsoft's annual developer conference where key Windows 10 milestones and developer tools were announced. At the event, Microsoft revealed that Windows 10 had reached 270 million devices, with over 75 billion hours of usage. Sessions covered contextual sensing APIs for Windows 10, building IoT projects like a Magic Mirror using Hosted Web Apps and Cognitive Services, and bringing existing desktop apps to the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) via the Desktop App Converter. The conference also highlighted open-source initiatives such as ChakraCore, Microsoft Edge's JavaScript engine. Build 2016 served as a platform for Microsoft to showcase its vision for cross-platform development and the Windows ecosystem.
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    Future Strategy for Contextual Sensing

    Written by Rinku Sreedhar, Program Manager for Windows Contextual Sensing. We hope you are as excited as we are about the new Contextual Sensing APIs in Windows 10. We introduced multiple new Sensor APIs that will let you enable contextual awareness in your apps. I have received several...
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    Building an IoT Magic Mirror with Hosted Web Apps and Windows 10

    At Build 2016, we demoed a Magic Mirror project powered by a Hosted Web App on Windows 10 IoT Core. This project enhances the basic concept of a “smart” magic mirror concept by personalizing the experience with relevant information and facial recognition powered by Microsoft’s Cognitive Services...
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    Bringing your existing desktop apps to UWP

    At Build 2016, we showed you how to use the Desktop App Converter to bring your existing desktop applications to the universal .appx packaging format as a first step to bringing your application to the Universal Windows Platform (UWP). Once on UWP, your apps are easier for users to manage and...
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    Microsoft Build 2016: Windows 10 Reaches 270 Million Devices and Key Stats Unveiled

    Microsoft opens the latest Build conference with 3 days of reveals, news and of course tech... Reference You can watch Microsoft's Build conference here: Link Removed Conference currently live!!
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    TWC9: Build 2016 Dates, ChakraCore, Open Live Writer and more | This Week On Channel 9

    This week on Channel 9, Mark and Rick discuss the week's top developer news, including; Link Removed Build 2016 dates announced, http://build.microsoft.com Link Removed Microsoft Edge’s JavaScript engine to go open-source [Gaurav Seth] Link Removed Open Source .NET – 1 year later [Matt Warren]...
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