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Hello my Windows Insiders! I hope everyone had an awesome weekend. Many of you know that helping people learn tech is a deep passion of mine so I spent some time working on some UWP app ideas that the we can do with you all, both in-person and online. We are always looking to learn new things...

Avast Security have added AVG to it's portfolio paying $1.3 Billion for the privilege. Whether this means one product will be phased out is still unclear: Reference

On Windows desktops, if something went wrong, your first instinct for years may have been to open up the Event Viewer and see if anything red or yellow shows up. Those alerts are saved ETW events, emitted by the system when errors occurred. On other Windows devices though, it’s been a bit harder...

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...

When was the last time that you were truly inspired? The kind of inspired that gets you out of bed quickly, excited to start your day and tackle your list of ideas you’ve been dreaming about? For me, it was hosting our recent Windows 10 Student Showcase Dream. Create. Do event that featured...

What an incredible week at CES! It’s always exciting to see new devices and experiences, including new Windows 10 devices from Acer, Alcatel, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, and many more. We continue to be energized by the passion we see for the Windows ecosystem, with Windows 10 now running on more...

I guess it's kind of a getting started or template week, including today's Hardware Friday post... :) Link Removed This package contains project templates for Windows IoT Core Applications The Windows IoT Core Project Templates enables development for Windows IoT Core devices (such as...

Today at JSConf US Last Call in Florida, we announced that we will open-source the core components of Chakra as ChakraCore, which will include all the key components of the JavaScript engine powering Microsoft Edge. We expect to open the ChakraCore repository on GitHub next month. Link Removed...

Funny how some of the coolest projects come my way. Today project by Evan Cohen came via a "first time poster" on an internal Microsoft Distribution List, that happened to be subscribed to by a Channel 9 dev, who happened to read and realized it would be great of the Coding4Fun blog. Got to love...

In the last post of our Microsoft MVP Theme week, as all the MVP's start making their way home after a great, but brain filling week, we highlight Link Removed, Microsoft MVP Embedded and awesome IoT teacher.. Microsoft Ignite NZ session with Netduino devices Last week I did a session about...

What is AllSeen? The AllSeen Alliance is an organization that runs collaborative projects such as AllJoyn. AllJoyn is a technology aimed at enabling the Internet of Things (IoT) by defining a common language between devices and protocols. What makes AllJoyn interesting is the fact that it...

The next stop on our tour was Seoul, Korea. Today it was my honor to join Brian Kwon, President of LG Home Entertainment Company, for a panel discussion on Windows 10 and LG devices. Windows 10 is off to a great start in Korea, with the fastest adoption the market has ever seen for Windows –...

Our last Windows 10 Theme Week post, we turn to Friend of the Blog, Mike Taulty and his two recent posts about Windows 10, Sphero 2 and Raspberry PI 2 (and Windows 8.1 Lib, WinPhone and PC) Link Removed It’s been a while since I played with my Sphero device and so I thought I’d see if I could...

Now that was a week! Not only are 27 (Yeah, 27) select shows, posts and episodes highlighted below we had four other important milestones that week. AzureCon 2015 A one day virtual event all abut Azure, with a great deal of announcements Windows 10 development for absolute beginners Bob...

This week on Channel 9, Mark DeFalco and Nikola discuss the week's top developer news, including; Link Removed The New TWC9, Same as the old TWC9... Link Removed Havok to join Microsoft Link Removed AzureCon Keynote Announcements: India Regions, GPU Support, IoT Suite, Container Service, and...

18 episodes and posts from last week... Link Removed This week on Channel 9, Nikola and Vlad discuss the week's top developer news, including; Link Removed Chinese President Xi Jinping tours Microsoft, sees potential of innovative new technology Link Removed Don't Panic! The 42nd episode...

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...

As the summer wraps up here are just 25 of the many videos, posts and episodes from last week... Link Removed C# 6 makes coding even easier. Watch how Link Removed guides the discussion by comparing previous approaches to common tasks with new ways introduced in version 6. Features covered...

Last we we highlighted, Jumpstart your Win10 IoT development with the AllJoyn Studio for Visual Studio 2015. This post from Link Removed, Official Coding4Fun Friend seemed like a great follow-up. Not only do we have AllJoyn but how can you go wrong with Cortana too? Link Removed This post...

We are excited to be in Berlin at IFA 2015, where consumer electronics and appliance makers from around the world are sharing their latest product and technology innovations. We’re pleased to support our partners who have announced new Windows 10 devices that will be available for holiday. At...