mobile apps

  1. Microsoft Store shares five things to add to your travel checklist

    Jonathan Aviles and Jevon Grigg are product service advisors at the flagship Microsoft Store in New York If you are looking ahead to your summer plans, don’t forget to add technology to your travel checklist. Having the best technology and access to safe networks while traveling will ensure...
  2. How the UWP Community Toolkit helps Windows developers easily create well-designed and...

    In August 2016, we introduced the open-source UWP Community Toolkit. It simplifies app development and enables developers to collaborate and contribute new capabilities on top of the Windows SDK for Windows 10. Developers can leverage the UWP Community Toolkit to build UWP apps for any Windows...
  3. Project Rome for Android Update: Now with App Services Support

    Link Removed Project Rome developers have had a month to play with Project Rome for Android SDK (Android SDK), and we hope you are as excited about its capabilities as we are! In this month’s release, we are thrilled to bring you support for app services. Before, we offered the ability to...
  4. What is app attribution?

    Mobile app attribution, different from traditional online attribution which uses things like cookies or pixel tags, is the method of measuring a user’s activities on an app. These activities could be an app install, making in-app purchases or completing a level within an app. This information is...
  5. Microsoft Band Explore Tile and Pokemon Go Make for an Interesting Pairing

    Use your Microsoft Band to record the health benefits of Pokémon hunting. read more Continue reading...
  6. Latest Microsoft Health App Update for Android Reportedly Causing Battery Drain

    The recent update for the Microsoft Health app may be causing battery drain on Android smartphones. read more Continue reading...
  7. PGA TOUR and Microsoft Build Custom Universal Windows 10 Apps to Engage Golf Fans

    The PGA TOUR ® showcases one of the most elegant sports in the world with a rich history and storied tradition. What most people don’t realize is what happens behind the scenes to pull off the great TOUR golf events that so many of us enjoy watching throughout the year. The TOUR has 600 players...
  8. Roaming app data and the user experience

    Link Removed The user experience for roaming app data is similar to a magic trick. Work is done behind the scenes to create the illusion that data is moving from place to place when, in fact, all that really happens is data gets copied and destroyed, over and over. The data itself never...
  9. Data Access in Universal Windows Platform (UWP) Apps

    Link Removed SQLite version 3.11.2 is shipping with the Windows 10 Anniversary edition as part of the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and is recommended for all UWP local data storage needs. This represents the first time an open source, third-party library, such as SQLite, has shipped as part...
  10. Getting Started with Roaming App Data

    Users today are mobile, transitioning from one device to the next throughout the day. Increasingly, these same users expect (or even demand) to take their data with them. Fortunately for us, roaming app data makes this a reality. Today, we kick off a two-post series that explores how to use...
  11. Windows 10 Question about forum app?

    Hi I just got a new Kinle Fire HDX 8.9, and I see at the top of this page a place to install an app for this forum. When I click on it I get a page cannot be found message? Anyone know if there really is a Kindle app for this forum? Mike Sent from my Kindle.
  12. PowerApps 101 | Azure Friday

    Karthik Bharathy joins Scott on Azure Friday to teach him about Power Apps! You'll see how quickly you can create an app and connect it to the cloud using PowerApps. This is PowerApps 101. Link Removed Continue reading...
  13. Intense UWP Templates with the Intense Toolkit and some Logo help

    It's Winter Break for many of us and being the geeks we are, we're looking for something to develop... :) When kicking off a new project, many times it can really help starting from an existing Project Template. We've highlighted the cool UWP templates from FirstFloor before, Go beyond "Blank...
  14. NPR One on the Universal Windows Platform

    Earlier this year, NPR released a Windows 8 version of Link Removed, and recently, a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) version. They were eager to share their challenges and developer experiences in bringing the app to UWP. Link Removed provides talk radio personalized for each listener. NPR’s...
  15. Lumia 550: affordable productivity on the go

    Powered by the new Windows 10 for phones, the Link Removed has everything you need to help you Link Removed. Link Removed Microsoft Office apps As our lives become ever more mobile, so does the technology and services we use. The Lumia 550 comes preinstalled with Office apps like Microsoft...
  16. Optimizing apps for Continuum for phone

    With Windows 10, you have the productivity of a PC in your pocket. Link Removed enables you to connect a Windows mobile device to any external display with the new Link Removed, USB-C, or Miracast. Once connected, you can interact with Windows 10 apps on that display while using your mobile...
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    Windows Phone Adoption: App Gaps and Choosing the Right Model

    I'm an iPhone user. I've always loved the way WP looks though - the live tiles are the perfect solution to the problem of having a boring grid of icons (iPhone) and the absolute mess of non standard widgets (Android). But i'm still an iPhone user. I long for the day I can actually buy a...
  18. Announcing Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 10572

    Hi everyone, We’re rolling out Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 10572 today to Windows Insiders on the Fast ring. As you know, build 10549.4 had a bug that prevented upgrade to it from prior builds, so Insiders who wanted to try it out needed to flash back to 8.1. We have fixed this...
  19. Our 5 best Surface and Windows phone apps of the week

    Here our choices for the week’s five best new apps for Surface and Windows phone. Now that both Lumia and Surface are being covered in the Microsoft Devices Blog, we are featuring apps for both devices in our weekly list. Most of these apps work on both, so try them out and see which one is...
  20. Windows Store Trends – September 2015

    This blog is the latest in a recurring series about recent Store trends across categories, markets, and more. Understanding these trends can help you determine what types of apps to build or where to focus your development efforts. With the launch of the unified Dev Center in April, we released...