user engagement

We are excited to announce the launch of interstitial banner ads support in the Microsoft Store Services SDK. Interstitial banner ads have been one of the top Windows Dev Center feature requests since we introduced support for interstitial video ads. What are interstitial banner ads...

Back in October, Satya, Terry and Panos introduced the Windows 10 Creators Update. They showed some of the new features and announced some amazing new additions to our Surface family of devices. Since then, my team has been working to complete the platform work for the Creators Update to deliver...

Project Rome Overview Project Rome is a platform for creating experiences that transcend a single device and driving up user engagement – empowering a developer to create human-centric scenarios that move with the user and blur the lines between their devices regardless of form factor or...

Overview Web-to-app linking allows you to drive user engagement by associating your app with a website. When users open a link to your website, instead of opening the browser, your app is launched. If your app is not installed, your website is opened in the browser as usual. By implementing...

Today I’m pleased to announce that following the Windows 10 Anniversary Update we have released the Windows 10 Anniversary Update SDK, build 14393 along with Visual Studio 2015 Update 3. The new SDK contains more than 2700 enhancements to the Universal Windows Platform allowing you to take...

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...

JUNE 29, 2016 5:00 AM Windows 10 Anniversary Update Available August 2 By Yusuf Mehdi / Corporate Vice President, Windows and Devices Group Today we’re excited to announce the next major update to Windows 10 – the Windows 10 Anniversary Update – is coming on August 2. We are committed to...

Starting with the most recent Windows Insider Preview release (build 14.14342), Web Notifications are enabled by default in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 PCs and tablets. This feature will be available to all Microsoft Edge customers in EdgeHTML 14, coming this summer with the Windows 10...

Shazam has just released a new update for Windows 10, now Link Removed. Link Removed Shazam for Windows 10 Home Screen Shazam is best known as a pioneer in music-recognition technology, but over the past few years it has evolved into a rich experience that now helps fans do much more than...

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...

Last week, we talked about how you can do Link Removed by Windows 10 customers. This week, we’d like to continue with how to increase customer engagement through some of the most loved features of Windows apps: Live Tiles and toast notifications. If you’re already a Windows app developer, you...

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. Data from the Windows Store is presented alongside the Windows...

Thank You First of all a big thank you to all those users who take the time to report unwanted posts like spam for example. Most of the time we manage to catch many of these posts but as it's an international forum many of us are from differing countries with different time zones so some errant...

You have reached a worldwide forum community for open Microsoft Windows help and support. About Us WindowsForum.com is an open community for Microsoft Windows customers and enthusiasts. It is not owned or operated by Microsoft Corporation, but the website has produced many dozens of...

I received alerts which told me that some has "quoted " my post. Why do I have to know that ? A simple alert will suffice. Why a special category under Alerts ? Thank you.

Quality websites create a positive impression on the visitors. Such websites get a higher amount of traffic and online business. These websites manage to create a very good initial impression with the help of appealing and user-friendly web designs. The time that you get to leave this...

On July 7, 2012, members of our forum team gathered on Skype to discuss Windows8Forums.com and Windows7Forums.com activities and events. Several guest enthusiasts joined us during this nearly three hour webcast. As promised, nothing was left uncensored or non-discussable, and the discussion gets...

Hmm some time question rays in mind that "Is Spamming Offspring Of Google?"..Add answers come Yes.If we check our previous year history for social media website Spamming is less.Because at that Google don't update too much algorithm related to Website traffic but now Google Update is ready in...

Hello everyone, It's that time of year again, time to reflect on what we've accomplished throughout the entire year, set new goals for the next and appreciate what we have. Of course for the website, this is just a December update. As you've probably noticed, the winter theme has made a return...

Inactive Accounts Purged Please note: If you have made even one post on the website, you need not read ahead. Hi! We have recently removed forum accounts that did not have any posts. If you had recently registered, but did not post a message on the forums themselves and cannot access your...