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In the first installment of this blog series we looked at the various options at your disposal to store your app’s local data. In this post we will be looking at how that local data can be shared, both between apps and users. When an app is installed, the system creates a per-user app data...

After a certain amount of idle time, Windows 10 devices may dim the display, activate the lock screen, or power down the display in order to conserve power. The amount of idle time required before this occurs depends on a device’s user settings. Unfortunately, this can turn out to be an...

In the previous article, we introduced the idea of recognizing speech inside of a Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app and took a look at the SpeechRecognizer class and some of what it can do to enable speech recognition in our apps. In this article, we’re going to dig further into...

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...

As developers, we adapt as technologies move from the realm of Science Fiction into readily available SDKs. That’s certainly, or perhaps especially, true for speech technologies. In the past 5 years, devices have become more personal and demanding of new forms of interaction. In Windows 10...

Microsoft has released, with the latest cumulative update, upgrades to the Universal Windows Platform (UWP). This includes support for AMD's Freesync and Nvidia's G-Sync as well as unlocked frame rates: You can read the full page and download the update from here: Unlocked Frame Rate and More...

When thinking about your app data, one aspect to consider is data lifetime. In general, when it comes to the lifetime of data, you have two options: local data, which exists as long as the app that created it remains installed, and roaming data, that will continue existing online even after your...

Link Removed is all about making it as easy as possible to build apps for Windows. The online tool helps you build apps with no coding required, so you can either start your project there and extend it in Visual Studio, or you can create and build the app completely in the tool. Today, we want...

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...

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...

This morning, the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced Link Removed of their new board—the Raspberry Pi 3. We’re excited to have Windows 10 support the new board via a new Windows 10 IoT Core Insider Preview update available for download today. The new Raspberry Pi 3 board is available now in the...

Windows 10 comes on a variety of form factors, which means so do your Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps. It’s important to make sure that your app looks great on whatever device the users are tapping, typing, or clicking on—even when it’s not open. One of the core experiences on Windows are...

Link Removed Welcome to the first in a series of hands-on blog posts for the Windows Bridge for iOS. The Windows Bridge for iOS is an open-source project that allows you to create Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps that can run on Windows 10 devices using iOS APIs and Objective-C code...

Background audio in a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app is a powerful way to provide a more seamless audio experience to your users. This post will walk you through setting up background audio, reacting to device media controls, communicating with the background media player, and managing...

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...

Last week I highlighted a very cool preview of for the Kinect for Windows v2, Windows 10 and Windows Hello, Windows Hello with the Kinect v2. Today's a follow-up to that from Friend of the Gallery, Link Removed #Windows10 – Using #KinectV2 for authentication with #WindowsHello While I hope...

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...

In this session, learn what's new in Windows 10 version 1511 from the developers' perspective. Major new features in this update include Windows 10 for Mobile, Continuum for Mobile, next gen authentication using Windows Hello and Microsoft Passport, and the new Windows Store for Business. Learn...

We got some very cool Kinect Developer News this week. Below is the email, in full, which introduces the Kinect developer preview for Windows 10, which includes Windows Hello support. To show this off, Friend of the Gallery, Mike Taulty, published a great detailed description and post. Make...

We live and work in a fast-paced, real-time, information environment where the scarcest resource of all is not information itself, but human attention to that information. This is why user experiences and UI need to evolve to more effectively target human attention amid the cacophony of data and...