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One of the questions I hear allot is how do you convert your Windows phone 8/8.1 Silverlight app into a Windows 10 UWP app? Is there a simple converter? No. But one is the works! Mobilize.NET, the company that brought us the cool WinForm to Web App product, WebMAP2 have just released a new...

Hi everyone, We’re rolling out Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 10536 right now to Windows Insiders on the Fast ring. You may have noticed it’s taken us a little longer than we would have liked to get a new build out to you – Link Removed on the delay. I am happy to say this build has...

This issue might for Lumia 1020 users to revert back to Windows Phone 8.1 until later this fall. read more Continue reading...

The unified Dev Center introduced several new options to manage the visibility of apps and in-app purchase. We have seen developers start to use these new capabilities and have sent us questions on how these options work in different operating systems, and how to manage betas in the new Dev...

Today we are excited to share that Microsoft Movies & TV1 now supports Disney Movies Anywhere. When you connect your Microsoft Movies & TV account with Disney Movies Anywhere, all of your eligible Disney, Disney•Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars digital movies currently in your Disney Movies Anywhere...

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...

One of the new libraries I've not blogged about enough (cough... at all... cough) is one that will help the C++ or C# dev create GPU accelerated 2D Windows Runtime apps on Windows 8.1/WinPhone 8.1 and Windows 10. Why haven't I blogged about it? Well, I hate the author... JUST KIDDING. No, I've...

Brand new phone out of the box yesterday.Virgin Media is my provider, phone is on O2. Trying to set my NTL world email up with no success, I just get a message saying it needs attention. Spent the morning online with O2. no success, this afternoon was with Virgin, no success, they pointed me in...

We’re pleased to announce a new open source library for integrating Facebook into your Windows apps. The Windows SDK for Facebook is geared towards app developers creating Universal Windows apps on both desktop and phone. The SDK supports universal Windows app for Windows Phone 8.1, Windows 8.1...

We’re here to keep you current on the latest updates to your favorite apps and games. This week we have a great list of the fun apps and top games, like Shazam and Monument Valley that have been updated just in time for the weekend! A group of Gameloft titles also got some updates, several of...

Windows 10 Insiders can now download a new build for their Windows Phone devices to continue testing the development of the Windows 10 Mobile operating system. read more Continue reading...

Build 10149 is now available for fast ringers. Not so fast.... it's a Windows 10 Mobile Build (for phones). But if you're a Windows 10 Phoney... like me, then you may (or may not) be interested. Maybe take a look here Link Removed Before taking the plunge.

The Microsoft Lumia 735 is what all Lumia's should be. read more Continue reading...

I did find something cool! A couple weeks ago I said I wouldn't post anything more about the Microsoft Band (unless I found something really cool). Well today's project is officially cool! How could you not think Paul DeCarlo's recent project RPi + WinPhone + MS Band + Azure + Excel +...

One of the favorite Mail features from Windows Phone 8,1 has finally made its way to Windows 10 Mobiles Outlook Mail app. read more Continue reading...

With Microsoft’s latest open source code contribution to the Cocos2d-x project [https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/pull/12107], Microsoft has enabled Cocos2d-x to run on Windows 10 on the Universal Windows Platform. The Universal Windows Platform (UWP) makes it possible to target all Windows...

Hello I cant connect to a certain WiFi network. I enter the password, says I cant connect. I turn WiFi off and on, restart my phone and it still doesnt work. I have never had problems with that WiFi before since I factory reset my Windows Phone. Also my phone cant turn off unless I take the...

Today Sergiy Baydachnyy introduces us to a new cool platform for building robots. After reading his post and looking at the kit, I know what I want for Father's Day now... :) Link Removed Link Removed If you already have EZ-B micro controller from EZ-Robot, there is good news for you...

Thousands of apps in the Store today are using Link Removed to increase ad revenue in Windows Phone apps. Ad mediation, as described in the launch blog post, allows you to manage multiple ad SDKs from different providers, including Microsoft Advertising, AdDuplex, Google AdMob, Inneractive...

Want to view our videos, but don't want to sit at your desktop? No worries, we have apps for a variety of devices, including Windows 8, Windows Phone, Xbox 360 and Xbox One, iOS and Roku Windows 8 Head over to the Windows Store to download this for your Windows 8 or 8.1 machine: Channel 9...