Build 2018
Here are your 2018 Windows Developer Awards winners
After a period of voting with an internal team of Windows experts, Microsoft has finally posted about the winners of the 2018 Windows Developer Awards. The winners were actually revealed in a ceremony ahead of the first day of Build 2018, on Sunday but here are links to each of the apps or developers, and what you need to know.
Quanta could be working on a Cortana-powered smart speaker
Despite increasing evidence to the contrary, Microsoft might be ready to rejoin the smart speaker wars with a new reference device made by partnering ODM Quanta.
Microsoft shares more about "Your Phone” on iOS and Android smartphones
Microsoft's wants its new Your Phone app to support message syncing with Android phones iPhones, and the company is willing to work with Apple to enable it.
Microsoft debuts ML.NET cross-platform machine learning framework
Microsoft is putting a little bit of Machine Learning in its developer tools.
Microsoft begins talking about Cloud Clipboard, again
After Microsoft unveiled its new "Your Phone" app at Build 2018 this week, Joe Belfiore, the new face of Windows 10 experiences sent out an equal parts confusing and cryptic tweet regarding Cloud Clipboard.
Build 2018 sessions are now available on-demand, and don't miss the special Windows Insider webcast later today
If you so happened to miss the action, all the sessions from the conference available online, with a special Windows Insider webcast also coming later today.
Build 2018: Ubuntu support is coming to the Subsystem for Linux on Windows 10 on ARM
Yesterday at a breakout session at Build 2018, Microsoft hinted that Windows 10 on ARM is also getting support for Ubuntu and other Linux distributions.
Build 2018: Microsoft showcases future of Fluent Design in Windows 10
At Build 2018 Microsoft detailed some of the improvements that will be coming to their Fluent Design language in the next few months.
Build 2018: New Visual Studio 15.8 Preview allow devs to recompile their apps for ARM64
Developers can use these early preview tools to recompile their UWP and legacy Win32 apps for ARM64, which should led to a nice performance boost on Windows 10 on ARM PCs.
Build 2018: Microsoft's courtship of Linux continues as Notepad will support Linux line feeds
Microsoft announced that its Notepad application in Windows is being updated to support Linux Line feed.
Build 2018: Microsoft teases a redesigned proactive Cortana on Windows 10
On stage at Build 2018 today, Microsoft's Joe Belfiore teased an idea for redesigned Cortana UI on Windows 10 which will come soon to an Insider build.
Build 2018: Microsoft showcases the Windows 10 Your Phone app
The entire experience will depend on the power of Microsoft Graph to leverage information about your identity and push that information between your Android phone to your Windows 10 PC.
Build 2018: Windows Sets will become available "when we think it's great," said Joe Belfiore
Microsoft's Joe Belfiore said today that Sets will "be available when we think it's great," which means that Microsoft could delay it to next year.
Build 2018 Day 2 keynote kicks off at 8:30AM PST, watch it here
The second big keynote of Microsoft's Build 2018 conference will start in a couple of minutes, and you can watch it live here.
Fluent Design, PWAs, Your Phone, and Windows 10: What to expect on Day 2 of Build 2018
We're expecting for the second Build 2018 keynote to be much more interesting, and we'll likely hear more about the Microsoft 365 and Windows 10 side of things.
Build 2018: Microsoft details upcoming PWA improvements on Windows 10, including installation from web browser
Yesterday, the company shared some new details about its PWA roadmap during a Build session, and there is quite a lot in the pipeline including Fluent Design, periodic sync and installation from Microsoft Edge.
Build 2018: Microsoft plans more builds for Slow Ring Insiders, with incremental updates when necessary
Microsoft has said during a Build 2018 session that it's looking to release Redstone 5 builds at a quicker pace for Slow Ring Insiders, with incremental updates when necessary.
Microsoft pitches its own Content Delivery Network alongside other global giants
Earlier today, Microsoft announced that it has a public preview of its new Content Delivery Network.
