UWP
Build 2020: Windows developer story gets better with Project Reunion
Microsoft plans to roll out access to the Project Reunion platform in waves with the first being early-access to WinUI 3 Preview 1
New Instagram PWA is now available in the Windows 10 Microsoft Store
As a PWA, users should experience a shortened feature release cycle as per other PWA's on the platform
Microsoft is sunsetting its Ad Monetization platform for UWP apps on June 1st
In what will surely feed the ongoing “UWP is dead” narrative, Microsoft has quietly announced its plan to shut down its Ad Monetization platform for UWP apps on June 1, 2020.
A Microsoft wish list for 2020: 7 things I’d like Microsoft to do next year
2019 has been a pretty exciting year for Microsoft fans, but I think 2020 should also be a year where Microsoft simplifies its Surface lineup, and pay more attention to its various consumer services, especially on mobile devices.
Apple could be working on next-generation media apps for Windows
Apple could now be planning on working on a series of next-generation media apps for Windows.
New icons for Windows 10 Mail and Calendar apps leak
Microsoft's iconography change has been met with equal parts criticism and praise
New Electron powered Xbox app leaks hours before E3
While users will get a new Xbox app with better game-related integration such as chat and download features, the app apparently will be a rather heavy piece of software.
New Windows 10 Reddit client 'Legere' makes full use of UWP
With only a brief hands-on experience, the app feels swift, well thought and makes very good use of animations, overlays and acrylic highlights in its windowed presentation.
Microsoft's new approach opens PC gaming up to Steam and additional support for Win32 games
Spencer pens a rather detailed announcement about the future of cross-platform and cross-network play that gamers can expect to see down the road
Microsoft's Joe Belfiore opens up about difficult Edge decisions
In an interview with The Verge, Corporate Vice President in the Experiences and Devices division at Microsoft, Joe Belfiore opened up about how the company came to the decision to shutter its in-house web browsing development for an off-the-shelf approach to its new one.
Microsoft's launches XAML Studio, a free app for making UWP XAML UIs
A new app from the Microsoft Garage Project studios emerged in the Store recently called XAML Studio which was released to help "rapidly prototype UWP XAML" projects and copied for further development using Visual Studio.