Microsoft will take the next step toward integrating Windows 10 with the Xbox One later this summer, bringing the PC’s Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps to the game console. At the Game Developers ...

Why might you want your favorite apps recoded into Microsoft’s UWP format? According to one Microsoft executive, it’s because your app will help your PC run more efficiently over its lifetime.

A Reddit user by the name of p4n0pt1c0n recently jumped on the site saying that Microsoft’s scheme to get apps working on both the PC and Xbox One console simultaneously is now active. This individual ...

The new documentation was highlighted by Rafael Rivera over on Twitter. In it, Microsoft has noted the advantages of the Windows App SDK, touting that it offers the latest features which are decoupled ...

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Windows app developers who are coding their projects for UWP (Universal Windows Platform) have been nudged by Microsoft to abandon that platform and use WinUI 3 instead. However, some developers ...

After baffling a number of us Windows Skype users last year by replacing the unified Skype Windows client with three separate apps, Microsoft is getting the Skype band back together again. On March 24 ...

There are many potential options when it comes to building cross-platform applications. They offer varying level of code reuse and usually an inverse level of device capabilities. The tools offered by ...

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Is Microsoft's Universal Windows Platform a stepping stone to more modern Windows 10 apps or recognition that traditional PC applications are the foundation of Windows? Windows 10 (like Windows 8 ...