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Universal apps is the future of Windows development

We've called them Metro apps, then when a lawsuit meant that Microsoft couldn't use the name, we called them Modern or Windows Store apps. But now they've finally got a new official name, and it looks...

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First look: Project Spartan, Microsoft's next-generation Web browser

Microsoft's faster release schedule for its Windows 10 Technical Preview kicked into high gear yesterday with the release of another build a mere 12 days after 10041. This time, with build 10049,...

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Buying the next generation of coders: Microsoft's Minecraft gamble

When the newsbroke last night that Microsoft was in negotiations to buy Minecraft creators Mojang for $2 billion, people quickly started asking "why would Microsoft buy another gaming company?"It's a...

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Windows 10 Technical Preview deep-dive: A promise of better things to come

It's been nearly a week since Microsoft announced that it will follow Windows 8.1 with Windows 10 -- and released its Technical Preview so that those interested could take a first look at the new...

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First look: Microsoft’s API mashup tool for the rest of us

Not all cloud applications need to be cloud-scale. They’re often simple routing and switching apps that take information from one source, process it minimally, then pass it on. That’s where tools like...

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Bossie Awards 2016: The best open source datacenter and cloud software

The best open source datacenter and cloud softwareContainers, microservices, distributed clusters ... as work progresses to topple the traditional application stack, pull apart the pieces, and tie them...

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Get logistical with the Bing Maps APIs

Many technologies have aspired to change the world, but if there’s one that’s really made a difference, it’s digital mapping. Navigation software has replaced the paper map—and changed the way we...

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Your first UWP application: Use this shortcut to get started

There’s a common question that’s asked any time a company rolls out a new set of SDKs or APIs: “How do I get started?” That’s not the real question, of course. At heart, it’s a placeholder for a more...

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Azure Logic Apps: The IFTTT or Quick Basic for the serverless era

Microsoft’s Logic Apps gives you a no-code development environment for basic workflow-driven application integration(Insider Story)

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How to write machine learning apps for Windows 10

We’re not far away from a new release of Windows 10, and with it plenty of new APIs for your applications. One big change is support for running trained machine learning models as part of Windows...

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PowerApps: The route to apps for the rest of your employees

Businesses need rapid application development tools, linking existing line-of-business apps to all sorts of workers’ mobile devices—not just the information workers who usually get all of IT’s...

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Cross-cloud software development comes to Azure

Cloud-native apps built on Kubernetes can run anywhere. Now, with Open Service Broker, they can also use services hosted in public clouds such as Azure(Insider Story)

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Introducing Azure’s augmented reality: spatial anchors

Microsoft is back in the augmented-reality game, with the launch of both its HoloLens 2 headset and its Azure Kinect camera. Lighter and more powerful than its predecessor, HoloLens 2 is not only a...

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