Microsoft enthusiasts rejoice: the Redmond giant has announced the date and time for when you must find a PC and get a ticket to BUILD 2017. Microsoft recently opened the registrations for those who have an RSVP code, but this time it’s going to be open for all. The registrations …
Read More »Microsoft releases Windows SDK for Google Analytics
Telemetry plays an important role for developers who need insights into how users are using their applications. The data can include regular user engagement information, or something far more critical like application crash statistics. Google Analytics is a tool that lets developers do this with comparative ease. However, Google doesn’t …
Read More »Xbox Insiders on Alpha Ring can now stream to Beam
Microsoft yesterday released Build 1703.170206-2328 for the Xbox One Alpha Ring Insiders. The Xbox Insider program started just a few weeks ago, but already incorporates many of the features from the upcoming Creators Update. That’s needed, of course, since these features need to be tested, and that’s what Insiders do. …
Read More »HP’s new accessory is a barcode reader for Elite x3
Expanding features of a mobile device via accessories isn’t a new idea. LG tried something similar with the G5 last year, and so did Motorola with Moto Z. Google’s – originally Motorola’s – Project Ara shared similar goals as well, going as far as allowing for an exchangeable camera and …
Read More »Office Insiders on Android can now open PDF files, scripts, and more
The Office team has released an update for the Office Insiders on Android. The new update bumps the version number to 16.0.7830.1002 and brings some exciting new features with it. Word, Excel, PowerPoint; the big three Office products have received something new with this update. Let’s just get straight to …
Read More »Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2017 to launch on March 7
Two decades feel like an eternity, but that entirely depends on one’s perspective. A bowhead whale could live for longer than 200 years; for it, 20 years are nothing but a phase. Julia Liuson – who was part of the team that created the first version of Visual Studio and …
Read More »Windows 10 has an inbuilt Picture-in-Picture mode in the new Insiders update
The Insider team at Microsoft has released yet another Insider build for the Fast Ring. Build 15031 brings some new things – you can check them out here – but this one deserved a special mention. A Picture-in-Picture mode, built into Windows 10. Compact Overlay Microsoft is calling the feature …
Read More »Kodi (XBMC) is coming back to the Xbox as a UWP app
At long last, here we are – the circle is complete; for those who have used the original Xbox – the one launched by Bill Gates himself – the name Xbox Media Player might ring a bell. It was an open source media player developed for the Xbox console. XBMP …
Read More »Windows 10 UWP games are coming to the Xbox One, still need ID@Xbox
Microsoft’s Windows Developer Day event is going at full swing; after teasing us with a glimpse of Project NEON, Microsoft has now made some real announcements. At BUILD 2016 last year, Microsoft started allowing developers to build a UWP app, and bring it over to the Xbox One; the Xbox One …
Read More »Microsoft teases its upcoming ‘Project NEON’ for the first time
At the Windows Developer Day event, Microsoft – for the first time in its official capacity – gave us a tease of its upcoming design language update: Project NEON. Project NEON has been leaked before; this time it’s an official tease – but that distinction is important. It’s a tease, …
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