This guest blog post is the second of a 3-part series written by Windows developer Jani Nevalainen. Please see the original 2nd post on Jani’s blog here, and refer to Part 1 here. Stay tuned for Part 3, coming soon. Creating the game field and player In my previous post, we set up the project and created a nice start screen. But… Read more
Just a reminder that there’s still time to enter our Windows Insider contest for a chance to win a trip to the Microsoft World Headquarters here in Redmond. We are inviting 10 Windows Insiders for a two-day event to have a unique opportunity to experience first-hand how we’re co-developing Windows with Insiders like you. Insiders… Read more
Audible for Windows Phone received an update today bringing you some great new features for your listening pleasure. With these improvements you’ll enjoy increased stability while listening to your favorite books, more personalized recommendations, like viewing similar titles by the same author, narrator and next in series, Live Tiles, the ability to play audio samples… Read more
Microsoft made several Windows announcements at WinHEC 2015 in Shenzhen this week that give developers more insight into the Windows 10 opportunity. Terry Myerson talked timing and features, announcing that Windows 10 will be available this summer in 190 countries and 111 languages, and showing Windows Hello for the first time. Windows Hello* enables biometric… Read more
This week at WinHEC, we were able to talk to silicon, hardware, and device partners about the advances we are making in Windows 10 to simplify building Windows devices, drivers, and apps. Some of the key advances we disclosed this week include: The Windows 10 device platform allows IHVs to develop a single universal driver… Read more
Microsoft is making big investments in the Internet of Things (IoT). Earlier this week at Microsoft Convergence 2015, Satya outlined our investments for IoT across Windows and Azure that will provide a comprehensive IoT offering for our customers and partners. In parallel, at WinHEC 2015 in Shenzhen, we provided more details on Windows 10, including… Read more
Today PayPal Here is available to download for free from the Windows Store. Now you can get paid on your Windows PC, laptop or tablet with the PayPal Here app. Getting started is easy, simply download the app and sign up to request your mobile card reader. PayPal Here is the secure and easy-to-use mobile… Read more
Hi everyone, I’m happy to announce we’re rolling out Build 10041 for PCs to the Fast ring. Like all of the previous preview builds this one comes with a collection of new functionality and bug fixes. The build will only be available through Windows Update for systems already running a previous Windows 10 build. We… Read more
Starting today, you can now access your personal music collection from OneDrive across your Windows devices with the Xbox Music app for free! Just upload your music files to your new “Music” folder in OneDrive and that music will appear in the Xbox Music apps for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 as well as… Read more
The Sports Jeopardy app is now available to download onto your Windows PC, laptop, tablet or phone. In this awesome new app you get to take on the toughest, sharpest, most obsessed sports fans with hours of addictive trivia play. Whether you challenge your friends, other sports fans, or play on your own, you’ll have… Read more
