At its Build developer conference last week, Microsoft made a pair of announcements about Windows development that were more than a little surprising: Windows will support applications developed for ...

The key to having a successful platform these days is app support. But because iOS and Android as so well established, app developers are reluctant to spend the time, effort, and money on new ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — April 29, 2015 — Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced new features in Windows 10 and unveiled a set of software development kits (SDKs) to help developers bring their code for the ...

Microsoft is relaunching its app store to be more useful and attract developers to the platform. Changes could help Microsoft compete with Apple.

What if Microsoft could convince developers that there is a single "mobile" platform to develop for, rather than three distinct platforms, iOS, Android and the oft-neglected Windows? When you purchase ...

Apple's Swift programming language can now be used to develop for Android, and share code with iOS apps. Swift was launched ...

There was a time when you had to choose between creating universal mobile apps and native apps. Universal apps used web technologies like HTML and JavaScript, which often performed badly in mobile ...

Slide Over works alongside the window-based iPadOS 26 multitasking functionality, so you can have multiple windows open and still swipe over to quickly access a Slide Over app ... Enter Slide Over.