Tag Archives: Windows
Enter your app in the “Re-imagining Consumer Health with Windows 8 and HealthVault Challenge”
Healthcare is rapidly evolving, and the opportunity for developers to create apps that can help improve the lives of people around the world is bigger than ever. On May 13-14, 2013, Microsoft sponsored Health: Refactored, a 2-day conference in Silicon Valley for app builders, designers and tech experts interested in ...
Introducing a new Windows Dev Center experience
Since launching the Windows Dev Center in October, 2011, we’ve worked closely with developers and designers around the world to understand how we can provide the best guidance, inspiration, and samples for app builders. With millions of visitors and your feedback, we’ve been evaluating what’s been working well and what ...
Meet the new Windows Dev Center
The Windows Dev Center just got a whole new look. We’ve made it easier to find the right content at the right time, with key tasks and resources to help you design, develop, and market your apps called out prominently. Our Windows Store apps content has a ...
Using Windows 8 features to drive customer engagement: the Box app
Box is all about content, according to Box VP of Platform Technology Matthew Self. "Content is at the heart of every successful organization. Customers need to access their content wherever they are. They need to share, they need to collaborate, they need to move their business forward. Box provides ...
Featured apps in the Windows Store
Each week we showcase apps in the Windows Store that we think customers will love. We spend all day, every day, looking for apps to highlight and we’re excited to promote apps that are well-designed, innovative and offer unique value. We feature these apps in the Store Spotlight and on ...
Startups unveil new apps for Windows 8 at DEMO Mobile
Startups, entrepreneurs, and app builders are congregating at DEMO Mobile in San Francisco today. DEMO Mobile is the launch event exclusively focused on the best new mobile technologies based on design, innovation and market potential. Today, a few startups showed onstage how their inspiration came alive on Windows ...
Creating connected Windows Store apps
People are continually surrounded by devices that are connected to a network. Even the latest refrigerators and washing machines can connect to the internet and home networks. So it’s no surprise that end-users expect their apps to be connected as well. These “connected apps” consume the latest content from the ...
Windows Store app support in jQuery version 2.0
If you’ve already done some web development, it’s likely you’ve used the open source JavaScript framework jQuery. And if you’ve tried building Windows Store apps using jQuery, you might have run into errors related to JavaScript runtime or dynamic content. With the upcoming release of v2.0, the jQuery team has ...
At GDC, game developers reveal early success on Windows 8
This week is the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. While we’re excited about all of the new titles coming to the Windows Store, what’s most interesting for app builders are the new ways to reach the millions of Windows 8 customers and make the biggest return on your investment. ...
Developing Windows Store games
Windows 8 has changed the PC landscape with innovative form factors, new chip architectures, exciting commerce models and huge opportunities. PC games have long been a staple of the way computers are enjoyed. Now, more than ever, games exemplify the value of this new landscape of devices. Thanks to the ...