App Dev on Xbox Event Set for August 30

Microsoft will host a virtual event on Tuesday, August 30 for developers interested in developing apps for Xbox One. According to a Microsoft announcement, the event starts at 9:00 Pacific Time and will cover: What’s new in the Anniversary Update SDK and how to get started with app development for Xbox One How to get…

Microsoft Will Ditch Azure RemoteApp, Replace With New Citrix Service

Microsoft plans to drop its Azure RemoteApp service over the next year, instead partnering with Citrix to develop new solutions for allowing remote access to Windows apps from a variety of devices. Azure RemoteApp has given businesses the ability to deploy apps from the cloud to employees who are using PC and mobile devices running Windows, Mac…

LinkedIn Exec: Microsoft Acquisition Won’t Slow Open-Sourcing

With Microsoft’s announcement in June that it will spend $26 billion to acquire LinkedIn, some developers might wonder whether the social network will continue its longstanding practicing of open-sourcing much of its technology. If Vice President of Engineering Igor Perisic has anything to say about it, the answer looks like a resounding yes. In an…

Windows 10 Anniversary Update Also Available for Raspberry Pi 3

The long-awaited Windows 10 Anniversary Update is not only available for PC, Xbox and—starting August 16—mobile. There’s also a Windows IoT Core upgrade that will work on Raspberry Pi 3. Developers working on Internet-of-Things projects with the affordable, credit-card-sized maker board can now enjoy an easier set-up experience and other new features, according to Microsoft.…

Windows 10 Anniversary Update: What’s In It For Developers

The Windows 10 Anniversary Update became available to the general consumer today. Wondering why you should care? Microsoft has a rundown of the changes relevant to developers on its dev blog. The Windows 10 Anniversary Update SDK has been released as part of Visual Studio 2015 Update 3. Here’s what’s in it: Windows Ink support.…

Project Centennial Apps Will Soon Be Available in Windows Store

With the release of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, desktop apps converted with Microsoft’s Project Centennial bridge tools will now be available to purchase in Windows Store, reports WindowsCentral. That means developers with existing Win32 apps can market them via the store without turning them into true Universal Windows Platform apps that function on all Windows…

Why can’t I use the “dynamic” C# keyword in Xamarin.iOS?

Occasionally I see this question pop up in various forms; usually an app developer has written some fairly clever code that relies on the dynamic keyword in C#. Their code runs swimmingly on every other platform—and it also compiles just fine for iOS. But when they run the app on a physical iPhone or iPad…

French Regulators Say ‘Non’ to Windows 10’s Data Gathering

A French regulatory agency this week said the data Microsoft collects on users of Windows 10 is “excessive” and ordered the company to stop. The French National Data Protection Commission (CNIL), made the charge in a formal notice filed Wednesday. It gave Microsoft three months to change a number of data-gathering methods that the agency…

Microsoft Publishes REST API Guidelines

Microsoft has publicly shared its REST API design guidelines, the internal rules that its developers use to create cloud services. The guidelines recently became available on Github. “It’s our hope that by contributing our [guidelines] to the community conversation, we can add to the body of community knowledge and reusable content so that anyone can…

Microsoft Will Offer Online Certification In Data Science

Microsoft debuted an online certification in data science this week, part of what the company is calling the new Microsoft Professional Degree Program. Aspiring data scientists can take courses in R and Python programming, as well as principles of machine learning. The virtual classes culminate in a Data Science Challenge, in which students compete with…

Microsoft Pushes Business Use of HoloLens at Worldwide Partner Conference

Despite past demonstrations of holographic phone calls and fanciful worlds of toadstools and flowers, Microsoft’s augmented reality platform, HoloLens, is about more than fun and games, CEO Satya Nadella told the audience Monday at the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto. “I would encourage everyone to look at the applicability of this new medium in…