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Project Reunion: Microsoft is bringing UWP and Win32 apps together as “Windows apps”

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Microsoft sort of tried to reinvent the Windows app a few years ago by introducing Universal Windows Platform apps designed to run across a range of devices including PCs, phones, Xbox consoles, and Hololens. The concept hasn’t been a runaway success story, and many developers have continued to stick with the old-fashioned Win32 application platform. […]

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Apple Watch, Android Auto apps on the way thanks to new dev tools

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Apple and Google are both inviting developers to create new kinds of apps today. Google has released the first APIs for Android Auto, enabling developers to create Android apps that can work with supported in-vehicle systems. Apple, meanwhile, has released WatchKit, a new set of tools that let developers create apps for the upcoming Apple […]

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Intel offers new dev tools for cross-platform Windows, Android apps

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Intel is releasing a new set of tools that developers can use to create apps designed to run on both Windows and android. The Intel Integrated Native Developer Experience 2015 toolkit (INDE) includes libraries, compilers, setup, debugging, and optimization tools, among other things. Developers can use the tools to target Windows or Android… or both. […]