The Microsoft Store is a combination of app store, game store and movie store. And when Windows 11 debuts later this year, it’ll bring an updated user interface. But it’ll also bring support for more types of applications: Microsoft says you’ll be able to find and download Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps, Progressive Web apps, […]
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Microsoft plans to unify Win32 and UWP development
Microsoft’s Build developer conference is taking place online as a virtual event this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But it looks like the company is still planning to spell out its vision for the future of Windows development in a series of sessions on May 19 and 20. Among other things, we may learn […]
Microsoft brings Win32 desktop apps to Windows Mixed Reality
The Windows Mixed Reality experience in Windows 10 lets you put on a VR headset and interact with apps, games, and videos in a more immersive way than you would wall staring at a monitor or laptop screen. But what if you just want to do some web browsing, check out a PowerPoint presentation, or […]
Qualcomm and Microsoft: ARM chips will support desktop Windows software in 2017
Soon you may be able to run desktop Windows software on devices with ARM-based processors. Rumors had suggested that Microsoft was working to add support for ARM chips to future versions of Windows 10 by making it possible for 64-bit ARM processors to emulate x86 chip architecture. Now Qualcomm has confirmed that this is true, […]
Tools for turning legacy Windows apps into Universal apps coming this summer
Microsoft’s Windows Store often gets knocked for not having as many apps as the Google Play Store or Apple’s App Store… but Windows has been around a long time, and Microsoft says there are more than 16 million apps developed for the Win32 and .NET platforms. So the company is giving developers tools to port […]
Maybe Windows phones will support Win32 after all… one day
One of the coolest features of Windows 10 for phones is that it lets you use some phones as desktop PCs. Connect a keyboard, mouse, and display and you can interact with apps on a big screen, complete with task bar, start menu, and keyboard shortcuts. Microsoft calls the feature Continuum for Phone, and it’s […]
This is how Win32 apps can become Windows Store apps
Microsoft recently introduced a set of tools that will let developers take existing Android, iOS, web, or classic Windows apps and turn them into Universal Windows Apps that can be distributed through the Windows Store. It’ll be up to developers to decide whether to use those tools, but if they do it the Windows Store might […]
Windows 10 Store to support Android, iOS, Win32, and web apps (sort of)
Microsoft introduced the Windows Store with the launch of Windows 8 a few years ago… but it’s often been described as a bit of a wasteland when compared with the Google Play Store or App Store for Android and iOS. That could soon change if developers start to take advantage of a new set of […]