Universal apps

Understanding Windows App Installer

Windows App Installer was first introduced in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update (1607) to make sideloading UWP apps easier. Since then, Microsoft has gradually been improving App Installer to provide most of the features found in the Microsoft Store. In this article, I look at how App Installer has developed and how it fits into the bigger picture.

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Why are there no compelling Windows 10 apps?

Nine months after Windows 10 launched, even Microsoft doesn’t seem to be able to create a must-have Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app. But is it due to the platform’s lack of technical maturity or a problem with Microsoft and its partners?

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Why Uber Isn’t the Savior of Microsoft’s Universal Windows App Platform

As a Windows Phone user, Russell Smith suffered the ultimate humiliation of being forced to ask a friend to register a bank card in Uber using Android.

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Microsoft Announces Facebook, Instagram, Box, Twitter, and more Universal Apps for Windows 10

Microsoft announces soon to be made available Windows 10 Universal Apps from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Netflix, and more.

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Windows 10 Opinion: Vendors in No Hurry to Develop Universal Apps

Russell Smith explains why he thinks there’s unlikely to be an explosion of Universal Apps for Windows 10 until Windows 7 loses significant market share.

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With No Flagship Phones Until Windows 10, Microsoft Again Hits at the Middle of the Market

While electronics giants like Samsung and HTC attacked this week’s Mobile World Congress with exciting new flagship designs that push at the boundaries of what’s possible with a modern smart phone, Microsoft took a different tack. The firm announced two more mid-market smart phones and has reaffirmed that we won’t see another Lumia flagship until…

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