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Building Windows: Microsoft pins its hopes on a new generation of apps and developers

By Tom Warren on November 8, 2012 10:24 am + 262 comments

Microsoft put on a show for 2,500 developers at its Seattle headquarters last week, with a focus on Continue reading…
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Microsoft admits it 'ran out of time' on Windows Phone 8 notification center

By Tom Warren on November 1, 2012 06:51 pm + 386 comments

One of the interesting omissions from Microsoft's recently launched Windows Phone 8 operating system Continue reading…
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The curious case of Microsoft's Metro, a design language that cannot be spoken

By Tom Warren on October 30, 2012 08:15 pm + 165 comments

Microsoft's Metro design language has gone through a name change of late. Used to describe the Continue reading…
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Microsoft Build attendees get a Surface RT, Lumia 920, and 100GB of SkyDrive storage

By Tom Warren on October 30, 2012 01:18 pm + 106 comments

Microsoft has just announced that developers at its Build 2012 conference will receive 100GB of Continue reading…
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Microsoft announces PayPal, Dropbox, and ESPN Windows 8 apps

By Tom Warren on October 30, 2012 12:50 pm + 90 comments

Microsoft's build developer conference has kicked off in Seattle today, and the company is using it Continue reading…
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Microsoft sells four million Windows 8 upgrades in first few days

By Tom Warren on October 30, 2012 12:13 pm + 202 comments

Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system went on sale on October 26th, and the company has just Continue reading…
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Microsoft's BUILD 2012 developer event sells out in less than an hour

By Tom Warren on August 8, 2012 12:36 pm + 60 comments

Tickets to Microsoft's BUILD 2012 developer conference went on sale this morning at 8AM PDT and sold Continue reading…
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Microsoft BUILD 2012 registration opens, Windows Phone 8 logo revealed

By Tom Warren on August 8, 2012 11:29 am + 69 comments

As promised, Microsoft opened its registration for BUILD 2012 this morning at 8AM PT. The company's Continue reading…
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Microsoft BUILD 2012 developer conference announced, starts October 30th in Redmond

By Tom Warren on July 25, 2012 11:16 am + 55 comments

Microsoft is bringing its BUILD event to the company's campus in Redmond this year. After merging Continue reading…