Microsoft has started a formal venture fund to invest in early-stage companies working on cloud-related projects. Microsoft Ventures, announced in a company blog post Monday, aims to fill the gap
Month: May 2016
Microsoft: Windows Phone Not Dead, Still Evolving
The latest round of layoffs in Microsoft’s Windows Phone business—1,850 jobs will be cut, according to an announcement earlier this week—seems to signal the final death gasp of a segment
Share Your Expertise, Win Prizes With VisionMobile’s Developer Economics Survey
VisionMobile is currently running its 11th Developer Economics survey, and devs who sign up to participate can win prizes including Microsoft Surface 3s, Windows IoT dev kits and more. The
The Future Is Here, and It’s Chatty
Among the most-talked-about news at Google’s I/O conference this week were the announcements of two AI-related projects: Google Assistant, an upgraded digital assistant capable of conducting two-way conversations and performing tasks
Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Summit 2016
Windows 10 Anniversary Update Will Integrate Better With Kinect, Promote More Apps
More details are seeping out about the Windows 10 anniversary update, due this July. The update will allow Universal Windows Platform apps to access more data from Kinect sensors, according
What’s New in Windows 10 Build 14342
Windows 10 preview build 14342 hit Insiders in Microsoft’s Fast Ring yesterday—a little earlier than scheduled, according to Petri.com. Here’s what’s new. Edge Extensions and Updates Users will see a
F# Improvements in Xamarin Studio
With the (almost) stable release of Xamarin Studio 6 comes a ton of great new improvements. I absolutely love the new dark theme! However, some huge improvements were made to
NG-Conf 2016 – Day Three Wrap Up
The last day of ng-conf 2016 continued with lots of great information. Some highlights: Daniel Rosenwasser gave a good overview of TypeScript and a little bit of its history. He
The Future of Angular2, and More Updates From NG-Conf 2016
Some highlights of day two of ng-conf 2016: Day two started with a focus on the future of Angular2. No, they didn’t announce Angular3, but they did focus on the
Highlights From Angular’s NG-Conf 2016
I just finished up the first day of ng-conf 2016 and as usual, it has been a great informative conference. Thanks to the organizers, sponsors, and Angular team members for
Using Redux to Manage Angular2 Application State
In this post, I want to focus on managing application state. In the example application, I tried to create an application that had a reasonably complex user interface (“complex” is