We’re excited to announce the Windows Store is expanding to 38 supported markets and the UK is part of this expansion. Dates haven't been confirmed yet but we'll keep you updated as and when information is announced. If you want to get an app into the Store before or soon after general availability...

Mike Taulty has created six screencasts around a simplistic Windows 8 metro style app that lets you play music from albums found in your music library, built in in HTML and JavaScript, touching on topics like: using a query against the local storage to get a view of the music collection using...

If you’ve downloaded the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and are running with it then you might appreciate this new “Getting Around in Windows 8” post on the Windows Experience Blog . There’s a bunch of guidance in there but one of the best bits is the keyboard guide which you can download in PDF or XPS format...

The Consumer Preview of Windows 8 was announced and made available for download yesterday at an availability event at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The event wasn’t streamed live on the web but today the video of the event is online for viewing/downloading. I caught the event via “live...

Today’s a huge day for Microsoft, for the massive number of users of Windows worldwide and for software developers of every flavour as the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 was announced and shown at Barcelona Mobile World Congress and made available for public download. If you’ve been following...

Is it me or is the rhythm (or “cadence” if you want to be trendy ) of the “Building Windows 8” blog posts starting to increase as we head towards the Windows 8 Consumer Preview being made available next week? I use a number of online file storage services and the big two for...

With the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 to be available for download by the end of February, it’s good to keep a close eye on the posts on the “ Building Windows 8 ” official blog and it’s companion - “ Windows Store for developers ” The latest Windows blog post...

With the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 to be available for download by the end of February, it’s good to keep a close eye on the posts on the “ Building Windows 8 ” official blog and it’s companion - “ Windows Store for developers ” A recent Windows blog post talks...

With the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 to be available for download by the end of February, it’s good to keep a close eye on the posts on the “ Building Windows 8 ” official blog and it’s companion - “ Windows Store for developers ” The latest Windows Store blog...

With the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 to be available for download by the end of February, it’s good to keep a close eye on the posts on the “Building Windows 8” official blog. A lot of people I’ve spoken to about Windows 8 have asked about ARM and there is a huge post on...

With the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 to be available for download by the end of February, it’s good to keep a close eye on the posts on the “Building Windows 8” official blog. This recent post on improving power efficiency for applications is a great example and is well worth a...

If you have already registered for DevWeek 2012, we have something great to share with you. For the first time at DevWeek , the programme will include a dedicated track of technical sessions presented by speakers from Microsoft. The Microsoft Tech.Days track will cover the latest Microsoft technical...

Kinect is coming to the PC, not as a hack but as a commercial product with dedicated PC hardware, in early 2012, according to the Kinect for Windows Blog . Some of the changes for the PC version include: a shorter USB cable and new firmware for ‘close up’ applications. You can download the...

It's official! Windows 8 Beta will be made available late February 2012, along with the Windows Store. The Windows Store Preview event was held in San Francisco where the app policies and business terms for the Store were announced, both of which are available in full to read at your leisure on the Dev...

If you've never heard of BUILD, get yourself over to the Windows Dev Centre and check out the next version of Windows.

Missed Windows Division President Steven Sinofsky’s announcements on Windows 8 at the Build conference? Don't worry, you can watch the keynote any time. There's a lot of resources out there - to get started head to the new Windows Dev Centre where you can get the Windows Developer Preview and...

Anaheim, USA 13-16 September – BUILD BUILD is the event that shows you how to take advantage of the future of Windows. Get insight on creating touch-centric user experiences, fast, fluid, and dynamic applications that leverage the power and flexibility of the core of Windows, used by more...

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Session links now available! At tendee s at our Build an App for That online conference enjoyed demo-rich sessions designed to help with building applications for the browser, Windows 7, and Windows Phone 7. Click the agenda links below to access the session recordings. We’d love to know what you thought...