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You will be hearing about this more and more as Windows 10 devices start appearing in increasing numbers that may reach billions. Before Windows 10, the OS was Windows 8.1 and there were two devices that were targeted by code : Windows Windows Phone Developers created Universal Windows 8 apps using a shared codebase. For this the Windows Runtime (WinRT), an evolution of the Windows app model was introduced as a common application architecture. With Windows 10 that has changed. Now there are a number of devices for which you need to code has increased. Hence Universal Windows Platform (UWP) was born. WinRT gets evolved to be integrated with Windows 10 Core. This core provides a common platform for every device that runs Window 10. UWP now calls WinRT common for all the devices PLUS also APIs(Win32 and .NET) that are specific to the device family the app runs on. Thus UWP provides a guaranteed core API layer for all devices. What it means is that your app can...

We are getting to the stage of entering the era of Windows 10. Microsoft has promised upgrades (free) for all Windows 7, Windows 8.1 (that means Windows 8 as well) on all devices including Nokia / Microsoft Lumia phones. The story line has changed from this initial announcment. Read here http://www.phonearena.com/news/Microsoft-the-majority-of-Lumia-smartphones-will-be-updated-to-Windows-10_id65122 The story according to the above has changed from all "all Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices to "goal is for the majority of the Lumia phones running Windows Phone 8 and 8.1 to join the Windows [10] ecosystem" Presently the list comprises of the following according to the same source: Nokia Lumia 930 Nokia Lumia 735 Microsoft Lumia 435 I have a sinking feeling that Nokia Icon is not in entering that list. According to Verizon (Ugh!) "they are seriously working with the manufacturers to upgrade the OS on Windows Phone from version 8.0 to 8.1" The date for this ...

What is MVA? MVA is Microsoft Virtual Academy and you can learn building apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 free of cost. That is right, at no cost to you (Well, that is mighty generous). Of course you can learn a whole lot of others besides Windows 8 and Windows 8 Phone. Form factors is an important difference between these two platforms. Issues / concerns are described. Check it out here: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/windows-8-and-windows-phone-8-app-development For example, this particular course has 4 modules: Comparing Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Basics of View Models MVVM Sharing Code This paraticluar module (Comparing Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8) is neither about building apps for the two platforms nor it is going to show code that works for both platforms. Code reusability is explored between the two operating systems. Application Life cycle is explored: Each platform has its own XAML Controls UI reuse is not...

Yoga is not only for the health conscious world wide, it is also coming to a nearby PC Store. Lenovo unvieled the latest of their products to hit the US Consumers anytime soon. They are ( http://www.eweek.com/mobile/lenovo-tablets-ultrabooks-laptops-are-all-about-windows-8/ ), The IdeaPad Yoga 13 (Windows 8 Pro) Yoga 11 (Windows RT) ThinkPad Twist IdeaLab Lynx The Yoga products 11 and 13 can open 360 degrees, Here is a copied schematic picture of the possible openings from the eWeek site( http://www.eweek.com/mobile/lenovos-windows-8-lineup-could-help-it-reach-top-pc-spot/ ). Is it 360 degs or a little less, I wonder. The touch-centric Windows 8 a game changer is behind all these new products. Wall Street talking heads say Microsoft's Windows 8 will not help the bottom line because of PC problems. We just have to wait and see. I close this post with a prayer to Patanajali who placed Yoga on an easy to access format. Yogena cittasya padena vacam | malam sarir...