Microsoft has again changed the lexicon it wants others to use to describe the apps that run on Windows. In a presentation last week at WinHEC, Don Box, a Microsoft distinguished engineer, spelled out ...

Most apps on a modern Windows 11 PC, including Microsoft’s first-party ones, are actually web apps. That's a major problem, because web apps use more memory and run more slowly than their truly native ...

Microsoft recently updated guides for developers regarding Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps. The company is now showing developers how they can migrate their UWP apps to the newer Windows App SDK ...

Microsoft has announced it has launched a public preview of its new UWP (Universal Windows Platform) support for .NET 9 Windows app developers who are coding their projects for UWP (Universal Windows ...

Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney has penned an editorial speaking out against Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform (UWP) initiative, calling it “the most aggressive move Microsoft has ever made.” Writing ...

Over the past few years, Microsoft has been pushing to migrate UWP (Universal Windows Platform) apps to the newer Windows App SDK. The transition hasn’t been completely smooth, though, and the company ...