Yearly Archives: 2017

On day 1 of Build 2017, Microsoft announced the public preview of Cortana Skills Kit. With Cortana Skills Kit, developers can build skills for Cortana by creating a bot and publishing to the Cortana channel of the Microsoft Bot Framework. This then works across devices...

Microsoft has now pushed cumulative update Windows 10 Build 15063.296 to non-insiders on Creators update. It also pushed Windows 10 Build 14393.1198 to those non-insiders still on Anniversary update.  Click here and here to read the changelog of these cumulative updates. Third-party ISO images of...

Apart from Windows 10 Mobile Build 15063.297 for Creators update non-insiders, Microsoft has also released a new Mobile update for Anniversary update non-insiders. Windows 10 Mobile Build 14393.1198 (10.0.14393.1198) is now available as the latest version 1607 build for Mobile. As this is a cumulative...

On the first day of Microsoft developer event Build 2017, Microsoft has announced Azure cloud apps for Android and iOS. Windows 10 UWP version of Azure Cloud app is also in works. These apps help in handling Azure Cloud services from your Mobile. Azure Cloud...

Microsoft today announced general availability for Visual Studio for Mac. This announcement comes on the first day of Microsoft's Build 2017 event. Visual Studio for Mac is Xamarin Studio integrated development environment (IDE) that works on the Mac. It enables developers on macOS to build apps...

Microsoft today announced that Windows 10 is now running on 500 million monthly active devices. This announcement comes on the very first day of Microsoft's developer event "Build 2017". The 500 million figure includes Windows 10 installed on PCs, tablets, and phones, Xbox One...

Microsoft is now rolling out new Xbox One Alpha, Beta and Ring 3 Preview Builds. The version number for Alpha and Beta preview build is rs2_release_xbox_1705.170505-1900. Coming to what this build brings, miscellaneous fixes are mentioned in the changelog shared officially. 1705.170507-2137 Changelog: FIXES: • Miscellaneous Miscellaneous fixes...

The award winning Forza Horizon 3 game has received a major critical update with numerous improvements for Windows 10 PC version of the game. Alongside the release of exclusive Hot Wheels expansion for Xbox One (and Windows 10), the new automatic update for Forza...

Ahead of Build 2017, Microsoft has published a revamped web version of its Windows Developer dashboard. At first look, this new experience much cleaner and organized with improved features for developers. The new admin dashboard now acts as a central hub that brings multiple programs...

Microsoft HoloLens preorder have begun in China. Both the Developer version as well as the Business suite is now made available for pre-orders. For developer version, the price has been set as RMB 23488 whereas it is RMB 39188 for business edition. As per the official...

Microsoft has pushed a new cumulative update KB4016871 to PCs running Creators Update aka Windows 10 Version 1703. This cumulative update brings Windows 10 Build 15063.296 to PCs. As this is a cumulative update build, there are no new features / significant changes. The update...

Microsoft has pushed a new cumulative update KB4019472 to PCs running Anniversary Update aka Windows 10 Version 1607. This cumulative update brings Windows 10 Build 14393.1198 to non-insider PCs. As this is a cumulative update build, there are no new features / significant changes. The...