Windows Phone 8.1 will support building applications using Windows XAML, the same set of XAML used to build applications for Windows. To be clear, this doesn't mean you're building a single ...

Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT professional. He's written for Time, CNET, PCMag, and several other publications. He's the author of two tech books--one on ...

While consumers and developers have enjoyed free access to the developer’s preview of Windows 8 for a few months, precious little information surrounding Microsoft’s promised online app store was ...

Windows 8 was an ambitious operating system. Microsoft’s goal was, and still is, to have a single operating system that can span the traditional PC, the tablet, and everything in between. To do this, ...

Microsoft’s re-imagining of what Windows could be with Windows 8 was a bit of a sore spot for users. For all purposes Windows 8 was Microsoft’s first attempt at bringing fresh ideas to Windows in ...

Ready to jump into Windows 8? As if the switch from the Windows 7 interface to the Windows 8 way of doing things wasn't bad enough, deciding what type of Windows 8 or Windows RT device to purchase is ...

Tablets have been getting smaller. The big sellers of the past year have been 7-inch and 8-inch devices, like the iPad Mini and Google's Nexus 7. So it's not surprising that one of the key features of ...

With each new release of Windows, Microsoft changes the mix of products it offers to consumers and also changes the terms of use. Windows 8.1 is no exception. This ...