editorial|Dec 28, 2015

What is Windows-as-a-Service, and Why Should You Care?

On December 8th, owners of the Lumia 950 received and Over-The-Air update to the Windows 10 running on their phones.  While updates like this may seem common place, this one was special because the software came directly from Microsoft with no intervention by the mobile service carriers.  While iOS users are able to update their phone…
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machine-learning|Dec 22, 2015

Microsoft Drops IoT Gauntlet, What Will You Build?

Microsoft, Hackster.io, and Arduino have launched a new contest they are calling “The World’s Largest Arduino Maker Challenge” with prizes for the best combination of Arduino, Windows 10, and Windows Azure.  With more than 1,000 winners receiving a new Arduino MKR1000 board there seems to be plenty of prizes to go around.  The top 3…
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editorial|Dec 17, 2015

Are Microsoft’s Windows 10 Universal Aspirations Becoming Reality

Microsoft’s bold attempts to create a “universal” platform that runs on mobile, tablet, and PC seems to be picking up some steam lately as major app publishers have released or announced new Windows 10 universal apps.  Is this the beginning of a trend? Recently NetFlix released their new Windows 10 Universal app targeted for PCs…
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news|Dec 1, 2015

Click Your Way To A New App with Microsoft PowerApps

Microsoft is looking to make building Windows 10 Apps that leverage Azure services easier for business users with the release of PowerApps.  Using a tool that you download from the Windows Store, users can create apps from prebuilt templates, from an existing data source, or from scratch using step-by-step templates. Apps can be built from…
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news|Oct 5, 2015

Microsoft Windows 10 Hardware Event – Live Blog

Join us tomorrow morning as we offer our first Live Blog of a Microsoft event.  You’ll get all the updates as they happen right here.  The show starts at 10:00 AM EDT. See you there!   (function() { var lb24 = document.createElement(‘script’); lb24.type = ‘text/javascript’; lb24.id = ’24lbScript’; lb24.async = true; lb24.charset=”utf-8″; lb24.src = ‘//v.24liveblog.com/embed/24.js?id=1304887’;…
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Survey|Sep 10, 2015

Will Windows 10 Continuum Lure Developers Back to Windows Phone?

Microsoft is pushing Windows 10 into every corner of the globe with more than 75 million devices running Windows 10 across 192 countries.  It’s next big push coming ostensibly as part of their October hardware announcement will be Windows 10 on phones, and with new hardware comes a feature called Continuum.  Continuum allows the latest…
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news|Aug 25, 2015

Microsoft Outlines Windows 10 Privacy Policies

Microsoft has been dealing with a bit of a backlash regarding its new policies under the “Windows as a Service” concept in Windows 10 including some significant concern coming from Torrent trackers regarding Microsoft’s ability to block pirated software from executing, although labeling blocking stolen software a “privacy concern” seems a bit of a stretch.…
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News|Aug 18, 2015

Windows Phone Developers Can Get Xamarin for Free

The folks at Xamarin are showing some love for Windows Phone developers with an offer for a free Xamarin licenses.  The offer is targeted at individual independent Windows Phone developers who have currently have an App in the Windows Phone app store. This free community edition includes Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android as well as Visual Studio…
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News|Aug 11, 2015

Windows 10 IoT Core Released

Microsoft has released another Windows 10 version this week with support for the Rasberry Pi2 and MinnowBoard MAX devices.  Dubbed IoT Core, it’s designed for embedded devices which may or may not include a screen.  This version doesn’t include the usual user shell experience and so you have to write a Universal Windows App as…
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survey|Aug 5, 2015

Windows 10: Did It Live Up To The Hype?

After a week of automatic and manual upgrades, Windows 10 reached 14 million users in just the first 24 hours with estimates a week later pushing 20 million users.  The price (FREE) and the automatic nature of the upgrades certainly played a part in making Windows 10 a hit out of the gate.  But now…
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Blogs|Aug 2, 2015

Fixing MacBook Pro Windows 10 In Place Upgrade Issues

On my production machine, my Apple MacBook Pro, I did an in place upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. I ran into a couple of bumps and got them figured out so I thought I’d post this for others seeing the same problems. That way when combined with the power of Greyskull (AKA internet…
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