For quite some time now, Microsoft has been talking about their new universal apps. For the benefit of those who might not be familiar with the concept, universal apps are designed to address ...

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Microsoft's Continuum feature for Windows Phones just got more interesting, thanks to an updated version of the company's Windows Remote Desktop preview application. Version 844 of Remote Desktop ...

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Windows Compact, however, does work on ARM processors. In response to another analyst question about Microsoft's mobile-OS plans, Bach did note that the Windows and Windows Mobile team are working ...

Microsoft just demonstrated one of the intriguing possibilities from its single platform/multiple form factors approach for Windows 10: the ability to use your phone as your desktop computer. In ...

For years, Microsoft has put the Windows name on phones because it's a familiar brand, but with Windows 10, it's also the name of the operating system you get on the phone. Most of the time it doesn't ...

Windows 8 wanted to turns PCs into tablets and vice versa—and it failed spectacularly. But with the help of universal Windows apps and a page from Ubuntu Linux’s playbook, Microsoft aims to turn ...