Microsoft has begun chopping at the roots of the UWP apps that populate the Microsoft Store, as it quietly announced plans to stop monetizing them using its own ad platform. That’s opened the door for ...

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 ...

Yesterday, we reported that multi-instancing support is coming to Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps in Windows 10. As the name implies, it allows apps to open multiple independent instances which ...

Microsoft is going to be shutting down its Ad Monetization platform on June 1, the company announced. UWP developers are going to have to find a new way to monetize their free apps. If you're a UWP ...

Last week, I wrote an opinion piece for The Guardian expressing concern that Microsoft’s new Universal Windows Platform (UWP) APIs comprised a first step toward locking down the currently open ...

UWP deprecation angst is back in vogue. Developers have for years been decrying a perceived neglect on the part of Microsoft toward its Universal Windows Platform, and they're in voice again after the ...

Fortunately I haven't yet encountered a UWP exclusive that I've wanted to play, but this just further reinforces my instinctive distrust of UWP. I'm not going to play a game that I can't mod, edit, or ...

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If when you try to launch a UWP app on Windows 11/10, you notice your installed security software has blocked it from opening or starting, then this post is intended to help you. In it, we will ...

Our recent review of Forza Horizon 4, arguably Microsoft’s biggest new game this holiday season, came packed with praise. The combined chops of car-sim veterans Turn 10 and open-world stunners ...