Microsoft is taking increasingly bolder steps toward the openness it has embraced under CEO Satya Nadella, announcing today that it’s joining the Linux Foundation as a platinum member. Microsoft is also releasing… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — There was a time when Miguel de Icaza couldn’t get Microsoft to give him the time of day, let alone a keynote slot, at its software developers conference.… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft will marry its newly acquired mobile development technology from Xamarin with its Visual Studio software development tools, expanding its offerings for developers who make apps for Android and… Read More
One of the biggest problems Windows smartphone users face is a small selection of apps. Microsoft hoped to solve that by building an Android emulator into Windows 10, but the recent acquisition… Read More
Microsoft today announced plans to acquire Xamarin, a San Francisco-based startup that lets developers build applications for a variety of different platforms using Microsoft’s C# programming language. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.… Read More
One of the difficulties in building a cross-platform mobile app is testing it against a battery of potential hardware configurations users might try to run it on. That’s why Xamarin… Read More
Xamarin, the San Francisco-based company that allows developers to code applications for a variety of different platforms using Microsoft’s C# programming language, announced today that it has raised a $54… Read More
Programmers who use Microsoft’s C# programming language now have an easier way to build mobile apps for iOS and Android devices. Xamarin announced version 3 of its development solution today, complete with… Read More