
John Callaham
John Callaham was a former contributor for Windows Central, covering Windows Phone, Surface, gaming, and more.
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Windows App Studio tools adds in-app searching features and more
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Microsoft says 669,000 phone, tablet and desktop apps are in the Windows Store
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Microsoft to unify payouts for developers with Windows and Windows Phone apps
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Microsoft working on FYCPT, a Windows Phone game controlled by the Microsoft Band
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Microsoft is developing a Windows Phone 8.1 game called FYCPT, which requires the use of the Microsoft Band fitness wearable to control its character, a paint drop.

Windows Store apps won't get as much revenue from gift card-based purchases in March
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Microsoft: Any developer will be able to upload UWP apps to Xbox Store 'soon'
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Microsoft plans to allow any developer of Universal Windows Platform Windows 10 apps to upload them to the Xbox Store in the near future.

First public Kinect apps for Windows 8.1 launched in Windows Store
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Windows Store apps with no age ratings will be removed by Microsoft after Sept. 30
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The Windows Store can now find and delete spam reviews of apps
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Microsoft has revealed it has added a number of features to the Windows Store to help app developers, including technology to find and remove spam reviews of apps.

The Weather Channel app for Windows Phone gets a minor update
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A new update for The Weather Channel app for Windows Phone is now available, but no new change log was published along with it, which suggests that it is just a minor bug fix release

Chase Mobile app will be removed from the Windows Phone Store on Jan. 26
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In-app purchases generated 55% of developer revenue in Windows Stores for Q1 2015
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Pinball FX2 adding Star Wars Rebels table in late April for Xbox One and Xbox 360
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Internal Windows 10 builds get new UI animations and icon designs
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Microsoft has lots of ideas for the name of its new 2015 IT conference
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Microsoft to hold one big IT conference in May 2015 as they replace TechEd [Update]
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Windows 10 Fall Update reportedly set for November as cumulative patch
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Swarm for Windows Phone 2.0 adds messaging and tons of stickers in latest update
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The popular Foursquare check-in service Swarm has released an update for its Windows Phone app that adds messages and lots of new stickers.

Torrex Pro for Windows 10 goes live for all your BitTorrent download needs
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Microsoft updates Sway presentation tools by letting others collaborate on projects
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Microsoft adds Sway integration into the Windows 10 Photos app
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Microsoft is adding a new feature to its Windows 10 Photos app. It will include integration with its Sway multimedia presentation tool so that it can turn photos from the app into stories.

Here is everything we know about Windows 9 'Threshold' so far
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Microsoft adds interactive charts and more to Sway presentation tools
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