Microsoft starts testing Visual Studio 2012 Update 3
The Visual Studio team is continuing with its seemingly quarterly update pace, delivering the first public test build of the next update for Visual Studio 2012.
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Mary Jo has covered the tech industry for more than 25 years for a variety of publications and Web sites, and is a frequent guest on radio, TV and podcasts, speaking about all things Microsoft-related. She is the author of Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft plans to stay relevant in the post-Gates era (John Wiley & Sons, 2008).
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Xamarin opens its Test Cloud beta; buys Calabash framework maker
Xamarin is inviting testers to kick the tires of its new automated-testing cloud service for mobile developers, which is based on technology from Xamarin's new acquisition -- LessPainful.
Microsoft goes head-to-head with Amazon Web Services on price, cloud VMs
Microsoft is making generally available its Linux and Windows Server virtual machines, plus its Azure Virtual Network, both of which are key to making Azure competitive with Amazon Web Services.
Microsoft's Windows 8 Plan B(lue): Bring back the Start button, boot to desktop
Microsoft may be moving toward bringing back the Start Button and allowing users to boot straight to the desktop with its coming Windows 8.1 release later this year.
Microsoft updates six of its own Windows 8 apps
Microsoft is updating the Windows 8 apps built by the Bing AppEx team at Microsoft.
Meeting in the middle: How Microsoft will enable mini Surfaces and maxi Win Phones
With Windows Blue and a coming Windows Phone 8 update, Microsoft will open the door for smaller-screen tablets and bigger-screen phones from a variety of OEMs, including itself.
Microsoft makes available 2013 release of Desktop Optimization Pack
Microsoft has made its MDOP 2013 virtualization and management tools available for download by volume licensees.
Microsoft's Office for iOS, Android: Not until fall 2014?
An alleged roadmap for Microsoft's two-year wave of coming Office updates implies Office for iOS and Android may be further away than many industry watchers thought.
Microsoft to roll out April firmware updates for Surface RT and Pro
Microsoft is rolling out new firmware and driver updates to its Surface RT and Surface Pro devices as part of April's Patch Tuesday.
What Microsoft's Blue is and isn't
Windows Blue isn't just a service pack. And it's not a precursor to some other version of Windows due out later this year.