Microsoft removed 90,000 apps without age rating from Windows Mobile Store

Posted on by Jules Wang

No time is a good time to remove nearly 100,000 apps from your mobile apps store in Italy. The move does not help the Windows 10 Mobile app gap at all, but given that operating system simply isn’t a priority at this time, we can probably say that Microsoft is driving age ratings for apps on principle.It has been doing so since last month and has been urging developers to take an International Age Ratings Coalition ...

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PayPal app version 6.0 leaves Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Amazon Fire Phone

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The pal that helps you and many other people pay up is updating its Android and iOS apps. Unlike many other apps, it’s providing customers with a good idea of when to expect an update.Version 6.0 of the app, said to have “a new look and feel,” will head to devices with Android 4.0.3 or later and iOS 9.1 or later. Windows Phone users will end availability for the current version of the app while both ...

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Snapchat “will do everything to kill” Microsoft devs like Rudy Huyn

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Update: We have added a tweet to the bottom of this post that mentions the quote from our headline. Pocketnow regrets the omission.For a social media company predicated on short-life exchanges, Snapchat seems to have a short temper with Microsoft and its developers. Since December 2014, the company has refused to let Windows Phone app devs use its API. We haven’t been given reasoning since then, but the mere omission ...

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Android apps effort for Windows 10 not going as planned

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This year’s Build was centered around the Windows 10 experience. Yes, apps are pretty important to that experience. Developers were told that if they weren’t on the boat already, they could jump on with ease with the announcement of porting and emulation bridging of iOS and Android with Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile. The iOS trail was dubbed Project Islandwood while Android emulation went under Project Astoria.Unfortunately, the latter effort seems to have been stopped ...

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