WPCentral and MS Power User both reported that Microsoft is using the notification sync feature of Cortana in Windows 10 to add a “Request app” button if the notification comes from an Android phone. (This is currently only available if you’re running the Insider builds of ‘Redstone’, but... Read more

Build 2016 opened today. Although I’m not in attendence, the keynote was live-streamed so I was able to watch it. If you missed the keynote, be sure to check it out once it’s available on Channel 9. All in all, there were a ton of announcements today and... Read more

If you were already subscribed to my blog using the RSS feed, you were using the feed available at FeedBurner. I’ve updated that feed to pull content from the new blog (here on GitHub), so you shouldn’t have to do anything to continue receiving updates. I also updated the... Read more

I’ve been blogging here on GWB for almost 10 years and I’ve seen this community grow and change during that time. I’ve enjoyed my time here but, for me, it’s time to move on. In that light, I’m moving to a GitHub Pages repository. There are a lot of... Read more

ASP.NET Core 1.0 (what had been called ASP.NET 5) is a complete redesign of ASP.NET that is open-source and cross-platform. Since this is a redesign of the framework, it comes with a lot of architectural changes that make it more modular. One of those changes is that environment-based configuration... Read more