Deliver Native Apps for Multiple Platforms with Microsoft’s Xamarin

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In software development, the complexity associated with writing code that comprises multiple operating system and hardware platforms is not only a daunting task but a perpetual problem too. Even in the earliest days of computing, writing portable code that can perform the same task on different systems was quite tricky. But after Dennis Ritchie introduced the C programming language, in the early 70s, software development experts were able to create a single codebase that could compile on multiple machines. This worked great, in those days, when computing software as well as hardware was simpler and aimed at accomplishing simple tasks, like math.

Microsoft Lets You Control Your Data through Privacy Dashboard

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Microsoft takes a step towards continuing their commitment of protecting customer’s privacy by introducing privacy dashboard. This web-based dashboard would allow you to see and control your activity data from Microsoft including search, browsing, location, Cortana Notebook data across multiple services provided by them. They are expanding the tools that give you more visibility and control over your data that is spanning their products and services. This move is Microsoft’s response to the accusations made on the tech Giant that it is overstepping privacy boundaries with Windows 10 and also an effort to mend the broken trust.