Well, that didn't take long. After lots of silence regarding Project Astoria, Microsoft is killing it in favor of its shiny new Xamarin purchase. In case you'd forgotten (entirely understandable!), ...

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Microsoft has confirmed that its initiative to bring Android apps to Windows 10 is "not yet ready," but while the company does not directly speak of it, all other signs point to the death of Project ...

We haven’t heard much from Project Astoria recently, but now it seems like the app-porting initiative has breathed its last. Microsoft has officially confirmed that they are abandoning their plans to ...

If Microsoft had simply asked me first, I could've told them: Android emulation on Windows just doesn't work very well. Mobile dev media are abuzz with news of problems with Project Astoria, part of ...

At Microsoft’s Build conference last year, the company announced four of what it called “bridges” to help developers bring applications to the Windows Store. Project Centennial would help with porting ...

Rumours started to swirl last month that Microsoft was killing off Project Astoria — its Windows Bridge for Android project which was aimed at helping developers port Android apps to Windows 10 ...