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In 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. In 1972 she launched a campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, breaking another political barrier.
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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
| Windows Phone Store | |
|---|---|
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 Windows Phone Store shown on Windows Phone 8.1 | |
| Developer | Microsoft |
| Release | October 21, 2010 |
| Operating system | Windows Phone 7 Windows Phone 8 Windows Phone 8.1 Windows 10 Mobile |
| Successor | Microsoft Store |
| Type | App store |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
Windows Phone Store was a digital distribution platform developed by Microsoft for the Windows Phone. It allowed publishers to release apps which could be downloaded to users smartphones.
The app store was initially launched as Windows Phone Marketplace alongside Windows Phone 7 in October 2010. With the rollout of Windows Phone 7.5, Microsoft unveiled the Marketplace, which offered over-the-air installation of apps. In August 2012, Microsoft renamed the Marketplace to Windows Phone Store. In July 2015, the Windows Phone Store was replaced by the Windows Store, which would act as a unified solution for all Windows-powered devices.[1] This process was complemented by the Apps on Windows website, an interim solution before the unified Windows Store.[2] The Windows Phone Store shut down for Windows Phone 8.1 systems on December 16, 2019.[3]
Windows Phone Store supported credit card purchases, operator billing, and ad-supported content. The store also featured a "try-before-you-buy" option, where the user had an option to download a trial or demo for a commercial app.[4] Other features are said to be similar to Windows Phone Store's predecessor, Windows Marketplace for Mobile. The Windows Phone Store had 61 categories split up into 16 main categories and 25 sub-categories. Apps could only be placed in one category. Windows Phone Store also featured downloads for 3D games that will have integrated Xbox Live connectivity and features. The ability to download an XAP file to a computer was also present, allowing a user to install an app from their SD card if no internet access was available.
Developers had to pay an annual subscription fee of $99 to become an App Hub member and submit apps to the Windows Phone Store. This, according to Todd Brix, the General Manager for Windows Phone Apps and Store team, was on an ongoing promotion at $19.[5] There was a limit of 100 free submissions for free apps; thereafter, there was a fee of $19.99 per submission for free apps.[6] Developers could also choose to work with OEMs to deploy their apps; this would allow apps to be preinstalled on Windows Phone devices or be exclusive to that specific OEM's products.[7] This process was used by Microsoft Mobile (formerly Nokia) for apps specific to Lumia devices (including Lumia Camera, HERE Maps, and MixRadio). OEM-exclusive apps were deployed and available to end-users in a separate channel available only on OEM-specific hardware. Most Windows Phone OEMs have a category, such as "Lumia Collection" (formerly "Nokia Collection"), "Samsung Zone", "HTC Apps", and "Huawei Selected" for this purpose.[8]
A user could download games and apps from the Windows Phone Store; if an Xbox Live account is enabled, the store could be accessed remotely from the phone itself. Microsoft had lined up a wide range of popular games to be available from the launch of Windows Phone 7.[9] Also at Gamescom, Microsoft unveiled more than 50 premium Windows Phone 7 games and apps[10] that used the Xbox Live mobile connection.
Windows Phone Store grew swiftly since its launch, and by February 2012, it had outgrown BlackBerry App World with 70,000 apps available (a milestone that BlackBerry App World passed in March 2012). In June 2012, after 20 months, the Windows Phone Marketplace had reached 100,000 apps. The growth to achieve 100,000 apps was faster than Android within 24 months, but slower than iOS within 16 months.[11] The number ramped up to 150,000 in December 2012, followed by 200,000 in December 2013.[12] The Windows Phone Store contained more than 300,000 apps in August 2014.[12]
Apps in Windows Phone Store are subjected to a content policy, which exists to guide app developers, and to facilitate a restriction or banning of certain content.[13] Examples of restricted or banned content include pornography, promotion of violence, discrimination, hate, or the usage of drugs, alcohol and tobacco. Suggestions or depictions of prostitution, sexual fetishes, or generally anything that "a reasonable person would consider to be adult or borderline adult content" are forbidden from the marketplace, even after the unification with Windows Store.[13][14][unreliable source?]
Windows Phone 7 development is based on Silverlight, XNA, and Visual C#.[15][16] The primary tools used for development are Visual Studio 2010 and Expression Blend.[16] Windows Phone 7 SDK requires Windows Vista (at least) or Windows 7. Excluding unlocked developer devices, Windows Phone 7 only runs mobile apps that have first been approved by Microsoft and are only available via the Windows Phone Store.[17] Developers earn 70% of their app revenue and can include an advertising model built into their apps. However, in some countries,[which?] the share is only 56.1% when the customer purchases with methods covered by the Commerce Expansion Adjustment.[18] Students can submit apps free of charge through the DreamSpark program.[19]
Apps for Windows Phone 8 can be developed either in native code or managed code, using Visual C#, Visual Basic .NET, and Visual C++. Microsoft has deprecated XNA in favor of DirectX for Windows Runtime.[20] The Windows Phone 8 Emulator in the SDK is also changed to use Hyper-V, which requires at least Windows 8 Pro or Windows Server 2012, in addition to hardware-assisted virtualization. In Windows 8 Pro, SLAT is strictly required for Hyper-V. A subset of Windows Runtime objects allows code reuse on Windows 8 and later. A subset of the traditional Windows API is also available. Finally, use of third-party frameworks such as Unity is also supported. For a time, developers could develop Windows Phone 7 apps using the Windows 7 SDK, and they would still be compatible with Windows Phone 8.
Windows Phone App Studio was a one-stop source for rapid app building for Windows Phone. With a couple of configuration steps (complying with "separation of concerns"), users can generate a production-ready app for the Windows Store. Once all the configuration and look and feel are set, this online studio lets you publish the app directly to the Windows Phone Store. Windows Phone App Studio makes it significantly easier for non-developers to publish homebrew or small business apps without involving them in source code or hiring a developer, it can be leveraged as a starting point for professional developers for boilerplate code generation. Once all the configuration is made, in addition to publishing the app, the user can download the Visual Studio project for advanced editing. This opens a new paradigm for rapid development, where the developers get initial assertion from clients in the form of a readymade prototype code. The service is free of cost and requires the user to sign in with a Microsoft Account. Windows Phone App Studio was later renamed to Windows App Studio, which serves as a unified app studio across all Windows devices.
In Q2 2015, Microsoft launched Windows 10 Mobile, at which point the Windows Phone Store was merged with the Windows Store.[2] After this, the store kept operating for Windows Phone 8.x devices until it closed at the end of 2019.[3] Since its closure, Windows Phone 8.x cannot obtain or install software natively without unlocking the device bootloader and sideloading XAPs on compatible hardware.[21]
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Windows Phone Store was a digital distribution platform developed by Microsoft for the Windows Phone. It allowed publishers to release apps which could be downloaded to users smartphones. The app store was initially launched as Windows Phone Marketplace alongside Windows Phone 7 in October 2010. With the rollout of Windows Phone 7.5, Microsoft unveiled the Marketplace, which offered over-the-air installation of apps. In August 2012, Microsoft renamed the Marketplace to Windows Phone Store. In July 2015, the Windows Phone Store was replaced by the Windows Store, which would act as a unified solution for all Windows-powered devices. This process was complemented by the Apps on Windows website, an interim solution before the unified Windows Store. The Windows Phone Store shut down for Windows Phone 8.1 systems on December 16, 2019.
An app store, also called an app marketplace or app catalog, is a type of digital distribution platform for computer software called applications, often in a mobile context. Apps provide a specific set of functions which, by definition, do not include the running of the computer itself. Complex software developed for personal computers may have a corresponding mobile app optimized for the device’s constraints. Today apps are normally designed to run on a specific mobile operating system—such as the contemporary iOS, iPadOS, Windows Phone, or Android—but in the past mobile carriers had their own portals for apps and related media content. An app store can be thought as a restricted, commercial version of a package manager, although an app store provides additional services like app discovery, user reviews, security screening, licensing enforcement, and seamless integration of a payment system. Unlike traditional package managers, which prioritize dependency management and system integration, app stores focus on usability, monetization, and a curated user experience.
Windows App Studio, formerly Windows Phone App Studio is a discontinued web app provided by Microsoft for Windows app development. It allowed users to create apps that could be installed or published to the Microsoft Store (Formerly known as the Windows Store), and in addition provided the full source code in the form of a Visual Studio 'solution'. The tool was used to develop Universal Windows Platform apps.
The Microsoft Store (formerly known as the Windows Store) is a digital distribution platform operated by Microsoft. It was created as an app store for Windows 8 as the primary means of distributing Universal Windows Platform apps. With Windows 10 1803, Microsoft merged its other distribution platforms (Windows Marketplace, Windows Phone Store, Xbox Music, Xbox Video, Xbox Store, and a web storefront also known as "Microsoft Store") into Microsoft Store, making it a unified distribution point for apps, console games, and digital videos. Digital music was included until the end of 2017, and E-books were included until 2019. As with other similar platforms, such as the Google Play and Mac App Store, Microsoft Store is curated, and apps must be certified for compatibility and content. In addition to the user-facing Microsoft Store client, the store has a developer portal with which developers can interact. Microsoft takes 5–15% of the sale price for apps and 30% on Xbox games. Prior to January 1, 2015, this cut was reduced to 20% after the developer's profits reached $25,000. In 2021, 669,000 apps were available in the store. Categories containing the largest number of apps are "Books and Reference", "Education", "Entertainment", and "Games". The majority of the app developers have one app.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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