On February 24, 2016, Microsoft (MSFT) announced its intention to acquire Xamarin, a mobile app development platform provider. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. However, according to ...

SAN FRANCISCO—In perhaps the biggest developer news of the day at its Build 2016 conference here, Microsoft announced it is open-sourcing its recently acquired Xamarin software development kit, ...

Many .Net developers are abuzz about a rumored acquisition or major investment by Microsoft in Xamarin. CRN reported on March 17 that ""=""> that may lead to either an outright acquisition or ...

Microsoft today announced plans to acquire Xamarin, a San Francisco-based startup that lets developers build applications for a variety of different platforms using Microsoft’s C# programming language ...

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Microsoft's relationship with Xamarin, a mobile app development startup, is a great example of how it's opening up to work with other vendors' platforms. Xamarin's software lets Microsoft developers ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft will marry its newly acquired mobile development technology from Xamarin with its Visual Studio software development tools, expanding its offerings for developers who make ...

Microsoft and Xamarin are stepping up their integration work to make it easier for developers to write apps for iOS and Android devices using C#. On November 13, the pair announced there's now tighter ...

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Microsoft has purchased Xamarin, a startup that helps developers write apps once and have them work on any smartphone or operating system, according to an official blog entry. It's a crucial buy for ...

In its continuing push towards making its tools available across platforms, Microsoft announced Thursday that it will give Windows developers using .NET the native ability inside Visual Studio to ...