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- Jul 16, 201490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Windows Phone Store and Windows Store dev resources merging, 21 new payout markets added for both
- Reported on 16 July 2014, Microsoft merged its online developer resources for Windows and Windows Phone: dev.windowsphone.com, previously the "one-stop shop for all things Windows Phone development", now redirects to dev.windows.com, and "This isn't just simple web redirect, instead you'll now find a unified site with content and guidance for both platforms" covering phone, tablet and PC[1][2]
- What was unified: a comprehensive, combined documentation set (available in 11 languages - German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Simplified and Traditional Chinese), code samples still published in the MSDN code gallery but reachable from one Dev Center page, and the Windows Store apps and Windows Phone developer forums merged into one set, though technical forums stay specialised per form factor[1][2]
- The two store dashboards "haven't merged yet and remain separate": clicking Dashboard makes you pick one, and you switch using the left-hand navigation pane[1][2]
- "Starting this week" the number of markets in which developers can submit paid apps rose by 21 for both the Windows Phone Store and the Windows Store - Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Comoros, Dominica, Fiji Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Mauritius, Monaco, Mongolia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tajikistan, Tonga, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan - bringing "the new total of available markets for Windows Phone and Windows 8 developers to earn revenue" to 149[1][2]
- Microsoft said in-app purchase is the fastest growing revenue model, accounting for over 30% of Windows developer payout and nearly 50 percent of Windows Phone developer payout[2]
- The new Kinect for Windows 2.0 SDK was highlighted: apps created with it "may be released to the Windows Store once the final, RTM version of the SDK is available later this year", and in the meantime developers are encouraged to download the public preview, released the day before, to get an early start[1][2]
- This resource merge followed two earlier steps - the merging of Windows Store and Windows Phone developer accounts in November 2013 and the rollout of universal Windows apps in April 2014[2]
- At that earlier November 2013 account merge, developers registered with one store could submit apps to the other from the same account and annual costs fell: individual Windows Store developers had paid $49 per year and Windows Phone accounts $19 per year, and now got access to both for $19, with development companies paying $99 for both rather than that amount for each store; Microsoft's Todd Brix wrote that "Windows Store developers are now also Windows Phone developers, and Windows Phone developers are also Windows Store developers"[3]
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- [1]90%wpcentral.com/windows-phone-store-and-windows-store-dev-resources-merging-21-new-payout-markets-added-bothwpcentral.com· Posted Jun 15, 2017· Starts Jul 15, 2014 ✓· Ends Jul 16, 2014 ✓· 97% of score
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- [2]83%Microsoft Merges Windows, Windows Phone Developer Portalthenextweb.com· Published Jul 16, 2014· 2% of score
The Next Web reports "Microsoft today announced it is merging the online developer resources... for Windows Store and Windows Phone" and adding 21 new payout markets, published 16 July 2014, matching the pin's stored date window.
- [3]78%Microsoft merges Windows Phone and Windows app developer accountscrn.com.au· Published Jul 16, 2014· Starts Jul 15, 2014· 2% of score
CRN Australia independently reports Microsoft's July 2014 merger of Windows Store and Windows Phone Store developer resources and the 21 new payout markets, matching the pin's stored date and corroborating the existing TheNextWeb[2] reference.
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