At the Build 2026 developer conference, Microsoft encouraged developers to build more native apps for Windows 11.

When does it make more sense to develop a native desktop app, or an Electron-powered web UI app? We break it down for you. When we talk about a “desktop application,” we generally mean a program that ...

For over a decade, the “app vs. web” debate had a clear winner on the Android platform: native applications. If a user wanted high-performance, reliable push notifications and offline access, they ...

Original story from March 5, 2025: Microsoft has once again made changes to Copilot, with the new version now being delivered to Windows 11 Insiders. The redesign is meant to rethink the experience ...

Boy, have things changed. A lot. When I started writing at MacStories over a decade ago, there was a long list of beloved ...

When does it make sense to build a desktop app with native or semi-native UI components (such as GTK or QT), or to go the web-UI route and use toolkits like Electron ...