HERE Maps is ditching Windows to focus on Android and iOS

Mar16

by Sindy Cator on March 16, 2016 at 5:29 am

Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Here Maps, Windows 10, Windows Phone

HERE Maps has announced that its apps will no longer be available from the Windows 10 store from March 29, dealing a crushing blow to Microsoft’s cross-device platform. The company said in a blog post: To continue offering the HERE apps for Windows 10 would require us to redevelop the apps from the ground up, a scenario that led to the business decision to remove our apps from the Windows 10 store. That’s because the company’s apps currently use a workaround to run on Windows 10, which will cease to function after June 30. If you’re rocking a Windows Phone…