Microsoft trolls Apple with a WWDC afterparty

Microsoft has an ingenious plan to get the attention of everyone attending Apple's big developer event on Monday: offer them free food and drinks. After WWDC's first day wraps up, Microsoft will be throwing an afterparty basically next door to discuss "the future of apps." This will probably not be the hippest party in San Francisco, but who can turn down the chance to see "the Test Cloud Wall in action and indulge in the Xamarin Playground" — er, what?

Anyway, Microsoft is throwing this event for a couple of reasons. For one, it's a way to get people acquainted with Microsoft's suite of iOS apps — it has a lot of them at this point, and many are quite good. But more importantly, Microsoft wants to get developers interested in Xamarin,...

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