Azure is Microsoft's answer to cloud computing, a back-end platform that powers services with general computer users knowing nothing of its role (or existence). Now the company is taking its offering mobile by announcing the Azure App Service.

This mobile-geared expansion of Microsoft's cloud platform lets developers create web apps using a framework of their choice, including .NET, Java, PHP, and Python. It supports the creation of native apps on mobile platforms, including Android. And it can produce what Microsoft's calling Logic and API apps.

This news is all very developery, so if that adjective describes you, hit up the source link below for more information. Or you can screw the explanation and dive straight in.

Source: Microsoft blog