This Year I'll Do It Myself
So it's New Year resolution time again, and it's pretty clear after many previous unsuccessful iterations that the usual crop consisting of more exercise, better diet, and giving up smoking are a waste...
View ArticleWindows Store Settings for GameMaker
When creating a game via GameMaker, the place for changing the tiles, splash screen, colors, names, and capabilities are in Global Game Settings >> Window8 [tab] >> General [side...
View ArticleSocial Media Posts
A compilation of my blog posts on Social Media:Social Media marketing including popular social media tools, what can social media do/not do and some important factors of social media -...
View ArticleDifferent Deployment Options in Windows 8
Editor’s Note: In partnership with Microsoft Press, MVPs have been contributing to an ongoing guest series on their official team blog. Today’s article is from Visual C# MVP Peter Ritchie which is the...
View ArticleMobile app idea? Get funding and support with AppCampus
Do you have a first-to-market idea with a fresh approach on design elegance, and superior quality and performance? Are you a developers and/or entrepreneur with the ambition to launch the next big...
View ArticleTop 10 Microsoft Developer Links for Monday, January 7th
Qingsong Yao: Testing the Limits with Gerald WeinbergChannel 9: Working with JSON Data | Windows Store apps for Absolute Beginners with C#Channel 9: C++ and Beyond 2012: Panel - Convincing your...
View ArticleIn The Community: Meet James McNellis
This is the second installment in the "In The Community" series spotlighting members of the C++ / developer community. Today we meet James McNellis, a developer on the Visual C++ team and community...
View ArticleInfographic of Microsoft Technologies
Loved this - found on Steve Clayton's Blog. Microsoft Technologies - An infographic by the team from Next at MicrosoftHi-res PDF is here (to read the tiny type :) ).
View ArticleBest Practice for Sending Windows 8 Tiles from Mobile Services
Those that know me know I am not a fan of javascript, in pretty much all of its forms (including node.js), however, I’m really digging Windows Azure Mobile Services (WAMS). WAMS allows you to easily...
View ArticleBest Practice for Sending Windows 8 Tiles from Mobile Services
Those that know me know I am not a fan of javascript, in pretty much all of its forms (including node.js), however, I’m really digging Windows Azure Mobile Services (WAMS). WAMS allows you to easily...
View ArticleBest Practice for Sending Windows 8 Tiles from Mobile Services
Those that know me know I am not a fan of javascript, in pretty much all of its forms (including node.js), however, I’m really digging Windows Azure Mobile Services (WAMS). WAMS allows you to easily...
View ArticleOutlook : How to regenerate free/busy information using MFC MAPI?
Recently one of my customer reported that Outlook is not showing latest free/busy information for selected users. Initially they tried the following steps for the affected users: Exit Outlook Open...
View ArticleGeocoding Dynamics CRM Data with Bing Maps
Geocoding is the process of taking text-based location data such as addresses or place names, and turning them into geographic coordinates. It is a crucial requirement to being able to leverage the...
View ArticleChoosing the Windows Phone That’s Right for Me
Stop me if you have heard this one: so, a Microsoft Developer Evangelist walks into an AT&T Store and asks to see their Windows Phones. Which phone gets recommended? Since time immemorial, the...
View ArticleWeekly Links - January 7 2013
Windows Phone Mark Cuban has a Nokia Lumia Windows Phone– and discusses this fact in standard Mark Cuban style, of course.Where to buy NFC tags and how to edit them (Adam Fraser) – Some great pointers...
View ArticleDeveloping education apps for Office? Download the updated Office Developer...
The new model for creating apps for Microsoft Office will mean that in the future teachers and lecturers will become familiar with simply downloading or buying small apps to improve the way they work...
View ArticleSmall Basic for Little Kids Series #02 – Loop
The single most important concept in programming is loop, I think. And yet, it's (usually) not an easy concept for kids to grasp. I remember when I was young, I had to struggle with the idea of loop...
View ArticleGood news! The $999 Silver Small Business Competency promotion has been...
Here’s some good news to kick off the New Year for our SMB partners. Originally when we launched the Small Business competency in the Microsoft Partner Network, we also announced a $999 promotion for...
View ArticleTeam Foundation Service Update – Jan 7
The results of our sprint 41 were deployed today. You can read the news about them on the release notes.Because of the holidays it was a pretty modest sprint. The biggest end user feature was making...
View ArticleGOT AN APP IDEA? GET FUNDING and SUPPORT NOW !
Do you have a first-to-market idea with a fresh approach on design elegance, and superior quality and performance? Are you a developers and/or entrepreneur with the ambition to launch the next big...
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