To celebrate the launch of the Lumia 920 and 820 devices, Windows Phone Geek and Nokia are offering awesome prizes for developers in the Lumia Geek 8 Week Challenge. http://windowsphonegeek.com/lumia-geek-8-week-challenge/ Developers can win a trip for 2 to MWC in Barcelona, customized Lumias and their very own demo space at MWC in Barcelona. All developers… Continue reading
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HTML5 Definition Complete, W3C Moves to Interoperability Testing and Performance
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published — the complete definition of the HTML5 and Canvas 2D specifications on 17 December 2012. Quoting from the announcement here Though not yet W3C standards, these specifications are now feature complete, meaning businesses and developers have a stable target for implementation and planning. HTML5 is the cornerstone… Continue reading
HTML5 – Bye Bye ‘WebSQL’/’SQLite’ – Welcome ‘IndexedDB’
Since November 18, 2010, the W3C announced that Web SQL database(Sqlite) is a deprecated specification. This is a recommendation for web developers to no longer use the technology as effectively, the spec will receive no new updates and browser vendors aren’t encouraged to support this technology. The new alternative is IndexedDB which is already available… Continue reading
Learn using the Windows Phone 8 Jump Start Training content–for Online or Offline view–Courtesy Channel9
On November 28-29th 2012, Microsoft has hosted the Windows Phone 8 Jump Start training, a fast-paced and demo-packed learning ‘experience’ tailored to show developers how to build responsive, appealing, and effective applications quickly. If you missed this outstanding event, you’re in luck. All 20 modules are now available online for your on-demand viewing, (or download)… Continue reading
WCF Data Services 5.2 RTM Tools for Visual Studio 2010/2012
Microsoft has released an update to WCF Data Services tools – v5.2, this will update the NuGet packages referenced by the WCF Data Services item templates to 5.2.0. This installer also fixes a bug where generating a service reference against a large model would cause Visual Studio to crash. This release contains the following noteworthy… Continue reading
Windows Phone store expands to 37 new countries, adds universal search, and supports installing apps via SD card
Microsoft Windows Phone team announced the availability of Windows Phone web store to new 37 countries. It is pretty fast that Microsoft is expanding its reachability, now consumers from most of the countries from all over the world have the accessibility to Windows Phone store. The new markets are: Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso,… Continue reading
Microsoft ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 RC(Release Candidate)
This release updates Visual Studio 2012 with a pre-release update to ASP.NET. Features and updates: Enhanced Website publishing New ASP.NET MVC Templates for Facebook applications and Single Page Application using knockout.js and ASP.NET Web API ASP.NET Web API enhanced with new features: ASP.NET Web API OData gives you the flexibility you need to build OData… Continue reading
TypeScript for Visual Studio 2012 v0.8.1.1
v0.8.1.1 is the latest release of TypeScript for Visual Studio 2012, contains debugging fixes for v0.8.1. TypeScript is a language for application-scale JavaScript. TypeScript adds optional types, classes, and modules to JavaScript. TypeScript supports tools for large-scale JavaScript applications for any browser, for any host, on any OS. TypeScript compiles to clean, readable, standards-based JavaScript.… Continue reading
Free eBooks from Microsoft Press on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
Introducing Windows 8: An Overview for IT Professionals (Final Edition) You can download the eBook in: Introducing Windows 8- An Overview for IT Professionals – PDF ebook Introducing Windows 8-An Overview for IT Professionals – Mobi format for Kindle Introducing Windows 8-An Overview for IT Professionals – ePub format If you prefer a hard copy… Continue reading
Free HTML5 Certification and Training Offer from Microsoft–Prove your HTML5 Programming Skills for free
Microsoft few month back launched a free HTML5 Certification program for exam – 070-480 – Programming in HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. To prepare for this exam you have set of nice Training materials also available through http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com. Lets go through in detail How you can utilize this exam. When you pass Exam 70-480: Programming in… Continue reading