Microsoft Research has released BETA of Kinect SDK for Windows a while ago. Which provides a set of drivers and managed API’s for develop applications that will utilize the Kinect for motion sensing technologies or applications. Download the 32-bit or 64-bit version of the Kinect for Windows SDK at http://research.microsoft.com/kinectsdk MSDN Channel 9 have a… Continue reading
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Apple Push Notifications Service API & C#
To start with Apple Push notifications I would have to first explain what is Push Notifications? In normal mobiles Push services are often based on information preferences expressed in advance. This is called a publish/subscribe model. A client might "subscribe" to various information "channels". Whenever new content is available on one of those channels, the… Continue reading
Sending Apple iOS Push notifications using C#
I was in a search for finding solution in C# or .NET which would allow me to send iOS Push notifications from C#. Ideally this needs to be a service/scheduler that will send push notifications periodically. Since iOS is a closed platform, I was wondering whether we can create anything like that using .NET. My… Continue reading
Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2 : installation steps
Came across a nice blog by Dhanunjay Kumar (MVP) to guide you through nice installation steps for Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2 Please read through blog, it is really informative. Thanks Dhanunjay for such a nice article..
Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta2 (a.k.a Windows Phone 7.1 Developer Tools–beta 2) is released
Microsoft has released(06/28/2011) BETA2 of their new Windows Phone 7.1 Developer Tools. The new Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta2 (renamed from WPDT – Windows Phone Developer Tools) can be used to develop Applications for both 7.0 and 7.1 version of Windows Phone OS releases. The Windows Phone SDK includes the following Windows Phone SDK 7.1… Continue reading
Web Standards Update – HTML5 Support for the Visual Studio 2010 Editor
Web Platform and Tools team announced the Visual Studio Web Standards Update. This adds better support for HTML5, CSS3 and new JavaScript features to ALL versions of Visual Studio. HTML5 moves fast, and this update will aim to keep up with it. It adds support to Visual Studio and the editor for HTML5, CSS3 and… Continue reading
Microsoft Kinect Developer Kit: available for download
Kinect is a 3D Motion controller for XBOX produced by Microsoft. Kinect SDK enables developers to utilize the Kinect in various environments. Like you can operate your PC with Kinect through motions only. Cool isn’t it. You could see huge possibilities we can do with Kinect. The Kinect SDK is officially available for download… Continue reading
Debugger Canvas for Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate
If you have been through Microsoft DevLabs, you will find lots of cool tools or feature extensions under development and you can download and try at the very early stages of it’s development. One tool I came across today is “Debugger Canvas“. Debugger Canvas: Debugger Canvas is a new user experience for the debugger in… Continue reading
Extensions in Visual Studio 2010
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 comes with a nice feature that will allow us to download Productivity extension plugins from Visual Studio Gallery. Visual Studio gallery consist of tools/Project Templates/Controls (Productivity Extensions) that will enhance our application development capability. You can directly browse and install necessary extensions through “Visual Studio Extension Manager” located right under “Tools”… Continue reading
New MSDN Download Center Makeover
Microsoft Download Center (MSDN Download Center) has come through a new makeover recently flaunting the look and feel similar to METRO UI from Windows Phone 7. Recently after the announcement of Windows 8, microsoft opened up the jar of Windows 8 magic’s people came to know that Windows 8 is going to have a METRO… Continue reading