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  • Network Monitoring for Windows Phone Apps

    This blog post was authored by Rahul Bagaria, a program manager on the Windows Phone developer tools team. – Jonathan Consumers and businesses are increasingly becoming dependent on the continuous connection of smartphones to networks. However, there is a side effect that stems from such pervasive network connectivity, which is often termed as bill shock…

  • Inside the Newest Kinect for Windows SDK—Infrared Control

    The Kinect for Windows software development kit (SDK) October release was a pivotal update with a number of key improvements. One important update in this release is how control of infrared (IR) sensing capabilities has been enhanced to create a world of new possibilities for developers. IR sensing is a core feature of the Kinect…

  • Windows Phone 8 Jump Start Training is here

    Last week we 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) on Channel 9. Here’s…

  • Updating your Windows Phone Location code to use WinRT

    This blog post was authored by Daniel Estrada Alva, a software development engineer on the Windows Phone team. – Adam In this post I describe how you can optionally modify your Windows Phone 7 geolocation code to use the new Windows Runtime (WinRT) Geolocation APIs in Windows Phone 8. Modifying your code to use the…

  • Les fonctions de Windows Phone 7.8 dévoilées et confirmées !

    Si vous nous suivez régulièrement, vous savez sans doute que nous n’avions pour l’instant aucune information officielle de la part de Microsoft concernant la mise à jour Windows Phone 7.8 et ses nouvelles fonctionnalités (mis à part le nouvel écran d’accueil façon WP8). Microsoft n’a toujours rien communiqué, cependant, nous avons appris via WPCentral que…

  • Windows Phone Toolkit overview

    The Toolkit team is proud to announce the release of the Windows Phone 8 version of the Windows Phone Toolkit. Here’s what’s new: New toolkit download from CodePlex Installation exclusively through NuGet (deprecated .msi download file) Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8 toolkits in a single package New controls and features Bug fixesFor those…

  • Networking in Windows Phone 8

    A couple of weeks ago at //BUILD I did an overview of the API surface and features offered for networking in Windows Phone 8. Over the next few months, I’ll be writing drill-down posts focused on the individual sections I showed in the networking session. These posts will use the examples I used at //BUILD,…

  • Adapting your WebKit-optimized site for Internet Explorer 10

    Ensuring that your site works great on Windows Phone 8 is easier than ever, thanks to extensive HTML5 support in Internet Explorer 10. You might currently target WebKit on a site specifically optimized to support iOS or Android. Now, it’s very easy to adapt a WebKit-optimized site to also support IE10. This means you’ll have…

  • Unique Cancer Treatment Center alex’s place Uses Kinect for Windows to Help Put Kids at Ease

    A unique clinic for treating children with cancer and blood disorders, alex’s place is designed to be a warm, open, communal space. The center—which is located in Miami, Florida—helps put its patients at ease by engaging them with interactive screens that allow them to be transported into different environments—where they become a friendly teddy bear,…

  • jKinect : « kinectify the web »

    Comme dirait Steve Ballmer : “Kinect, Kinect, Kinect”. Si vous n’avez jamais entendu parler de Kinect, vous étiez surement dans une cave durant les 2 dernières années (je ne vous en veux pas, dans ce cas lisez Kinect: Tour d’horizon tout naturellement). En début d’année (février 2012), Kinect s’est invité officiellement sur les PC grâce…