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Category: Microsoft

  • Meet Windows Phone 8

    A few years back, a group of designers and engineers here looked at the smartphones people were carrying and saw an opportunity for something better. Phones had become centered on icons and technology, and we believed they should be centered on people. So we set out to build a phone for each of us, rather…

  • How to watch our Windows Phone 8 event

    Curious what’s going to happen Monday at our press event in San Francisco? Tune into the webcast and find out. You can watch the live stream, which is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. Pacific, on either the Microsoft News Center or our Facebook page, where you can also see what people are tweeting about…

  • Getting websites ready for Internet Explorer 10 on Windows Phone 8

    As we announced in June, Windows Phone 8 will ship with Internet Explorer 10 – the same advanced web browsing engine that powers Windows 8. We’ll have much more to say about Internet Explorer 10 soon. The goal of today’s post is to help developers start getting their sites ready for Internet Explorer 10. What’s…

  • Tips for using ads in your Windows Phone apps

    Windows Phone developers have three basic ways to make money from their apps: paid app sales, mobile advertising, and in-app purchases (coming in Windows Phone 8). Last month I wrote about my approach to paid apps, and how to take advantage of the Windows Phone Dev Center’s new country-by-country pricing and analysis features. Today I’ll…

  • Inside the Kinect for Windows SDK Update with Peter Zatloukal and Bob Heddle

    Now that the updated Kinect for Windows SDK  is available for download, Engineering Manager Peter Zatloukal and Group Program Manager Bob Heddle sat down to discuss what this significant update means to developers.  Bob Heddle demonstrates the new infrared functionality in the Kinect for Windows SDK. Why should developers care about this update to the…

  • Kinect for Windows releases SDK update and launches in China

    I’m very pleased to announce that the latest Kinect for Windows runtime and software development kit (SDK) have been released today. I am also thrilled to announce that the Kinect for Windows sensor is now available in China. Developers and business leaders around the world are just beginning to realize what’s possible when the natural…

  • Future proofing your apps

    How do you ensure that an app built for an earlier release of Windows Phone continues to work great on Windows Phone 8? Whether you participate in the SDK preview program Todd Brix talked about today or not, here are some tips for future proofing your apps and readying them for the next release of…

  • Announcing the Nokia Lumia 820 and 920

    These are exciting times for Windows Phone. In June we showed the first glimpses of Windows Phone 8, our most ambitious release ever. Then Samsung last week unveiled its first Windows Phone 8 device, the sleek ATIV S. Today, everyone here was glued to their screens watching Nokia show off its two gorgeous next-generation Lumias…

  • Nissan Pathfinder Virtual Showroom is Latest Auto Industry Tool Powered by Kinect for Windows

    (Please visit the site to view this video) Automotive companies Audi, Ford, and Nissan are adopting Kinect for Windows as a the newest way to put a potential driver into a vehicle. Most car buyers want to get “hands on” with a car before they are ready to buy, so automobile manufacturers have invested in…

  • Connaitre son taux de transformation version d’essai/version payante

    Comme vous le savez sûrement, le app hub Windows Phone Developper Center a été mis à jour il y a quelques jours. En plus d’une ergonomie et une rapidement revu à la hausse, pas mal de nouvelles fonctionnalités ont été discrètement ajoutées. Parmi celle-ci, je retiendrais une nouveauté qui est plutôt intéressante lorsque vous souhaitez…