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  • 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…

  • My first week with iPhone 5: what I miss from Windows Phone 7

    For my first iPhone, the iPhone 5 is a pretty nice way to ease into the mobile platform that started it all. Putting aside the overblown Maps controversy, the hardware issues and my own gripes about battery life, the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 are both very refined and polished products that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed…

  • 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…

  • Mon projet est-il Agile ?

    Que la réponse soit « Bien-sûr ! »  ou « Honnêtement, je n’en sais rien. », se la poser est un excellent exercice ! Une équipe qui a choisi l’Agile a toujours la possibilité d’apprendre et de s’améliorer quel que soit son niveau de maturité. Comprendre comment un bug a pu perdurer jusqu’à la démonstration client, réussir ses rétrospectives d’itération…

  • 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…

  • L’évolution des architectures décisionnelles avec Big Data

    Big data, l’envers du décor Nous vivons une époque formidable. En revenant un peu sur l’histoire de l’informatique, on apprend que les capacités que cela soit de RAM, disque ou CPU sont de grands sponsors de la loi de Moore au sens commun du terme (« quelque chose » qui double tous les dix-huit mois). Ces efforts…

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