InfoGraphic|Dec 1, 2014

Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Roadmap

In a recent blog post, Microsoft’s Mohamed Yamama has released an updated infographic showing resources for learning, porting, designing, building, testing, publishing, and monetizing your Windows Phone 8.1 Apps.
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Developer Lifestyle|Nov 25, 2014

Wanna Build a Snowman? Let Anna and Elsa Teach Your Kids to Code

Disney and Code.org have teamed up to create a special “Hour of Code” tutorial based on Disney’s hit movie “Frozen”! Your kids can learn the basics or programming like loops, branches, and functions in this interactive tutorial while helping Frozen’s Elsa and Anna build beautiful snowflakes.  The tutorial uses visual representations of code structures and…
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Video|Nov 24, 2014

5 Questions with Naomi Moneypenny

At the recent DevIntersection conference we got a chance to sit down with speaker Naomi Moneypenny to discuss machine learning and how it can be used to create better connections.   Naomi Moneypenny is CTO at Synxi (a ManyWorlds brand) where she leads the development team for the adaptive recommendations & learning engine for SharePoint…
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how-to|Nov 20, 2014

A Quick View Into Apple WatchKit

Get a tour of the basics of Apple Watch development! Apple released their much awaited Apple Watch SDK called WatchKit this week.  Through the WatchKit we start to get an idea of just what the Apple Watch is capable of and also what it’s not.  Here are some of the things to know to help get…
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Humor|Nov 18, 2014

Frankie and Benjy’s View on Facebook

Perhaps you don’t remember the pan-dimensional beings who built Deep Thought and experimented on humans via a series of cunningly complex mazes, but they remember you.  And Facebook makes them sad!
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news|Nov 14, 2014

New Amazon Web Services Announced

Microsoft isn’t the only cloud vendor announcing new products this week.  Amazon’s annual re:Invent conference has been taking place in scenic Las Vegas and they too have rolled out a number of new cloud features to the masses.  Here’s a brief overview of what’s been announced so far. Security and Compliance Services AWS Key Management…
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News|Nov 13, 2014

Sneak Peek into DevOps in Visual Studio 2015

There were so many announcements at yesterday’s Connect() virtual conference that several great new features may have gotten lost in the flood of demos. While DevOps and Visual Studio Online played a big part in the demos, there’s a lot more under the covers that are going to make developing with Visual Studio and TFS…
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news|Nov 12, 2014

.NET Framework goes Open Source and Cross Platform

Microsoft is holding a virtual conference today called Connect() and it’s keynote is chock full of new announcements.  Chief among many is that Microsoft is going to make the entire .NET core stack open source with its next release as well as offering server side .NET implementations for Linux and OSX.  They are also furthering…
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How To|Nov 6, 2014

Dual Boot Windows 10 Technical Preview from a VHD

So, you want to take the new Windows 10 operating system for a test drive but don’t want to risk your productivity to a pre-beta release?  Sure you could install it on a spare PC if you happen to have one of those sitting around.  If not, then dual boot is probably the option you…
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survey|Nov 5, 2014

Is Microsoft Abandoning Windows Phone?

Last week Microsoft released a new wearable fitness device rather blandly named “The Microsoft Band“.  Surprisingly enough it’s getting good reviews as both a fitness device and a wearable smartphone extension.  But under the covers of the sudden success is a more troubling question for Windows mobile developers.  Following in the footsteps of the Office mobile…
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wintellectnow|Nov 4, 2014

Sneak a Peak at the New Features in Visual Studio 14

Learn about what’s new in Visual Studio with this excerpt from Kathleen Dollard’s course “What’s New in C# 6.0, Visual Basic .NET 14, and Visual Studio 14“ Proper-case menus, touch capabilities, extract-method refactoring, code peeks, PerfTips, and more make Visual Studio 14 the most featured-filled version of Visual Studio ever. See them in action and…
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