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Windows 8 is set to become commercially available only sometime in fall, but Microsoft is already making sure that its platform will be able to provide users with new, appealing applications built in line with the new Metro interface. Thus, the company released as part of its Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows 8 a s... |
23 May 2012
09:33 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download the Microsoft Face SDK Beta, a new resource to provide mobile app developers with the possibility to come up with new, appealing software for Windows Phone devices. Coming straight from Microsoft Research, this tool will provide developers with the latest face detection tec... |
17 May 2012
08:53 GMT |
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Windows 8 is nearing its availability in a final flavor, and Microsoft is ensuring that developers have at hand all the necessary resources to get started with the building of applications for it. The latest of these is the Windows 8 Camp in a Box, Consumer Preview Edition pack, which includes a series of hands-on-... |
16 May 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Next month, Microsoft will hold two important conferences focused on software development, one in Orlando and the other in San Francisco, namely TechEd North America and Windows Phone Developer Summit.
This year marks the 20th annual TechEd conference for the North American continent, being the most important Micro... |
3 May 2012
10:59 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is gearing up for the release of a new major update for its Windows Phone platform, one that might get detailed as soon as next month, if the latest reports out there are to be believed. The behemoth will be holding a Windows Phone Developer Summit in San Francisco, CA on June... |
3 May 2012
03:02 GMT |
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One of the features that Windows 8 arrives with later this year will be access to Metro-style applications through an official portal, Windows Store. The storefront was made publicly accessible in a beta state when Windows 8 Consumer Preview arrived, and it is bound to get enhancements in the next release of the pl... |
20 April 2012
08:34 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson was actively involved with the development community to ensure that new, highly appealing applications are designed for its Android devices, and Sony appears set to step on this road as well. The company has just announced that it is offering a helping hand to all Android app developers out there, by ... |
19 April 2012
03:00 GMT |
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In February, Microsoft unveiled a new flavor of its Windows Phone operating system, one destined for lower-end devices, such as the highly affordable Nokia Lumia 610. The company had to make a series of modifications to the platform, to ensure that users would receive a consistent experience from the OS even on the... |
13 April 2012
14:41 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone Marketplace has been growing fast lately, but the approval process for new applications has become slow in the meantime, and the company is offering some info on the matter. Apparently, the explanation is simple. Both the increasing number of applications available in the Marketplace... |
13 April 2012
04:39 GMT |
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Google’s application portal for devices running under Android is now accepting and offering paid applications in more countries around the world. The Internet giant has just announced that application developers in additional markets can now submit their paid apps to the store, and that they can do so in thei... |
13 April 2012
02:17 GMT |
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In 2012, two percent of all application downloads on smartphones will go to Windows Phone, a recent report from ABI Research claims. The research firm expects for a total number of 36 billion applications to be downloaded on mobile devices this year. The company’s report also notes that up to 83 percent of ... |
9 April 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is preparing a software update of its BlackBerry PlayBook to eliminate the option to install unofficial applications on it. The next major platform release for the tablet PC, namely PlayBook OS 2.1, should prevent users from loading applications on the device, other th... |
9 April 2012
07:49 GMT |
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Windows Phone application developers have found themselves in a bit of a situation last month when trying to put the official developer tools from Microsoft on Windows 8 Consumer Preview. There have been issues with the two working together, and Microsoft announced that Windows 8 CP did not actually offer support f... |
6 April 2012
04:59 GMT |
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The world is moving towards even faster applications that can take advantage of the web, and Microsoft is determined to help drive performance in the area upwards.
This week, there will be meetings kicking off at the IETF with focus on how HTTP 2.0 can improve the Internet, and Microsoft plans on submitting its pr... |
26 March 2012
07:34 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone Marketplace is now accepting app submissions from Software developers in more markets around the world.
The company already announced plans to open the App Hub to devs in more countries, and is now officially allowing them to submit their software for approval to the storefront.
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24 March 2012
05:20 GMT |
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In an attempt to ensure that applications built for the Windows 8 platform can deliver a consistent experience regardless of the devices they have been loaded on, Microsoft decided to set the minimum supported resolution on the platform at 1024x768.
The Redmond-based software giant claims that it took this decisio... |
22 March 2012
15:41 GMT |
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This fall, the world will get a full taste of the next generation operating system from Microsoft, Windows 8, as well as of the applications designed specifically for it.
Over the past several months, the Redmond-based software giant has been providing developers with details on what they need to do to have applic... |
21 March 2012
17:51 GMT |
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Windows 8, the next generation operating system from Microsoft, will be able to deliver great new capabilities for both end-users and for companies.
The Redmond-based software giant has been long touting these capabilities of its new platform, and is now getting ready to offer some more info on the matter.
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20 March 2012
16:51 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone Marketplace, the app store that accompanies all handsets running under the company’s mobile operating system, is said to offer over 70,000 applications to its users at the moment.
Nothing has been officially confirmed on the matter for the time being, but websites monitoring th... |
19 March 2012
13:20 GMT |
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As part of the Bing Maps v7 Module CodePlex Project that kicked off in September last year, Microsoft has made available three new modules for application developers to take advantage of.
The company has been focused on providing application builders with the possibility to access useful modules that expand the fu... |
19 March 2012
09:43 GMT |
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Soon, the Windows Phone Marketplace will become available for users in 23 new markets around the world. To get ready for the launch, Microsoft will start accepting submissions for applications that target these new markets in the next two weeks. For developers, this would mean an expanded user base to tap onto. ... |
16 March 2012
03:25 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 10 won’t be the only browser available for Windows 8 devices. It won’t be exclusive neither to the desktop mode in the upcoming OS, nor to the Metro UI.
We already know that, when it comes to desktop, Microsoft will allow for legacy applications to run on x86-based Windows 8 machines.... |
12 March 2012
10:35 GMT |
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Windows Phone developers can now start building applications for lower-end devices that run under the newly launched Tango platform release.
The new OS flavor was made official at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where the first handsets to run under it went official (Nokia Lumia 610 and ZTE Orbit among the... |
8 March 2012
11:38 GMT |
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On February 29th, Microsoft announced the availability of Windows 8 Consumer Preview, none other than the beta release of its upcoming client. The company has already made the platform available for download and offered a variety of details on the OS, but it seems that it has even more of them to share. Along wit... |
8 March 2012
08:30 GMT |
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Along with the new Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Microsoft opened the Windows Store application portal for the public, providing users with the possibility to get a taste of Metro apps, and enabling developers to better understand what these would involve.
Today, the company announced the availability of the new Bin... |
7 March 2012
10:59 GMT |
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Following the launch of Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Microsoft announced the availability of a new online destination for developers interested in coming up with applications for the platform.
The official Windows 8 app developer blog is meant to keep developers up to date with the latest changes in the software bu... |
2 March 2012
04:40 GMT |
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End-users did not comprise the only market segment targeted with the release of the new Windows 8 Consumer Preview.
In fact, Microsoft also focused on coming up with enhancements for developers to take advantage of as well, so that they could build applications for the upcoming desktop client.
Application develo... |
1 March 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Today, the cheapest handset to run under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system went official, namely the Nokia Lumia 610. The device packs lower hardware than other Windows Phone smartphones, courtesy of a series of changes that Microsoft brought to the platform. Along with other low-end devices to ru... |
27 February 2012
04:53 GMT |
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On Thursday, Microsoft unveiled plans to make the beta flavor of its code-named “Visual Studio 11” available for download on February 29th, and also announced a series of details on the product. When released, Visual Studio 11 will offer an integrated solution for both individuals and development teams... |
24 February 2012
07:43 GMT |
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Each mobile application has its own story to tell. Things get even more interesting when the story is about great software or when it can be used to exemplify the application development process for any other app.
This is the case of the official Office Blogs app for Windows Phone, which is available for download ... |
23 February 2012
08:14 GMT |
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When made available for the public later this month, Windows 8 Consumer Preview will offer access to the Windows Store that will accompany the next-generation platform from Microsoft.
App developers have already been provided with the necessary tools to start building applications for the Windows 8 platform, and w... |
14 February 2012
14:51 GMT |
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Windows 8 is just around the corner, and application developers are gearing up for making their software available for the platform’s early adopters.
When launched, Windows 8 will bring along support for applications designed specifically for its Metro UI, which will all be available for purchase via the Win... |
13 February 2012
14:31 GMT |
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One of the main focuses Microsoft has announced for the next flavor of its desktop client, Windows 8, is the availability of a consistent experience across all devices.
That also includes the development of applications for Windows on ARM, which is now to be the same as when it comes to building apps for x86 archit... |
10 February 2012
08:49 GMT |
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Next week RIM will hold a new developers conference as part of its DevCon series, namely BlackBerry DevCon Europe 2012. The event is planned to take off on February 7 in Amsterdam and will run for two days.
The company saw great interest in the event, and announced that BlackBerry DevCon Europe had sold out.
At ... |
30 January 2012
15:01 GMT |
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With Android 3.0 Honeycomb, came along the lack of a menu button on devices. In Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, no hardware button means that developers need not map it in their applications anymore.
Before Honeycomb, the button was used for applications to deliver various options that were relevant to the user, u... |
27 January 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Windows 8 was meant to be used on mobile devices too, which means that support for sensors will also be included in it.
In fact, it appears that Microsoft has been keen on packing the functionality inside its upcoming platform, and that this was a focus from day one. Now, the company has provided some more info on... |
25 January 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Following the unveiling of the Beta for the Bing Maps WPF control in August last year, Microsoft has made available for download the official release of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Control 1.0. The software developer tools that Microsoft has just published on its website are meant to enable the building of... |
13 January 2012
10:17 GMT |
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Google’s Android Market, the official software portal for devices running under the company’s mobile operating system, has managed to double in about nine months, recent reports suggest.
The application storefront is said to have just passed the 400,000 applications mark, after reaching 200,000 applicat... |
4 January 2012
17:11 GMT |
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When announcing the release of Galaxy Note back in September, South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung unveiled a new technology for the device, materialized in the availability of a digital pen for the smartphone, called S Pen. The pen was meant to offer additional features to users interested in getting more from t... |
19 December 2011
19:31 GMT |
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Google has just made available for download a new flavor of its Android operating system, namely Android 4.0.3, which is currently rolling out on Nexus S smartphones around the world, and also made available a new set of tools for developers to take advantage of. The new Android 4.0.3 is an incremental update for th... |
17 December 2011
10:21 GMT |
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Following the revamp of its Windows Azure website, Microsoft has made available for download a new set of tools for developers interested in getting started with the building of applications for the platform.
The company made available for download an updated Windows Azure Training Kit, which packs comprehensive c... |
13 December 2011
15:41 GMT |
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On Monday, Microsoft announced a series of changes to its Windows Azure site, all aimed at making the navigation experience better than before, and at providing additional features for developers. At the same time, the Redmond-based company announced plans to kick off new training sessions for application developer... |
13 December 2011
04:19 GMT |
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Only a few weeks ago, Microsoft announced a major SkyDrive revamp, with new features and improvements for users to take advantage of, and it seems that the company has something in store for application developers as well.
The company has announced a new set of APIs available for those application builders who wou... |
12 December 2011
02:44 GMT |
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In addition to offering a glimpse at the upcoming Windows Store for Windows 8, Microsoft also provided an overview of the business models it aimed at adopting for the portal, so that developers could make a better idea of what there are getting into.
Up until now, things seem to be shaping up good for developers, ... |
7 December 2011
11:31 GMT |
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In preparation for Windows Store’s availability in Windows 8 Beta in February, Microsoft also kicked off a First Apps contest for developers interested in coming up with Metro-style applications.
Not only does Microsoft offer developers the possibility to reach a large user base with their applications, but ... |
7 December 2011
09:51 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download a new flavor of its Live SDK development tools, now up to version 5.0.
The new flavor of the Live SDK will provide developers with the possibility to come up with applications that would take advantage of its Windows Live services.
The software development kit is availab... |
6 December 2011
07:51 GMT |
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The Windows Phone Marketplace is expanding fast, especially now that Microsoft and Nokia are luring developers into joining the Windows Phone troops, and new documentation for those interested in venturing on this road is now available.
We're referring here to the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit In Depth... |
22 November 2011
16:51 GMT |
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Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system might be losing ground on the market out there, but the platform it gaining more and more applications each day, with over 40,000 of them already available for download, unofficially.
The number comes from a third-party website, which is monitoring the Marketplace ac... |
17 November 2011
11:01 GMT |
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Yesterday, Adobe announced plans to put an end to the development of Flash Player for mobile devices, which was seen as a blow to many, but it seems that Flash developers who build apps targeting RIM's devices have nothing to fear of, at least for the time being.
Research In Motion remains committed to the pl... |
10 November 2011
14:41 GMT |
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Nokia is set to send out a number of 25,000 Nokia Lumia 800 smartphones to developers, so as to ramp up the building of applications for the Windows Phone Mango operating system, the company has just confirmed.
The info comes from Marco Argenti, senior vice president of Developer and Marketplace at Nokia, who conf... |
27 October 2011
08:48 GMT |
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