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Data Explorer brings Big Data connectivity to Excel 2013

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 02/28/2013

What My Peers Are Saying: Martin Tirion / General Test of a Windows App

Is your app done? Is it complete? Didn’t forget anything? Or testing an app someone else...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 02/28/2013

Windows Phone Quickies

Quickstart: Adding controls and handling events for Windows Phone You can use controls such as...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 02/27/2013

App Config Data and Windows Store Apps

In traditional .NET applications developers rely on App.config and Web.config (client and server...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 02/25/2013

App Ideas for Local Impact

Some developers tell me I want to write an app but I cant think of anything to build. Well Hacker...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 02/25/2013

WINDOWS 8 RESOURCES FOR CARY/NC OPEN DATA DAY

IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING OR INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING A WINDOWS STORE APP(S) PLEASE EMAIL ME...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 02/23/2013

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Author: Joelcitizen Date: 02/21/2013

A Call to ALL iOS Developers!!!

UPDATE!!! You can access a collection of online Virtual Labs right from your Mac by visiting...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 02/20/2013

Microsoft Office Hours | Charlotte, NC

Join me this Thursday from 3:00PM to 5:00PM to discuss developers impact in our local community via...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 02/19/2013

So your WP App needs to send email programmatically ah?

Well here is a solution SendGrid + Azure! This article is very good explain how this scenario works....

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 02/13/2013

APPSolutely Practical End-to-End Windows Store Apps

What is it? Not long ago Microsoft Patterns and Practices released this excellent prescription...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 02/12/2013

monthly sweepstakes with AWESOME prizes

EVERY MONTH JAN THRU JUNE 2013 YOU CAN WIN CASH!!!! LEARN ALL ABOUT IT AT https://AKA.MS/ULTIMAX...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 02/11/2013

Windows Azure News

Windows Azure SQL Reporting prices have been reduced by 82%! The price change was effective from...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 02/06/2013

Design differences between iOS and Windows 8

Learn about the design differences between iOS apps and Windows Store apps, from the perspective of...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 02/04/2013

Push Notification for BOTH W8 + WP8 with Azure Mobile Services

You may already have an application for Windows Phone 7/8 that uses Push Notification and now you...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 01/24/2013

Bringing 5D to Life at NRF

RE-IMAGINE EVERYTHING! Free Trial Azure Download Visual Studio Express 2012 Download Developer...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 01/15/2013

The Open City Revolution Has Begun

In my role as a Technology Evangelist dedicated to Public Sector (State & Local Government (SLG)...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 01/14/2013

VIDEO: Windows Phone 8 -- Critical Developer Practices for Delivering Outstanding Apps

Stefan Wick is a Test Manager in Windows Phone working on our development platform, and has seen it...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 01/10/2013

MAPS, LOCATION, BACKGROUND EXEC ON WINDOWS PHONE 8

Some of the most compelling applications on the phone are those that leverage maps and location, and...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 01/03/2013

Five Ways to Ruin Your Next Mobile App Launch

This short article from BuildMobile.com outlines five ways developers can ruin their next mobile...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 01/03/2013

READY... SET... APPS!!!

First, in order to build a Windows 8 store app here’s what you will probably need: THE BASICS:...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 12/16/2012

Get the WINDOWS PHONE 8 JumpStart Content…

‎Please take a few minutes to view the recently-posted Windows Phone 8 JumpStart training content....

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 12/13/2012

WP8: low on battery? go “ease of access”

Windows Phone comes with a “battery saver” feature that can be a life saver when you are running low...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 12/10/2012

Windows Phone 8: Using the Speech API

Most people would agree that speech can be the ultimate input mechanism. Windows Phone demonstrated...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 12/05/2012

Patterns & Practices Symposium 2013

The patterns & practices Symposium 2013 is scheduled for January 15 – 17, on campus in...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 12/04/2012

Facebook Hosting Windows 8 Hackathon

SOLD OUT https://fbwindows8hack.eventbrite.com/# RE-IMAGINE EVERYTHING! Free Trial Azure...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 11/30/2012

A collection of ALL the Windows Phone 8 Videos from BUILD2012

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Author: Joelcitizen Date: 11/29/2012

FREE Visual Studio Productivity Power Tools

A set of extensions to Visual Studio Professional (and above) which improves developer productivity....

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 11/27/2012

Visual Studio 2012 Update 1

Click image to install or check Somasegar’s blog post to learn more about the Update. RE-IMAGINE...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 11/27/2012

Windows Phone API QuickStart

I am certain you’all will appreciate this nifty one-page view of the Windows Phone API ...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 11/26/2012

Windows 8 Journey: Defining App Resources

Application resources are an indispensable part of your app for many reasons some obvious some not...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 11/21/2012

Getting Apps Certified FAST

Following is a reference to a blog post that outlines guidance for avoiding delays in your app...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 11/20/2012

SLC Camp Denver, November 17-18, 2012

Join us at the University of Denver for an EdTech Codeathon. Learn about the Shared Learning...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 11/12/2012

TechBytes Online From Phone to Slate: Porting your Windows Phone app to Windows 8 Modern UI

Today’s citizens are more tech savvy than ever before and expect to have access to health and...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 11/08/2012

Windows 8 App’s URL

For Windows Phone you can search for the app online (on our Windows Phone Store) and get the URL. In...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 11/02/2012

VOTERHUB: The Power of Windows 8 and Open Government Data

Today we released Voterhub on the Windows Store. This application exemplifies how Windows 8 enables...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 11/02/2012

Windows 8 Journey: Creating a User Interface

You can have the most elegant app ever created, but if it's hard to use, you may lose your users....

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 11/02/2012

MSDN Highlight: Windows Phone 8 Lock Screen

With the arrival of the Windows Phone SDK 8 we now have a ton of new features to incorporate into...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 11/02/2012

Windows Phone Power Tool (Now for WP8)

This is definitely a must have in our arsenal of Windows Phone 7.5/8 tools… This tool allows you to...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 11/01/2012

22squared MOBILIZE Hackathon

22saquared in partnership with Microsoft and other entities is joining forces to benefit the local...

Author: Joelcitizen Date: 10/31/2012