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TechDays 2012 Developer Content Update
We’re almost ready to confirm 100% of the developer agenda for TechDays 2012, February 14th to 16th...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 12/20/2011
JIT for Christmas, Lumia 800 for WP7 project call participants
Some folks are getting an extra Christmas present this year Read further what my colleague...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 12/16/2011
Quick tip: SkyDrive APIs for Docs and Photos, Hotmail calendars and more
Last week the Windows Live team announced the availability of the SkyDrive APIs for Docs and Photos,...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 12/15/2011
New Windows Azure Site and Features Available (cross-posting)
Cross posting from my colleague Bart Vande Ghinste’s blog. Yesterday Microsoft released the new...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 12/14/2011
TechDays 2012: 80% of agenda online and 1 more week to benefit from 15% discount
Just 1 more week to benefit from a 15% discount on your ticket for TechDays 2012: the Early Bird...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 12/13/2011
Xbox Companion App release for Windows Phone 7 (cross-posting)
Have you seen the Productivity Future Vision video released a few weeks ago? May you think a lot of...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 12/07/2011
Early Bird Pricing for TechDays 2012 Extended to December 20. Register now!
We have good news: the Early Bird pricing for TechDays 2012 tickets will be extended to December 20....
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/29/2011
StudentAppVenture, the Windows Phone 7 Developer Contest for Students : develop, submit and win
My colleagues are launching a very interesting Windows Phone 7 developer contest for students in...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/17/2011
Updated Windows Azure SDK & Windows Azure HPC Scheduler SDK Available
Leveraging an announcement from the Windows Azure team with news on Windows Azure SDK (Tools for...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/15/2011
Announcing first ISV Cafe event: join and get your free copy of Forza Motorsport 4
It looks like my colleagues are a fan of some gaming. Join them for the first ISV Café and spend an...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/09/2011
Windows Azure Platform Training Kit – October 2011 Update now available
The October release of the Windows Azure Platform Training Kit (WAPTK) is now available as a free...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/07/2011
Quick tip: Expression Encoder SP2 released
The Expression team has announced Service Pack 2 for Expression Encoder 4. With this Service pack...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/04/2011
Web Camps Belgium: Hands-on HTML5 and Web Apps announced
Web Camps are back! This time you can register for any of the four confirmed one-day events to learn...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/02/2011
Register now for TechDays 2012 and benefit from 15% Early Bird discount
Starting today (November 2, 2011) registrations for the Belgian TechDays 2012 are OPEN! About...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 11/02/2011
Microsoft Webcafe on November 23rd in Leuven–register and join us!
The next Microsoft Webcafe is taking place at the M-Museum in Leuven, on November 23rd. Join us for...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/24/2011
Marketer of the year nomination at MS Belux: NUI and how Kinect brings high-tech magic to consumers (vote for us!)
My colleague David Merzel, has been nominated as the Marketer of the Year 2011. This is a...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/19/2011
Save the Date: TechDays Belgium returns on 14-15-16 February 2012!
TechDays Belgium returns on 14-15-16 February 2012! Since we’re celebrating our 10th anniversary it...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/17/2011
Upcoming MSDN Webcasts on Windows Phone 7.5, Windows Azure, Orchard and VS Team Build
Register now for the following MSDN Webcasts scheduled in October and November 2011 for Belgium,...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/10/2011
WebMatrix 2.0 Beta: download, play, publish
WebMatrix is a free web tool from Microsoft. In one sentence: it’s an all-in-one tool you can use to...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 10/03/2011
New Windows Phone 7.5 is here: developer update and training events announced
Mango is here! Yesterday Microsoft released Windows Phone 7.5 to the public. As a developer, get...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 09/29/2011
New Windows Azure SDK 1.5 and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
A new release of the Windows Azure SDK 1.5 and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010,...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 09/25/2011
Upcoming MSDN Webcasts on SharePoint 2010 and Windows Phone ‘Mango’
Register now for the following MSDN Webcasts: 27 SEP 2011 Overview of SharePoint 2010 as a Business...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 09/20/2011
On the road to BUILD – A day of California dreaming
We have arrived in California to attend the BUILD windows conference starting Tuesday. From the...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 09/11/2011
PhoneGap mobile HTML5 framework adding support for Windows Phone Mango
Yesterday, the Windows Phone Developer blog, together with Nitobi, announced the availability of a...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 09/09/2011
Windows Azure Toolkits for Windows Phone 7, iOS and Android: new releases
Last week, Microsoft released the Windows Azure Toolkit for Android while at the same time...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 09/07/2011
Quick tip: (free) JScript Editor Extensions for Visual Studio
As more and more sites and web applications take advantage of JavaScript, it’s always nice to have...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 09/04/2011
Available: Windows Phone SDK 7.1 RC with ‘Go Live’ license for publishing apps on Windows Phone Marketplace
Windows Phone SDK 7.1 RC is now live on the Download Center and the Marketplace is able to ingest...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 08/23/2011
Windows Phone SDK 7.1 RC available now with ‘Go Live’ license for publishing apps on Windows Phone Marketplace
Windows Phone SDK 7.1 RC is now live on the Download Center and the Marketplace is able to ingest...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 08/23/2011
Quick tip (link): Virtual images for testing different Internet Explorer versions
This question comes up a lot: web devs need a solution for testing websites on different versions of...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 08/18/2011
Dive into the summer with MSDN: The Windows Azure Platform
We kicked off the MSDN Summer beginning of July 2011 where we invited you to dive into the Windows...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 08/17/2011
Dive into the summer with MSDN: HTML5
We kicked off the MSDN Summer early July where we invited you to dive into the Windows Phone 7...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 08/04/2011
10K Apart: The Responsive Edition Contest open for participation
Our colleagues from the MIX Online team in collaboration with An Event Apart just launched the...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 08/03/2011
HTML5 and IE workshop by the water, powered by Microsoft Webcafe – 25th August 2011 in Brussels
“An afternoon hands-on pre event on HTML5 Canvas and Internet Explorer 9” On August 25 we are...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 08/03/2011
Windows Phone SDK 7.1 “Beta 2 Refresh” Released - update your phone and tools
Yesterday, the Windows Phone team released a refresh of the Windows Phone SDK 7.1 to registered...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 07/28/2011
Register for the first networking event at Brussels’ Microsoft Innovation Center
Passing on an announcement from my colleagues of the MIC Brussels. After a successful MIC in Mons...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 07/22/2011
Windows Phone 7.1 (Mango) SDK Beta 2 and device upgrade for registered developers
Last week, the Windows Phone Developer team announced the availability of Windows Phone OS 7.1...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 07/04/2011
Two quick tests in IE10 PP2 with innerHTML
Today, I was reading the official post on the Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 2 and Dean...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 06/30/2011
Web developers: try out new IE10 Platform Preview 2 with Drag & Drop, File Reader API, Web Workers, CSS3 Floats and more
After a first Platform Preview in April, the IE team has now released Platform Preview 2 for...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 06/30/2011
Quick tip (link): Mobile Test Drive site
You probably know Internet Explorer Test Drive, where you can find several developer demos on the...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 06/27/2011
Last call to register for free Next Generation UX event on June 28 in Brussels
On June 28 we’re organizing an event around Next Generation User Experiences in Brussels Business...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 06/22/2011
BUILD: Use what you know. Do what you’ve always imagined!
//BUILD windows / September 13 to 16 2011 / Anaheim, California / And all around the world BUILD is...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 06/20/2011
Write HTML5 and CSS3 with Visual Studio 2010 – download the free Standards Update today
Some folks at Microsoft are just great. Take Mads Kristensen and some folks in his team: last week...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 06/20/2011
Kinect SDK Launched: get moving
Yesterday, Microsoft released the Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) that allows...
Author: Katrien DG Date: 06/17/2011
Links from my Demo Day session: HTML5 and the future of the web
In this post I would like to share the main resources and links of my Demo Day session on June 1st....
Author: Katrien DG Date: 06/06/2011