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Xbox One developer has revealed how to unlock some of that functionality for the development functionality built into the Xbox One by simply going into the Settings and pressing left bumper, right bumper, left trigger, and right trigger will enable what folks have dubbed the “devkit mode.  However this alone does not actually turn the […]

Applies to: Windows Phone 8 | Windows Phone OS 7.1 This topic provides step-by-step instructions to help you create your first app for Windows Phone. You’re going to create a basic web browser. This simple app lets the user enter a URL, and then loads the web page when the user clicks the Go button. […]

Order.in has developed an important relationship with both Microsoft a and Delivery.com in an important effort to develop their new Windows Phone SDK designed to empower developers to create amazing apps that leverage the Order.in API which is currently in the portfolio of over 10,000 restaurants and growing as they specialize in building order and […]

Threshold, Microsoft working name of their next major release of the new operating system. Most likely given the name since the new OS is intended to cross the threshold of better integrating their three major platforms, ie: Windows for computers and tablets, Windows for Smart Phones and Windows for the gaming console, Xbox One, or […]

Vector Software, the world’s leading provider of innovative software solutions for testing safety and mission critical embedded applications, announced today that the VectorCAST test suite now supports Microsoft Visual Studio. With this integration, developers can now seamlessly test C and C++ applications built using Visual Studio compilers. Vector Software’s support for Visual Studio continues the […]

DevExpress is proud to announce the immediate availability of its Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 compatible software development toolset. Whether targeting WinForms, ASP.NET, WPF, Silverlight, or XAML, DevExpress technologies help enhance the developer experience by accelerating productivity via an integrated suite of developer-optimized technologies. Today, software users are demanding more from software engineers. The pressure to […]

Antoine Interview   The new and improved user experience We listened to our customers, and made the user experience simpler and more intuitive. Some changes we’ve made in Windows 8.1 include: Updated Microsoft design principles that help you create great looking apps with improved usability and additional flexibility. Apps that are more tightly integrated with […]

In this Microsoft DevRadio video, Jerry Nixon welcomes Program Manager Dan Zucker from the Windows Phone team as they discuss key points for why you should consider localizing your apps. Tune in as they share examples of how Windows Phone developers who localize their apps more than recover their costs frequently doubling app downloads as […]

Microsoft’s SP1 releases will include feature enhancements, improvements in compatibility with Windows 8.1 and performance improvements, according to Microsoft’s announcement. No other details were described, but Microsoft promised additional information near release time. Microsoft has consistently indicated that service packs for its customer premises-installed products are still part of its product release cycles. However, under […]

Exchange 2013 SP1 will arrive in early 2014, along with SP1s for other Office 2013-branded products. In a blog post Wednesday, Microsoft said SP1 for Exchange Server 2013 will permit Microsoft’s mail server to run on its latest server operating system, namely Windows Server 2012 R2. Some folks may be  surprised to find out that […]

Microsoft’s release of their NTVS brings a free, open source plug-in that turns Visual Studio into a Node.js integrated development environment (IDE) to the table for thousands of VS developers. This new alpha release of NTVS can be found on Microsoft’s open-source project web site, CodePlex. NTVS supports editing, Intellisense, profiling, and debugging locally and […]

Google’s new Chromecast device wants to make it ultra-simple to play Internet video on your TV, using a huge range of phones, tablets, and laptops as your controller and while it’s in Preview, the Chromcast does currently have some apps, such as HuluPlus, HBO Go, Netflix and a others with many new channel apps most […]