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DiscountASP.NET, a hosting solutions provider for Microsoft developers, announces the launch of standalone fully-managed Team Foundation Server Build solutions in their USA-based data center. The standalone TFS Build service provides a hosted solution for businesses that may run their TFS repositories on-premises but lack IT resources to manage and customize their TFS Build environments. The […]

AssureSign, now compatible with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013, the newest CRM release from Microsoft, has been announced today. AssureSign provides a unique, best of breed solution to market with the integration of industry-leading electronic signatures into the industry leading CRM application. This integrated solution enhances business processes by increasing revenue and improving profitability while cutting […]

Microsoft has announced that the Xbox One will rely on DirectX 11-class API. We also know that Sony’s PS4 will feature its own interface. Microsoft stated today that the Xbox One graphics API is “Direct3D 11.x” and the Xbox One hardware will provide a new superset of Direct3D 11.2 functionality. However currently, the graphics APIs […]

by Jennifer Marsman My teammate Hanu and I presented a session at Build 2013 (all recordings from the conference are here) that introduces Windows 8 development to Android developers.  Here is the official abstract: This session will help developers leverage their existing Android concepts to build Windows Store apps. We will show the Windows 8 […]

While it is not typical for Microsoft to release a major version release of their flag ship development suite just one year after their previous version, Visual Studio 2013 is the exception to the rule. But this plays into Microsoft’s commitment earlier this year to quicker release cycles. And Visual Studio 2013 has the ability […]

Now .NET developers can get all of the accuracy and power of the GeoCalc toolkit in a fully managed .NET control. Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation, visualization and conversion solutions are used worldwide by thousands of GIS analysts at software, oil and gas, mining, civil engineering, surveying, and technology companies, as well as governmental and […]

DBmaestro (www.DBmaestro.com), the pioneer and leading provider of DevOps for Database solutions, has announced the release of DBmaestro Teamwork V 3.7 with Oracle SQL Developer Extension. V 3.7’s new features allow developers and DBAs to manage changes and view the history of changes within the same Oracle IDE they use to modify and develop the […]

I’ve written a lot of apps (and have used a lot of apps) so one thing I’m always on the lookout for is what is working when it comes to top apps – getting users, feedback, and ultimately monetizing your apps.  The market is always changing and the trends are different in different app categories, […]

Microsoft continues to back their support for open-source technologies with Microsoft Open Technologies latest announcement of their new Kinect Common Bridge. Designed to enable Windows App developers with the ability to integrate Kinect scenarios into the development of their apps and leverage this new and growing technology. With Kinect Common Bridge developer can, for example, […]

Microsoft hardly promoted the release of these new RD apps, unless you consider buring the release information in a non-related enterprise cloud based solution, a big promotion. As we’ve learned more about it, Microsoft purchased some help in releasing their new iOS and Android Remote Desktop apps, along with a new Mac OS X program […]

The optimized version 6 of the disk space management software TreeSize for Windows comes with big improvements: Scans – e.g. for occupied disk space, single files, or duplicate data – run up to five times faster. The Treves-based company JAM Software has greatly improved their most successful software in the latest release. JAM Software’s products […]

Microsoft WCF Services 5.6.0 is available now for download, now including Support for Entity Framework packaged in NuGet and ready for your consumption. Microsoft states that in order to create a new OData service with Entity Framework 6 you begin by making use of an ASP.NET Empty Web Application, create an App_Data folder, install the […]