As usual, Engadget has posted information about a Microsoft event, before it has happened, thanks to early access to press releases. There is a huge list of dev partners that Microsoft has gathered for Windows Phone 7 Series to boot with. It includes big names like EA Mobile, Foursquare, Seesmic and the likes. Based on XNA and Siverlight,...
As if a few leaked internal documents were not enough to convince most mobile developers out there, Charlie Kindel, the Microsoftee in whose hands lies the future of application development for Windows Phones, has confirmed that development for Windows Phone 7 Series will be done using .NET, Silverlight and XNA. This is good news from Microsoft...
There are always a bunch of leaks after Microsoft successfully demonstrates a new product which was previously kept under covers. We’ve seen this pattern with Windows 7, Office 2010, Project Natal and now with Windows Phone 7 Series. XDA-Developers have gotten their hands on a couple of confidential development documents for Windows Phone...
Microsoft OneApp is a new application that will allow feature phones ( phones which are not classified as smart phones ) to access web services and applications such as Windows Live Messenger, Twitter, Facebook and the likes. It is being launched by Microsoft Unlimited Potential program for developing countries where not everyone can buy an...
NBC has partnered again with NFL to stream the NFL Sunday Night Football games live through Silverlight with IIS Smooth streaming at 720p HD quality. Starting on 10th September, you’ll be able to see the HD broadcast stream which will include DVR and picture-in-picture functionality which will let you pause and rewind the game or even watch...
Microsoft has updated the Silverlight MSN Toolbar and it’s now available for download for Internet Explorer ( 6+ ) and Firefox 3. It’s a lot more flashy in terms of looks and animations than the previous version and provides a great experience to common MSN website and Windows Live Services. Some of the new features include great Bing...
If Twitter clients weren’t enough already, Facebook recently updated its API to allow developers to create client applications that would let you update your status or keep an eye on your stream. But which are most popular Facebook clients amongst them all? To answer that question, this edition of Apps for Windows is dedicated to Desktop...
You would expect Microsoft to push their own technology specially on their very own mobile platform that is Windows Mobile 6.5, but you are in for a nasty surprise if you had such hopes. As said by Loke Uei Tan, Senior Product Manager from the Windows Mobile Team, in the above panel Q&A video from TechEd 2009 uploaded by ArsTechnica:
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Microsoft shows off Facebook Open Stream API demos from Rafe Needleman on Vimeo.
Don’t say you didn’t see this one coming, after Microsoft bought shares of Facebook. Microsoft demoed 2 applications based on Facebook’s new Open Stream API that actually make happy that you’ll be able to avoid the mess of the web interface that Facebook...
If you’re a geek and cherish the good old days of games with 8 bit graphics and Mono sound in the early 90’s along with a hidden aspiration to become an IT professional, this game has been tailor made for you. Server Quest II helps you learn more about IT and the software involved ( an example being Vista in offices. really! )....
