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Introducing Windows 8 for Android Developers - Part 1

Introduction This two-part series (Part 1 & Part 2) is aimed at the Android developers who are looking for opportunities to build Windows...

0 replies - 314 views - 05/20/13 by Hanu Kommalapati in Articles

Android to Windows 8: Working with a SQL Database

Learn how to write code in Windows Store apps for Windows 8 that works with structured data in SQLite—apopular database that’s familiar to Android app...

0 replies - 397 views - 05/18/13 by Adam Grocholski in Articles

Android to Windows 8: Working with Files

Learn how to write code in Windows Store apps for Windows 8 to save files, like photos or documents. You can store these files in app-specific file locations...

0 replies - 450 views - 05/15/13 by Adam Grocholski in Articles

Android to Windows 8: Working with Key Value Pairs

Users often want to save the highest level that they reached in a game and then continue playing at that level when they return to their game. Or they want to...

0 replies - 1135 views - 05/10/13 by Adam Grocholski in Articles

Say What? Incorporating Windows Phone 8 Speech Recognition into Your Apps

I have a new in-depth article published online in Visual Studio Magazine today called, “Say What? Incorporating Windows Phone 8 Speech Recognition into Your...

0 replies - 605 views - 05/08/13 by Michael Crump in Articles

A Fluent Approach to Windows Store Tiles

Windows Store apps have a variety of tricks up their sleeve for engaging the user even when they are not running. Tiles are a perfect example because they...

0 replies - 521 views - 05/08/13 by Jeremy Likness in Articles

A 4-Part Virtualization Experts Series

I’ve been out on the road delivering events and writing my first Windows 8 app, so today I am catching up on the blog series underway with our...

0 replies - 796 views - 03/27/13 by Tommy Patterson in Articles

The UTF-8 file encoding test detected the following errors in Windows App Cert Kit

If you are getting this error message when running the Windows App Certification Kit you most likely are using a JavaScript file from the Web that has been...

0 replies - 1183 views - 03/03/13 by David Isbitski in Articles

Using Azure to Build Back-End Services for Win8 Apps

Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 1) Using Windows Azure to Build Back-End Services for Windows 8 AppsAbstract: Peter Laudati and Brian Hitney welcome fellow...

0 replies - 896 views - 02/08/13 by Brian Hitney in Articles

Splash Screens in Windows 8

Introduction You may have noticed that after creating a new Windows Phone 8 application that the SplashScreenImage.jpg does not exist in the project as it...

0 replies - 2815 views - 01/09/13 by Michael Crump in Articles

Using IndexedDB in your Windows 8 Game

As I was pulling together my previous post on notifications in an HTML 5 game on Windows 8, I couldn’t help but think there must be a better way to handle...

0 replies - 550 views - 01/05/13 by Jim O' Neil in Articles

Windows Runtime–What’s Supported Where?

As I’m sure you've heard, Windows Phone 8 and Windows Store (nee Metro) applications share a common core operating system, and that’s great news for...

0 replies - 1845 views - 01/03/13 by Jim O' Neil in Articles

A Windows Kernel Dev Discusses Windows 8

In this 40-minute video, Greg Columbo discusses some underlying changes to Windows 8 and the impacts these have on performance and security.  The specific...

0 replies - 2895 views - 12/24/12 by Eric Genesky in Articles

Back-end Data Services for Windows 8 Apps: Azure Mobile Services

If you've been following along with this series so far, you know we've come along way, from my overview of the series, which described the target scenario of...

0 replies - 1876 views - 12/18/12 by G. Andrew Duthie in Articles

WNS Badge, Toast and Tile Reference

 Using WNS as part of your Windows 8 Store app? Digging into Windows Azure Mobile Services?  The Windows Notification Service is a key part of the...

0 replies - 2321 views - 12/14/12 by Chris Koenig in Articles