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Windows Phone 7 Series Developer Session 2 – Auri’s Journal
3/15/2010 2:48:48 PM, Auri Rahimzadeh
Presented by Charlie Kindel @ckindel Two dev approaches: Silverlight and XNA. If it's Silverlight 3, it will work. Some elements of Silverlight 4 are in there. Charlie says the version of .NET doesn't matter. WCF is there as a key feature. Photo ...
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Windows Phone Developers: Stay cool, at least until MIX
3/6/2010 5:25:16 AM, Auri Rahimzadeh
To all my Windows Phone Developer Friends - There's a lot of speculation, spin in the press, and [deserved] poor sentiment towards Microsoft and the handling of Windows Mobile development going forward. That being said, we haven't seen anything yet, and ...
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Windows Live: Access to foreign accounts investigated
2/18/2010 4:15:48 AM, mynetx
Microsoft has started an investigation after having received reports that some users got access to other users’ accounts when using mobile devices. A limited number of cases is currently inspected where users of the mobile versions of Windows Live ...
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How to get Windows Live Messenger on your mobile phone
2/2/2010 6:33:06 PM, Windows Live Dev Team
If you use Windows Live™ Messenger at home, work, or school, and if you’ve ever wondered how great it would be to instant message with friends and colleagues even when you’re away from your PC, there’s good news. Messenger is now available on most mobile ...
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Create a Custom Theme for Your Windows Mobile Phone
1/17/2010 2:44:56 PM, Richard Hay
Customization is all the rage these days. Windows 7 has tons of options for making your Windows 7 powered PC your very own and now you have that same ability with your Windows Mobile Phone with Version 6.5 installed. Just head over to the Windows Phone ...
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Where is the Windows App Store?
1/7/2010 4:08:41 PM, Auri Rahimzadeh
With App Stores on mobile phones making software shopping simple and impulsive, why can’t the same be done for Windows PCs and desktops in general? Look at the facts: There are at least 69 million broadband users in the United States. Downloading games, ...
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New Mobile Twitter Website Soon at Hand
12/5/2009 4:23:23 AM, mynetx
The developers of the microblogging platform Twitter have renovated the mobile website technically and optically. If you’re interested, get a first glimpse of the work at mobile.twitter.com. A recently published post on the Twitter blog reveals that the ...
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Windows Live Messenger: Client for Java Phones
12/4/2009 1:53:41 PM, mynetx
A free Windows Live Messenger version for Java cell phones has been released. It supports cell phones manufactured by Motorola, LG, Samsung, Nokia, RIM and Sony Ericsson. For using Windows Live Messenger for Java phones, you need a Windows Live ID, just ...
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Have you tried Microsoft My Phone?
7/25/2009 1:29:45 PM, Auri Rahimzadeh
My screen broke yesterday. Company was in town and they needed to reach me. Uh-oh, I needed to get my phone fixed, and wipe out my sensitive data before I do. That means I’d also have to go re-sync my phone at the office, lose my text messages and call ...
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Microsoft Office 2010 Site is Live at Microsoft.com
7/13/2009 2:49:53 AM, Richard Hay
The long anticipated technical preview of Microsoft Office 2010 is getting closer to reality with the activation of the technical preview website at http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/. There is a link to sign up to be considered for the tech preview in ...