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January 6, 2014

Microsoft plans hackathons with Facebook, Hortonworks on social, big data

January 3, 2014

New emulators available for Windows Phone developers

On Thursday, the Windows Phone Developer Blog reported that developers can download new emulator images for Windows Phone 8.0 Updates 2 and 3 from the Microsoft Download Center, and install them on their existing Windows Phone SDK 8.0 installation.

December 26, 2013

New FAA rules allow apps to help you stay productive at the gate and in the air

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration recently announced that it is allowing the use of small portable electronics in airplane mode at any altitude. That’s great news for fliers and for app developers. Read about six examples to find out why.

December 16, 2013

Developers: Publish those apps now to take advantage of ‘biggest holiday season yet’

“The current holiday shopping season and all the great promotions are just underway, and we’re already seeing momentum build with the (Windows) Store surpassing 12 million transactions per day and Windows Phone Store surpassing 200,000 apps,” writes Todd Brix on the Windows Phone Developers Blog.

December 13, 2013

Mark your calendars: Announcing Build 2014

Our next developer conference, Build 2014, will take place April 2 to April 4 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Save the date and mark your calendar for registration, which opens at 9 a.m. PT on Jan. 14 at www.buildwindows.com.

December 10, 2013

BlueHat v13 will educate developers, execs about current and emerging security threats

This year’s BlueHat will start with a focus “on the threat landscape, learning about determined adversaries to help us defend our own network and assets, and tools to detect and mitigate attacks,” writes Katie Moussouris, senior security strategist for the Microsoft Security Response Center, on the BlueHat Blog.

December 6, 2013

Developers: Check out these tips for integrating SkyDrive into your apps

Tablet devices, now omnipresent, have enabled new levels of mobility and content creation on the go. As a result, many consumers and developers have turned to cloud storage services to store files and deliver a continuous experience across devices, writes Marc Wautier, program manager, Windows User Experience.

December 2, 2013

How to beta-test your Windows Phone apps so they work great from the start: A developer’s guide

Bernardo Zamora, a senior business operations manager on the Windows Phone team, put together this great guide that covers the available publishing and testing choices, and goes into the steps involved with each option.

November 23, 2013

Developers: Make your apps shine and take advantage of new devices’ larger screen sizes

The Windows Phone Developer Blog highlights methods for developers to take advantage of some of the larger screen sizes seen in new devices such as Nokia’s Lumia 1520 and the Lumia 1320.

November 21, 2013

Developers: New XAML flexibility, DirectX improvements now in Windows 8.1

In Windows 8, the high-level user interface capabilities of XAML and the low-level rendering power of Direct X were combined within the same app. Now, even more improvements have been added to Windows 8.1, writes Jesse Bishop, Windows User Interface Platform senior program manager, on the Windows App Builder Blog.