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Windows Azure Mobile Services New Features & Content Updates
Today, Microsoft announced updates to Windows Azure Mobile Services which allows developers to take...
Author: Tareq Ateik Date: 12/24/2012
Windows Store apps for Absolute Beginners with C# (Free online course!)
Ready to make money and share your great Windows 8 app ideas with the world? Not sure where to...
Author: Tareq Ateik Date: 12/21/2012
Microsoft Circle of Experts
Go here to learn more. IT is one of the fastest-changing professions on the planet. This surely...
Author: Lara Khoury Date: 12/17/2012
Windows Phone 8 Developer Resources
Since the latest Windows Phone 8.0 SDK release , resources and documentation for Windows Phone 8...
Author: Mohamed Yamama Date: 12/17/2012
Create a Windows 8 tile for your Website!
Want to create a cool tile for your visitors to have when they pin your website to their Windows 8...
Author: Shaymaa A Date: 12/16/2012
Microsoft’s new SkyDrive app for Xbox Live — created by Microsoft interns
Just how sharp are computer science and engineering students these days? Look no further than the...
Author: Tareq Ateik Date: 12/12/2012
Free Training: Windows Store app development for iOS developers
Join the Big Nerd Ranch and Microsoft for this free, two-day training designed to jumpstart your...
Author: Shaymaa A Date: 12/08/2012
Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start (Online Course)
This two-day course is specially tailored for developers looking to leverage C#/XAML to build cool...
Author: Tareq Ateik Date: 12/05/2012
Windows Azure Free Poster!
Now you can use this poster to better understand Windows Azure features, services, and common uses....
Author: Shaymaa A Date: 12/02/2012
Download Windows Phone 8 Hands On Labs (Training Kit)
You can now download the Windows Phone 8 Hands On Labs from here. [Please read the DISCLAIMER for...
Author: Mohamed Yamama Date: 11/29/2012
Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 Now Available!
The first update, Visual Studio 2012 Update 1, is now available. You can install it today from the...
Author: Tareq Ateik Date: 11/26/2012
Windows Phone 8 Resources
As you know Windows Phone 8 was launched a couple of weeks ago and now you can have access to...
Author: Eduardo Technical Evangelist Ortega Date: 11/20/2012
New Features on The Store on Windows Phone 8!
The Windows Phone Store is now available in 50 languages, 191 countries or regions around the world,...
Author: Shaymaa A Date: 11/20/2012
FREE Live Online Sessions - Windows Phone 8 Jump Start
Similar to Last Year for Windows Phone 7, Microsoft Learning is thrilled to announce a new Jump...
Author: Mohamed Yamama Date: 11/20/2012
FREE Windows Server 2012 Courses Online!!
Yes, you heard right. Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) now has a collection of free courses in...
Author: Natasha Zaza Date: 11/19/2012
Windows Phone 8 SDK - Is This What You Were Waiting For?
In case you were not already aware, we’ve recently released the long awaited Windows Phone...
Author: Natasha Zaza Date: 11/18/2012
Skype for Windows Phone 8 preview available for download!
Today, we are excited to announce the availability of an early, preview version of Skype for Windows...
Author: Shaymaa A Date: 11/12/2012
Microsoft Cloud Strategy Day: How the Microsoft Cloud Enables the Best App Experiences Across Devices
When: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 Where: Media One Hotel Loft 31, Dubai UAE Time: 09:30-15:45...
Author: Natasha Zaza Date: 11/11/2012
Attention All Banks in the Gulf....CRM Banking Event in Dubai
Are you a bank that's considering CRM and don't know where to start? In the process of choosing a...
Author: Maureen Mansour-Khoury Date: 11/08/2012
Why should a startup use Windows Azure?
Have you heard of the Windows Azure Platform benefits for BizSpark members? The Windows Azure...
Author: Shaymaa A Date: 11/04/2012
pay $8 instead of $99 for a new individual account on DevCenter
Hello folks, Valid till November 7th, 2012, don’t miss the chance, you can pay $8 instead of $99 if...
Author: Mohamed Yamama Date: 11/02/2012
First Ever Office 365 Boot Camp in Dubai
Microsoft and its esteemed Platinum Sponsor IDC Solutions would like to invite you to share two days...
Author: Natasha Zaza Date: 11/01/2012
Join Windows AzureConf on November 14!
Windows AzureConf is a community conference, which will be an event put on for the Windows Azure...
Author: Shaymaa A Date: 10/31/2012
Download Windows Phone 8.0 SDK
Hello Everyone, You can now download the new Windows Phone 8 SDK at https://t.co/raOsHVVg [Please...
Author: Mohamed Yamama Date: 10/30/2012
Watch Windows Phone 8 Launch - Live Links
Watch Windows Phone 8 Launch tonight at (7:00 PM Cairo Time, GMT +2) at Windows Phone 8 #WP8 launch...
Author: Mohamed Yamama Date: 10/29/2012
Develop great apps for Windows 8 for a chance to win $5,000!
Submit your app and get feedback from developers like you. Review other apps and ask and answer...
Author: Shaymaa A Date: 10/09/2012
Future proofing your Windows Phone apps
How do you ensure that an app built for an earlier release of Windows Phone continues to work great...
Author: Shaymaa A Date: 10/03/2012
Windows 8–Free Seminar
Date: October 15, 2012 Time: 5 pm Location: Infocenter Training Institute, Dawliah Complex, ...
Author: Lara Khoury Date: 10/03/2012
Windows Phone Tip: How do I customize my lock screen?
You can change the wallpaper by selecting a picture that you like. If it doesn't quite fit, you can...
Author: Shaymaa A Date: 09/29/2012
How-To Build Arabic (Right to Left) Apps on Windows 8 RTM
If you are developing an Arabic application for Windows 8, you can do it LTR, with Arabic content...
Author: Shaymaa A Date: 09/29/2012
How to create your Windows Store account to submit Apps?
If you want to publish or sell Apps in the Windows Store, you need to open a developer account. You...
Author: Ahmed Ebrahim Date: 09/28/2012
How I price my Windows Phone apps
One key question some Windows Phone developers struggle with when putting an app on sale is: how...
Author: Ahmed Ebrahim Date: 09/28/2012
Windows Phone Tip: Add or create ringtones
You can use your own ringtones so you can match your jingle to your mood, or match just the right...
Author: Shaymaa A Date: 09/22/2012
Windows Azure: The perfect companion to your Windows 8 or Windows Phone App!
Windows Azure is Microsoft’s open and flexible cloud platform that lets you deploy and manage...
Author: Shaymaa A Date: 09/20/2012
Windows Phone Gear Store
If you haven't, check out the new Windows Phone Gear Store on CafePress where you can buy T-shirts,...
Author: Shaymaa A Date: 09/15/2012
Putting the cloud in a box: How Microsoft built Windows Server 2012
Author: Michael_Mansour Date: 09/14/2012
Microsoft Azure #1 in Recent Developer Survey
Microsoft out-performed Google, Amazon and VMWare in a recent survey among 400 developers on their...
Author: Michael_Mansour Date: 09/14/2012
Windows Server 2012 IT Pro Boot Camp - WATCH LIVE September 16th-17th 09:30 (GMT+4) #ws2012dxb
Author: Natasha Zaza Date: 09/12/2012
Develop a complete Windows 8 App in 30 days
A great online tool that helps you to develop a full Windows 8 App just in 30 days starting from...
Author: Ahmed Ebrahim Date: 09/12/2012
VIDEO & PHOTOS: First look at the Nokia Lumia 820 & 920
Check them out at the:...
Author: Shaymaa A Date: 09/12/2012
Windows Store now open to all developers in 120 markets
Great news for developers! Now you can get your own Windows developer account. The store is...
Author: Tareq Ateik Date: 09/11/2012
Atari Embraces HTML5 In Internet Explorer 10
https://www.webpronews.com/atari-embraces-html5-in-internet-explorer-10-2012-08 By Zach Walton ·...
Author: Michael_Mansour Date: 09/08/2012
Windows Server 2012 is Here…
Windows Server® 2012 is HERE…the biggest and most transformational Microsoft server release ever....
Author: Neveen K Nassif Date: 09/05/2012
Who is accessing your Team Foundation Server?
It is not rare for large organizations – or even smaller ones, to lose track of internal TFS...
Author: raboschs Date: 09/04/2012
Windows Server 2012 and Infrastructure Management IT Pro Camp – DUBAI
Please join us for our upcoming Windows Server 2012 and Infrastructure Management IT Pro Camp....
Author: Neveen K Nassif Date: 09/02/2012