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Windows 8 store hits 100,000 apps in just over eight months
On July 2nd, 2013 a tweet from @windevs confirmed that Windows 8 store has hit 100,000 apps. If we...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 07/03/2013
ShareLinkTask - How to identify published app Url?
Launchers & Choosers is now a pretty known concept in Windows Phone and they extend the...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 06/30/2013
Join us for the Build 2013 Live Stream at 9:00 PM Pakistan Time
Join us for the Build 2013 (from the Moscone Center in San Francisco) Keynote and live streaming...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 06/26/2013
Required Tools for Windows Phone Development
There are 3 flavors of Windows Phone in the market today; 1- Windows Phone SDK 7.1 which is...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 06/24/2013
Microsoft Security Bounty Programs - Get cash payments in exchange for reporting certain types of vulnerabilities and exploitation techniques.
Now you can help Microsoft, making some of their most popular products better. And earn money doing...
Author: Zaigham Ikram Butt Date: 06/21/2013
Windows 8 UX Design Jump Start
In Pakistan the shift in philosophy of independent developers and ISVs from web and desktop...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 06/20/2013
Changing Application Bar Icon Buttons on Different Pivot Items
Building a Windows Phone Application can be fun, but sometimes, certain small issues can make you...
Author: ShahidAziz Date: 06/18/2013
Web & Cloud Online Camp 2013 Middle East and Africa
Middle East and Africa (MEA) Developer Camps are free, fun, no-fluff events for developers, by...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 06/16/2013
Getting started with Web Requests & JSON in Windows Phone
This is a beginner level post to get you started with JSON, familiarize you with basic communication...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 06/13/2013
Join Microsoft Innovation Center - Lahore as Intern in Summer Internship Program
Microsoft Innovation Center - Lahore is about to start its 2nd batch of three months Internship...
Author: Zaigham Ikram Butt Date: 06/12/2013
Windows Azure - Start to Finish
Introduction to Windows Azure Windows Azure is Microsoft's application platform for the public...
Author: ShahidAziz Date: 06/12/2013
Visual Studio Color Theme: Blue
Just in case you used to love Visual Studio’s old look and feel and miss that in Visual Studio...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 05/28/2013
Port Existing PhoneGap apps to Windows Phone 8 Competition
I’m happy to announce that Port Existing PhoneGap apps to Windows Phone 8 Competition is open...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 05/20/2013
What is Visual Studio's 2012 Code Map All About?
What is Code Map? Back in Nov 2012, in Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 a new feature named Code Map was...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 05/20/2013
Xbox - A New Generation Revealed
On Tuesday, May 21, we’ll mark the beginning of a new generation of games, TV and...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 05/18/2013
Windows Store Registration :: Companies and Developers
Step1: Navigate to the URL : https://appdev.microsoft.com/StorePortals/en-us Step2: A verification...
Author: ShahidAziz Date: 05/16/2013
"Windows 8.1", Public preview coming on June 26
Windows Keeps Getting Better & Better. "Windows 8.1", Public preview will be available on June...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 05/14/2013
PhoneGap to WP8 Porting Challenge
We’re going to launch a “PhoneGap to WP8 Porting Challenge” here:...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 05/07/2013
Windows 8 at 6 Months
Here is a nice Q&A with Microsoft CMO & CFO Tami Reller, Highlights: - 100M Windows 8...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 05/07/2013
SQL Server in Windows Azure Virtual Machines, Best Practices for GA
Windows Azure Infrastructure Services status become General Availability on 16th April, 2013. You...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 05/07/2013
WAMSA #2 – WAMS Deep Dive, Starting Developing from scratch: Multi-Chat Application # 1
WAMSA Session 2 start in next 20 minutes WAMSA is the codename for Windows Azure Mobile Services...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 05/02/2013
Windows Azure goes to next level: General Availability of Infrastructure Services
Windows Azure Infrastructure Services status has now General Availability starting 16th April. Given...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 04/28/2013
FREE Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 ALM Virtual Machine and Hands-on-Labs / Demo Scripts Now Available
For anybody looking for training on the Microsoft Application Lifecycle tools one of the absolute...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 04/26/2013
Azure posters - Media Services
The Azure Team has just released their third poster, Windows Azure Media Services. We believe you'll...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 04/24/2013
Windows Azure Mobile Services Academy starts Tomorrow, 24th April, 2013
Windows Azure Mobile Services Academy (WAMSA) is starting by tomorrow (24th April, 2013). WAMSA...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 04/22/2013
Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 Now Available
The RTM release of Visual Studio 2012 was finished in August 2012 and launched it in September. At...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 04/22/2013
PAKISTAN :: Imagine Cup 2013 Results
Thank YOU all for the tremendous participation in Imagine Cup 2013. We received projects from across...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 04/15/2013
connect to a local web service from the Windows Phone 8 emulator - Resolving the issues
This article resolves the issues that come across when we try to consume a web Service from our...
Author: ShahidAziz Date: 04/15/2013
FREE E-Book Gallery for Microsoft Technologies
Download content for ASP.NET, Office, SQL Server, Windows Azure, SharePoint Server and other...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 04/13/2013
A word about Windows Phone Developer Feedback and Feature Suggestion
"Hello there, I think Windows Phone is a cool OS around and I believe if you add support for...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 04/08/2013
Windows Phone Hackathon by Microsoft Innovation Center - Lahore
Windows Phone Hackathon by Microsoft Innovation Center - Lahore Windows Phone Hackathon by Microsoft...
Author: Zaigham Ikram Butt Date: 04/05/2013
FREE Windows Phone 8 Devices for Testing
Our developers have encountered some issues regarding testing their Windows Phone 8 apps either...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 04/03/2013
Free eBook: Better Unit Testing with Microsoft Fakes guide
We are pleased to announce v1 of the Better Unit Testing with Microsoft Fakes guide, under Visual...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 03/27/2013
TFS as perfect tool for Scrum – Introduction in Scrum and TFS
Are you following Scrum and relying on a third party tool to manage Scrum despite that you are...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 03/24/2013
Windows Phone 7.8 Update Officially available in Pakistan
Windows Phone 7.8 is now OFFICIALLY available in Pakistan. Earlier Microsoft halted rolling down...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 03/21/2013
Introduction to Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 (Video)
With Office and SharePoint 2013, you can now build a new class of apps that extend and personalize...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 03/19/2013
Android Support in Windows Azure Mobile Services
Official Android SDK for Windows Azure Mobile Services is recently released. Android developers now...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 03/17/2013
Windows 8 App Development: Understand Semantic Zoom
Semantic Zoom is a powerful but unfortunately little understood and seldom used control in our local...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 03/15/2013
Moving Your Applications to Windows Azure
Lifestyle experts will tell you that moving to a new home is one of the most stressful events people...
Author: Ahmed Tahir Masood Date: 03/14/2013
Pakistan specific MSDN & TechNet Newsletters
In last few months Microsoft Pakistan has taken several new initiatives to strengthen our...
Author: Usman Ur Rehman Ahmed Date: 03/13/2013