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Monthly archive December, 2011

Top 10 posts of year 2011

Well , the year 2011 comes to an end and 2012 begins in few hours time , I am taking few minutes here to look back at some of the popular articles in my blog for the year 2011 . Below are the Top 10 posts in my blog . Read More →

I’m Watch powered by Android

Below is the picture of "I'm Watch" , one of the Android powered Watch . "I'm Watch is developed by an Italian company by name "I'm" .You can call this as Smart Watch or Smart Device . The "i'm Watch" comes in different categories that includes
  • i'm Shop
  • i'm Color
  • i'm Tech
  • i'm Jewel
  • i'm music
  • and Read More →

Coding4Fun Toolkit v1.5.0 released

A new version of Coding4Fun Toolkit with the version number v1.5.0 is released and is available for download from codeplex website .

What is Coding4Fun Toolkit ?

Coding4Fun is one of the free and popular projects that offers additional controls for Windows Phone Development . Some of these controls Read More →

UI Stencils and my Share Contacts Windows Phone App

For the last few hours , i have been using the UI Stencils Windows Phone 7 Stencil Kit to mock-up ideas for my Windows Phone App ( ShareContacts ) and infact having good time using it . This reminds me of Read More →

Webinar – Software Testing: Introduction to Unit Testing

Typemock is hosting a series of webinars to help you begin 2012 with speed and innovation. The first of these webinar is about "Software Testing: Introduction to Unit Testing" scheduled to be held on January 4, 2012 at 20.30 India (IST) . The event will be presented by Gil Zilberfeld, Product Read More →

Using Kinect for Interactive and Fun Learning for Children

Uzma Khan , a graduate student in the Department of Computer Science , University of Toronto has realized the Kinect natural user interface(NUI) that could provide an interactive learning experience for childrens which involves seeing , listening , speaking and touching . Uzma Khan has used the Kinect for Read More →

Reactive Extensions (Rx) v1.0.10621 SP1 Released

Microsoft has released the Reactive Extensions (Rx) v1.0.10621 SP1 which is available for download from Microsoft Download Center . Reactive Extensions (Rx) is a library that lets the developers to compose synchronous and event based programs using observable reactive data sequences and LINQ style operators . The Reactive Read More →

Webcast – Superproductive developers with Visual Studio 2010

Amit Choudhary will be presenting a webcast on the topic “Super productive developers with Visual Studio 2010” on December 24 , 2011 at 2.00 PM ( Indian Time ) . The Webcast is organised by Kolkata Geeks , one of the premier Microsoft Technology User Group in Kolkata . The Read More →

How to order by multiple columns using Lambas and LINQ in C# ?

Today , i was required to order a list of records based on a Name and then ID . A simple one but i did spend some time on how to do it with Lambda Expression in C# . C# provides the OrderBy,OrderByDescending,ThenBy,ThenByDescending . You can use them in your lambda expression to Read More →

Windows 8 First Apps Contest

Microsoft is organising Windows 8 First Apps Contest which will select eight winning apps to be the very first apps in the Windows Store when it opens . The Windows 8 First Apps Contest ensd on February 3 , 2010 and includes 2 Rounds

PhoneGap 1.3 with full Windows Phone 7 support released

The PhoneGap Team has announced the release of PhoneGap 1.3 that brings some significant progress in BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7 Support for building Phone applications using HTML5 and JavaScript. Good news for the Windows Phone Developers who can now get access to the following

Webcast – Understanding OOP with 10 real time scenarios

Shivprasad Koirala, Microsoft MVP (ASP.NET) and CEO of QuestPon will be presenting a webcast on the topic “Understanding OOP with 10 real time scenarios” on December 18 , 2011 at 2.00 PM ( Indian Time ) . The Webcast is organised by Kolkata Geeks , one of the premier Microsoft Technology Read More →

Custom Themes for Windows Phone

Every Windows Phone users know that you cannot set the Custom Themes for Windows Phone 7 . All that you can do is change its accent color or change the Theme ( Dark or Light ) .

Here's an opportunity for the users with Developer Unlocked device Read More →

Download eBook – A Guide to Claims-Based Identity and Access Control , Second Edition

Microsoft has published the book titled "Guide to Claims-Based Identity and Access Control" , Second Edition which is now available for download from the Microsoft Download Center

What is Claims-Based Identity ?

"Claims-based identity seeks to control the digital experience and allocate digital resources based on claims made Read More →

How to write data to a file in Isolated Storage in Windows Phone ?

An Windows Phone Application might need to store and access data . One of the ways to store the data is the Isolated Storage . An Windows Phone Application cannot access the data stored by another Windows Phone Application and hence the name "Isolated" . A typical use of the Isolated Storage will Read More →

Its Mango Season @ Microsoft Virtual Techdays

Microsoft Virtual Techdays is back . It is one of the India’s premier online technical event and this time its the 13th Edition and will be held from December 14 to December 16,2011 . The Microsoft’s Virtual Techdays is an Online event and will have about 30 sessions everyday Read More →

Webinar – Delphi XE2 in Action ONLINE!

Embarcadero is organising an webinar on the topic "Delphi XE2 in Action ONLINE!" on December 14 , 2011 from 19.30 ( Indian Time ) . The Delhi XE2 is considered to be one of the significant version of Delphi since Delphi 1 and the session will focus on the Read More →

Webcast – Secrets of .NET Assemblies and Memory Management

Zinnia Sarkar, .NET Developer ,Reliable Web Technologies will be presenting a webcast on the topic “Secrets of .NET Assemblies and Memory Management” on December 11 , 2011 at 2.00 PM to 3.00 PM ( Indian Time ) .

The Webcast is organised by Kolkata Geeks , one of Read More →

Microsoft Silverlight 5 Tools for Visual Studio 2010 SP1

Microsoft has released the Microsoft Silverlight 5 Tools for Visual Studio 2010 SP1 which is now available for download from the Microsoft Download Center.

What is Silverlight 5 Tools for Visual Studio 2010 SP1?

The Microsoft Silverlight 5 Tools Read More →

EPUB – format for ebooks

Has someone sent you a file with .EPUB format and you are not sure of what is this format of file ? Well EPUB stands for electronic publication , a standard ebook file format that is supported by most of the ebook reading devices . The EPUB  books Read More →
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