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AdDuplex creating list of Windows Phone Sites

AdDuplex creating list of Windows Phone Sites http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WmPowerUser/~3/-IUx8Iz6Ky0/ “For developers, getting the word of their app out is essential if they do not wish to be drowned out by a deluge of ebooks and other marketplace spam. One of the … Continue reading

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Microsoft Kinect used to map asteroids, glaciers, other scary things

Microsoft Kinect used to map asteroids, glaciers, other scary things http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/15/microsoft-kinect-used-to-map-asteroids-glaciers-other-scary-th/ “Ken Mankoff is a PhD student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he studies ice and ocean interactions. He also counts himself among a growing legion of … Continue reading

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Why do we have circles around icons in the Windows Phone app bar?

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Microsoft Tag Adds Support For QR Code And NFC

Microsoft Tag Adds Support For QR Code And NFC http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WmPowerUser/~3/XryRGNqPeI4/ “Microsoft today announced the extension of various new tag format support in Microsoft Tag platform. Microsoft has added support for two commonly used 2D barcode formats (Tag and QR Codes) … Continue reading

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SkyDrive and Windows Phone cozy up

SkyDrive and Windows Phone cozy up, apps can now directly integrate with the cloud http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/12/skydrive-and-windows-phone-cozy-up-apps-can-now-directly-integr/ “Microsoft, in an effort to continue integrating SkyDrive into Windows Phone, made a few changes to the cloud service’s API this week. The new adjustments … Continue reading

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Microsoft Redesigns Windows Azure Home Page!

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WmPowerUser/~3/vK-0D9RVNCs/ “Microsoft recently updated their Windows Azure portal. The new redesigned website is clean, simple and easy to navigate. For example, under pricing tab you can now calculate total Windows Azure pricing including storage db, data transfer,etc, by dragging the … Continue reading

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HandyScan the first app to take advantage of new SkyDrive APIs

HandyScan the first app to take advantage of new SkyDrive APIs, Microsoft wants many more. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WmPowerUser/~3/3FGOWgxJ7kQ/ “The SkyDrive has just announced the finalized API for the service, allowing developers to easily up and download photos, documents and videos to the … Continue reading

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Microsoft launches ExcelMashup.com

Microsoft launches ExcelMashup.com, looks to make spreadsheets both hip and exciting http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/10/microsoft-launches-excelmashup-com-looks-to-make-spreadsheets-b/ “Most of our day jobs aren’t nearly as amusing as life at Wernham Hogg and Excel doesn’t make things any more exciting. But, if you’re looking to spice … Continue reading

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Kinect Education’s nine excellent programming resources for Kinect

Kinect Education’s nine excellent programming resources for Kinect http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/Kinect-Educations-nine-excellent-programming-resources-for-Kinect “Our closing Kinect Education Theme week post comes from, you guessed it, the awesome Kinect Education site! We started the week with a post to help you education yourself. Seems fitting … Continue reading

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Kinect’s power of gesture and speech as an education tool

Kinect’s power of gesture and speech as an education tool Project Information URL: http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~uzmakhan/HCIProject.html Project Source URL: http://kinectforeducation.codeplex.com/ Contact Information:Blog: http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~uzmakhan/

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