Author: 360Agileweb

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Have you heard of NerdDinner? now we’ve got wp7 app for it!

This is a handy wp7 NerdDinner app to allow you browse the NerdDinner Odata to view:

  1. popular dinners
  2. upcoming dinners
  3. dinners near me
  4. my dinners
  5. search for dinners

You can also view full details for a dinner, including its host, rsvps, phone and location on the bing maps. And its free!

Note: This is not an official app for NerdDinner.com

Jambo Sana app

Quote from NerdDinner.com

Are you a huge nerd? Perhaps a geek? No? Maybe a dork, dweeb or wonk. Quite possibly you’re just a normal person. Either way, you’re a social being. You need to get out for a bite to eat occasionally, preferably with folks that are like you.

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.NET Rocks: Scott Guthrie at NDC!

Fresh off his keynote at the Norwegian Developers Conference in Oslo, Norway, Scott Guthrie dropped into the fishbowl to talk to Carl and Richard about his new role with the Azure team. Scott digs into how Azure has evolved and his focus on improving the developer experience. Read more and listen to his interview at .NET Rocks site.

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Make your wp7 device a great toy with this handy Photo ‘n’ paint app

Photo n paint is a simple and handy app to allow you to select which background to use to make free hand paintings.
You have got a choice of:

  1. Selecting an existing photo from your gallery on the phone
  2. Taking a new photo using the phone’s camera
  3. Start with a blank photo (either all white or all black)

It has a ‘tool box’on the application bar for easier access of:

  • Brush stroke size and color selection
  • Eraser to erase sections of painting
  • Undo command to undo changes
  • Save command to save the painting to your photo gallery on the phone

This is indeed an handy app for your kids to learn and practice their painting skills.
They can also use it to learn their hand writing skills! And they will love it!
And its free!
Come on now, let your wp7 device be a great toy!

Now Photo n Paint 2 with Facebook photo sharing support

JamPhoto n paint appPhoto n Paint 2

JamPhoto n paint app

Screen shots

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Learning Swahili now made easier with Flashcards app!

Swahili Flashcards is an easy to use app for quickly learning Swahili translations for some selected animals. The app provides a set of flashcards for preselected groups of animals.
Each flashcard has the English-Swahili translation and is presented in a fluid, user-friendly looping list. Just a flick away from the next flashcard and you will love it!
Swahili Flashcards has the following categories:

  1. Big Five animals
  2. Big Cats
  3. Reptiles
  4. Insects
  5. Others

Jambo Sana appEnglish-Swahili

All audio provided by a native Swahili speaker (male voice)!
No internet connection is needed as all content is on the phone

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United Kingdom THINK.DEV Rewards ends 28 June 2011, I won an Acer Iconia!

I just won Acer Iconia via #wp7 THINK.DEV Rewards
It is not late, you could still be one of the lucky winner in the Weekly Prize Draw.

In addition, you can now earn up to 8 points if your app is published in the marketplace and is a unique and original one! And this means you get to choose from another set of prizes on offer.

Visit the THINK.DEV Rewards website for full details.
Come on THINK, DEVelop those cool apps and you never know you could win something.

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Using C# String.Format “{0:p0}” without the leading space before percentage sign

Simplest expresssion is:  

String.Format(“{0:0%}”, 0.10)

A more elegant solution is:  

Use the NumberFormatInfo.PercentPositivePattern Property: 

NumberFormatInfo numberInfo = new NumberFormatInfo();
numberInfo.PercentPositivePattern = 1;
Console.WriteLine(String.Format("{0}", 0.10.ToString("P0",numberInfo)));
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Jambo Sana! We’ve got an app for Safari to Kilimanjaro

Going for a Safari this summer to Kilimanjaro? East Africa ? We’ve got an app for you!
You will learn to speak common phrases in Swahili in a short while. How better to enjoy your safari than learning to speak swahili itself with this audible app? Then you can try engage the local people in their own Swahili language!

Jambo Sana appEnglish-Swahili
 
Jambo Sana appItalian-Swahili

Jambo Sana is a handy app with audible English-Swahili phrases in the following categories:

  1. Greetings – 12 phrases on common greetings
  2. Internet – 5 phrases on technology and internet terminologies
  3. Fun stuff – 10 phrases on fun and humour stuff
  4. Emergency – 12 phrases on emergency and police services
  5. Food – 7 Phrases on food and hospitality
  6. Animals – 12 animals names
  7. Money – 5 phrases on money and foreign exchange
  8. Travel – 11 phrases on travel matters

All audio provided by a native Swahili speaker (female voice)!
No internet connection is needed as all content is on the phone
TRIAL MODE: Limits how many times you use the app.

Update
Now Italian-Swahili Version available!

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Formatting RDL/RDLC values as percentage

I thought I’d share how to format percentage values in ReportViewer report.
Say your data source has the following fields:

  • TotalLow
  • TotalHigh
  • Total

Suppose we want to display the values for TotalLow and TotalHigh as  percentage of Total.

We can use the following expressions.
=String.Format(“{0:p0}”,Sum(Fields!TotalLow.Value)/Sum(Fields!Total.Value))
=String.Format(“{0:p0}”,Sum(Fields!TotalHigh.Value)/Sum(Fields!Total.Value))

You notice the RDL/C allows you to use .NET String object Format method.

Hope this helps.

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Get the Free Windows Azure platform trial

Official Windows Azure website says:

Try Windows Azure and SQL Azure for free with no obligations.

You can run an Extra Small Windows Azure instance free through September 30th, 2011 using the Windows Azure platform free trial. You also get a free 1GB SQL Azure database for the first 90 days of your trial.

Get it from Windows Azure website