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Windows Azure programming patterns for Start-ups review

I have had a chance to review this book ‘Windows Azure programming patterns for Start-ups‘. As a .NET developer and C#, I have to say I found this book both fulfilling and practical for the areas I wanted to learn in Windows Azure.

I am not very new to Windows Azure having written some code here and there. I found this book very practical in the approach the authors have taken to ensure all areas of Windows Azure are explained. In this book, the developer is angaged from page 1 as a brand new service is created from scratch to deployment.

I will say having read this book, I can now make informed choices on which Windows Azure storage to choose from Table Storage, Blobs, Queues and Windows Azure SQL databases. I also enjoyed the topic on ‘What’s New in Windows Azure’

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Need a Windows 8 genius? We got an app for that too


Win8 Genius – it does what it says on the tin, it is your genius on your Windows 8 device.
We are building a set of dashboards for you where you can access information about your Windows 8 and device centrally in the modern fluid user interface. A place where you can view your network/internet info, your device info, your printers info among others. And what about a live tile to loop through some of these message on your home screen?

We are starting small but open for ideas on which pieces of information that can be added to this genius app.

The initial version of the app has been submitted to the store for certification. We are currently working on next dashboards which will be available soon.

We are happy for any feedback you may have:


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How to check for availability of Internet in Windows 8

///

/// Property that returns the connection profile [ ie, availability of Internet ]

/// Interface type can be [ 1,6,9,23,24,37,71,131,144 ]

/// 1 – > Some other type of network interface.

/// 6 – > An Ethernet network interface.

/// 9 – > A token ring network interface.

/// 23 -> A PPP network interface.

/// 24 -> A software loopback network interface.

/// 37 -> An ATM network interface.

/// 71 -> An IEEE 802.11 wireless network interface.

/// 131 -> A tunnel type encapsulation network interface.

/// 144 -> An IEEE 1394 (Firewire) high performance serial bus network interface.

///

public static bool IsConnectedToNetwork

{

get

{

var profile = NetworkInformation.GetInternetConnectionProfile();

if (profile != null)

{

var interfaceType = profile.NetworkAdapter.IanaInterfaceType;

return interfaceType == 71 || interfaceType == 6;

}

return false;
}

}

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Now searching appointments on your phone as easy as ABC

Search Appointments is a handy app to allow you to search your calendar for appointments by specifying search text and date range. You can also narrow down your search to particular accounts on your phone such as Live, Outlook and others

Privacy Statement
This app access your user data, i.e. your calendar appointments for purposes of searching them. This app does not share your calendar appointments data with any third party. By using this app you accept this app to access your data.

How To Use This App

  1. Select the Account your wish to search your appointments in.
  2. Enter the search criteria usinsg the text box provided.
  3. Enter the date range for the appointments you wish to search for using the date picker.

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We got Olympics 2012 apps for you




This summer sees the Olympics come to London, England. We got some amazing and exciting Windows Phone 7 apps lined for you.

  1. Lon 2012 Olympic Venues
  2. Olympics Social Jogger

Lon 2012 Olympic Venues is a handy app to help you familiarise yourself with London 2012 olympic venues. The app presents the venue details available on the offical website http://www.london2012.com/venues ‘as is’ for dissemination purposes only and not commercially.

With this app:

  1. you can save favorite venues
  2. view their locations on a map
  3. view sports available there
  4. view location details
  5. view background info about venue
  6. get latest news via live RSS feed
  7. get latest blog gossip via live RSS feed
  8. get latest news flash on live tile

Additionally you can view distances in miles from your current location. You can also plan your journey using Bing street-by-street integration

Olympics Social Jogger is a social hub for all your social buzz for the London 2012 Olympics events. The app lets you specify twitter handles or hash tags to follow and you won’t miss even a single update.


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Teched North America 2012 Windows Phone app

If you liked our TechEd 2011 app last year, we now got another one TechEdNA 2012. Get it from market place or use this link

Attendees will find this app useful as follows:

  • Browse all Sessions available
  • Browse all Speakers and Tracks available
  • Browse filtered sessions by Session Type such as Breakout, Hands-on-labs
  • Browse filtered sessions by Levels such as Intermediate, Advanced, etc
  • Browse filtered sessions by Speakers and Tracks such as Architecture, etc
  • Manage favorite sessions lists on the app
  • View details of each session including schedules, speakers, tracks, level, tags
  • Browsing session now defaults to ‘timeslots’ view to filter ‘now showing’, ‘coming up’, and the day to day sessions
  • Favorite sessions now appear with a ‘favorite’ icon for easier identification on the browsing lists
  • view Bing Map of the conference
  • View Conference Agenda
  • Browse TechEd News
The app uses:
* phone’s internet connection
* phone’s web browser
* location services
to access the Tech.Ed 2012 Conference Session OData feeds and website resources.
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3.10 Country/Region Specific Requirements – Windows Phone Marketplace

I recently re-submitted a previously live app to new markets. I was surprised when I was told it failed certification. Reason is Policy 3.10.

Specifically, I got this comments: Your application uses the Bing Maps Silverlight Control for Windows Phone. Bing Maps is not supported for
Group 1 countries at this time. You may resubmit your application and deselect the Group 1 countries.

Result: Fail

So watch out, don’t submit Bing Maps enabled apps to Group 1 countries, which are:

Group 1: China

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Suprise yourself with this FREE Shake It Share It app

‘Shake It Share It’ is a handy pictures app to surprise you with your random pictures in your camera roll.
It uses a normal distribution randomising algorithm to surprise you with pictures in your camera roll.
And why not share your suprise on facebook with this app?

How to:

  • Auto mode: Your pictures will be randomly selected after a delay of ‘n’ milli seconds which you can change using the swttings page
  • Manual mode: Shake your phone to randomly select your pictures
  • Use settings page to configure your auto mode delay in ms (1000 ms= 1 sec)
  • To share on facebook, ensure you have paused if in auto mode, then select picture to share using ‘Back’ and ‘Next’

    • You can get it either by searching it in the market place or downloading it directly using link below

    u.k. crime map

    Shake It Share It