Software and Services

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• Windows Azure Training Videos

  
  Global Nerdy — Authority: 544
  Windows Azure is Microsoft’s cloud computing platform, and it’ll be going live very soon – expect to hear a number of announcements about it from next week’s Professional Developer Conference (PDC) . I’ll be posting articles showing you how to get into developing on Azure, but if you want to get a head ...
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• WinMoDevCamp Toronto’s Agenda

  
  Global Nerdy — Authority: 544
  WinMoDevCamp Toronto , the Toronto edition of the workshop for developing applications for Windows Phone, takes place today at Microsoft Canada’s headquarters. If you can’r make it to WinMoDevCamp in person, you can attend virtually by watching the streaming video feed. Here’s the agenda (all times are ...
  4 days ago

• The Twitter Developers’ Checklist

  
  Global Nerdy — Authority: 544
  Truth be told, I’d wish I’d come up with this list myself:
  4 days ago

• The Facebook/.NET SDK

  
  Global Nerdy — Authority: 544
  Facebook has announced official support for the just-released 3.0 version of Microsoft’s Facebook SDK (also known as the Facebook Developer Toolkit) . The kit was written with one goal in mind: to make it easier for .NET developers to write applications that integrate with Facebook. I’ll leave it to the ...
  6 days ago

• WinMoDevCamp Toronto This Wednesday!

  
  Global Nerdy — Authority: 544
  WinMoDevCamp Toronto, the free workshop where you can learn about Windows Phone Development, takes place this Wednesday at Microsoft Canada’s offices in Mississauga. Come learn about Windows Phone by participating in a development project, and come meet some of the faces (including me) at the local branch of The ...
  6 days ago

• The New Yorker’s Hallowe’en Cover and Why You Should Go to WinMoDevCamp

  
  Global Nerdy — Authority: 544
  The New Yorker’s Hallowe’en Cover I make sure to keep an eye on how technology pops up in mainstream non-geek culture because it’s a good way to gauge the techno-cultural zeitgeist and see how technologies are being received by the public at large. As techies, we’re all too happy to be early adopters ...
  1 week ago

• Nokia Puts An End For Gaming Service N-Gage !

  
  vhxn.com — Authority: 440
  As the effect of failure in the first major services offering, Nokia Oyi has decided to close its battered gaming service N-Gage by next year. Nokia likes to get new revenues from online services as its traditional handset market matures with games and music being the first focus areas. The mobile giant has ...
  2 weeks ago

• One-Handed Computing

  
  Global Nerdy — Authority: 544
  Yes, you probably went here as soon as you saw the phrase “One-Handed Computing”: But in this case, I’m talking about what Jason Kottke is talking about — those times when you use mobile technology while your other hand isn’t free because you’re: Eating Drinking Carrying or feeding a baby ...
  2 weeks ago

• WinMoDevCamp Toronto: Wednesday November 11th at Microsoft’s Mississauga Office

  
  Global Nerdy — Authority: 544
  WinMoDevCamp , the worldwide series of development workshops for Windows-based mobile phones, is coming to Toronto on Wednesday, November 11th! If you want to learn how to develop applications for Windows Phone (the mobile operating system formerly known as Windows Mobile), this full-day workshop will give you the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Azure/Silverlight Hallowe’en App

  
  Global Nerdy — Authority: 544
  Archetype have put together a cute little Hallowe’en pumpkin-carving application built with Silverlight and hosted on Azure. It lets you “carve” a pumpkin, complete with backlit glow from the candle, and send the resulting image to a friend. Give it a try! To get started with Silverlight, visit the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Spider-Man on Chat Rooms

  
  Global Nerdy — Authority: 544
  This article also appears in The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century .
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• 27 Takes on Windows 7

  
  Global Nerdy — Authority: 544
  If you’ve got customers wondering if they should upgrade from Windows XP or Vista to Windows 7 and are looking for testimonials, go to Gizmodo’s article, 27 Takes on Windows 7 . It features quotes from 27 reviews of Windows 7, which include the following seven: CNET "Windows 7 presents a stable ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mississauga SharePoint User Group Inaugural Meeting – Monday, October 26th

  
  Global Nerdy — Authority: 544
  You can learn about learn about SharePoint 2010 – the upcoming version of Microsoft’s enterprise information portal platform — at the inaugural meeting of the Mississauga SharePoint User Group taking place this Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Microsoft’s Mississauga office. Rob Windsor from ObjectSharp will ...
  3 weeks ago

• Windows 7: Even Linus Approves!

  
  Global Nerdy — Authority: 544
  Here’s Linux creator Linus Torvalds, taking a break from the Japan Linux Symposium to pose at a store where Windows 7 was on sale: [Thanks to Stefan Arentz for pointing me to the picture!] This article also appears in Canadian Developer Connection .
  3 weeks ago

• Burger King’s Windows 7 Whopper

  
  Global Nerdy — Authority: 544
  To celebrate the release of Windows 7 , Japanese Burger King franchises are offering a Windows 7 Whopper with 7 patties , selling for 777 Yen (CAD$8.92 as of this writing), available only for the next 7 days. I have no idea why they’re not doing this on this side of the Pacific; I’m sure it would be a big hit: ...
  3 weeks ago

• Scenes from the Canadian Windows 7 Event

  
  Global Nerdy — Authority: 544
  I’ll be updating this post regularly through the morning, so keep an eye on this article! Here’s Steve Ballmer doing his keynote: Photo by Tom Purves . Click to see the original. Here’s my view from the event’s Twitter Lounge, where I’ll be doing demos and answering questions: Photo by Yours ...
  3 weeks ago

• Reporting From the Canadian Windows 7 Event

  
  Global Nerdy — Authority: 544
  The official launch of Windows 7 doesn’t happen until tomorrow, but we’re having a big launch event with Steve Ballmer today in Toronto! I’ll be blogging and tweeting all day from the launch venue – Toronto’s Harbour Castle Westin Convention Centre. For the full skinny on the event, follow the #cdnwin7 ...
  3 weeks ago

• Area Man Gets His Own Channel 9 Show

  
  Global Nerdy — Authority: 544
  Ryan McMinn – co-founder of the Toronto-based development shops Unspace and M7 Database Services turned Sith Lord with The Empire’s Access Team – co-hosts the newest show on Microsoft’s Channel 9 : The Access Show. Ryan hosts The Access Show with Clint Covington and in the first episode, he and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Visual Studio 2010/.NET Framework 4.0 Beta 2 and Final

  
  Global Nerdy — Authority: 544
  The Beta: Available Now! The newest beta, Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 is out! MSDN subscribers can download it right away , while everyone else can get their hands on it on Wednesday, October 21st (and don’t worry, I’ll remind you if you on Wednesday if you have to wait until then). ...
  3 weeks ago

• WinMoDevCamp: Save the Date – November 11th!

  
  Global Nerdy — Authority: 544
  On Wednesday, November 11th, we’ll be hosting the Toronto-area WinMoDevCamp at Microsoft Canada’s headquarters! It’ll be the fifth in a series of worldwide “Camp” style workshops focusing on developing applications for Windows Mobile (including the upcoming Windows Mobile 6.5 ). WinMoDevCamp – short ...
  3 weeks ago

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