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The Forgotten Promise of Windows RT

May 04, 2014
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Windows RT 8.1 is a Windows-based operating system that's optimized for thin and light PCs that have extended battery ...

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Retrieve JSON Data Asynchronously In Windows Phone

April 30, 2014
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I started building a Windows Phone app recently with the intent of pulling some JSON data from some random URI and I ...

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Responding to App Reviews – Nerves of Steel

April 17, 2014
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You sometimes need nerves of steel to read your comments and reviews, even the best intentioned and cutest YouTube ...

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Build 2014 Highlights For Web Developers

April 16, 2014
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There was a metric ton of information coming out of Build this year, and I am still trying to parse all of it for my ...

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OpenSSL Heartbleed Vulnerability

April 09, 2014
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I have been following news about the OpenSSL Heartbleed vulnerability for the last few days and I wanted to highlight ...

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Portable Power Calculations

April 08, 2014
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After visiting a local all day conference last week I realized quite quickly that I need to have a more robust solution ...

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Build 2014 Top Developer Announcements (from Day 1)

April 02, 2014
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Build 2014 is still on going and for those developers who did not get the approvals to go (like me) I would like to ...

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Bing Code Search for C#

March 30, 2014
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There are only a select few developers I have worked with who can consistently maintain total recall of all the ...

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OneNote Cloud Service API

March 17, 2014
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The release of OneNote for the Mac and PC (for free) was a really interesting development today. I am realizing that ...

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