Mark Downie - PoppaString

NFC Ring

October 16, 2013
2 min read

I have been aware of Nokia’s NFC Windows Phone app for a while, it allows you to read/write to any standard NFC tag ...

Your Profile Name and Photo May Appear in Ads

October 14, 2013
2 min read

Starting next month your Google profile image and endorsements may show up in Google ads, this is just the latest in a ...

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Inversion Of Control

October 11, 2013
3 min read

I currently work for a small company that provides software services to the financial and banking industry. We provide ...

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PC Market Beats Expectations

October 09, 2013
1 min read

The numbers on PC worldwide shipments have been announced by the IDC more or less in line with expectations (-7.6% for ...

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Adobe Security Breach

October 08, 2013
2 min read

It seems every few weeks we have new and even more intrusive breaches in the security of some critical product. The ...

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The Absolute Minimum You Need To Know About The MVCHandler

October 07, 2013
1 min read

When an MVC application receives a user request there is a whole list of things that occur that, during the development ...

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HTML Link to a Page in a PDF document

October 03, 2013
1 min read

I often see sites reference PDF documents but rarely see people take advantage of a supported feature that allows you ...

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Set an Image.Source from a Stream

September 29, 2013
0 min read

When reading an image from the Windows Store or Windows Phone SDK you are usually presented with a simple Stream. This ...

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Free Training at Microsoft Virtual Academy

September 28, 2013
1 min read

Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) is free for anybody interested in advancing their career through training on Microsoft ...

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NFC Ring

Your Profile Name and Photo May Appear in Ads

Inversion Of Control

PC Market Beats Expectations

Adobe Security Breach

The Absolute Minimum You Need To Know About The MVCHandler

HTML Link to a Page in a PDF document

Set an Image.Source from a Stream

Free Training at Microsoft Virtual Academy

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