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Steve Ballmer Announces his Retirement

August 23, 2013
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Steve Ballmer announces his retirement as CEO of Microsoft, the following is an excerpt from an email sent employees ...

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Power of the Inbox

August 22, 2013
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My work life is extremely hectic and provides a challenge in organization every single day. There are a myriad of ...

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What’s in the new update for Windows Phone 8?

August 21, 2013
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There has been a General Distribution Release (GDR) making its rounds for the various models of Windows Phone and mine ...

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Beats by Dre Wants Out

August 20, 2013
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Beats by Dre has become synonymous with HTC mobile devices and vice versa, this has been intentional, at least from the ...

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Azure Notification Hubs

August 19, 2013
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Windows Azure updates have been coming thick and fast in 2013, it clear that Microsoft is really trying to place ...

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YouTube App for Windows Phone

August 18, 2013
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There is quite an interesting stare down occurring between two tech giants, YouTube and Google. The focus of the tussle ...

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Watch Your Encoding

August 17, 2013
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Netflix is one of those few services that fully embrace a first class experience on every possible device and platform. ...

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Wait for Everything and Anything

August 16, 2013
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In a previous post I was genuinely excited (it’s the developer geek in me) about the use of the asynchronous patterns ...

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Low End Smartphone Market

August 15, 2013
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While the high end Lumia variants continue to grab headlines as true Windows Phone flag ships, it is my humble belief ...

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