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Win the Ultimate Gaming Experience. First, register at http://aka.ms/JenPrizes .  Then, publish your app to the Windows Store and/or Windows Phone Store between December 20, 2012 through February 28, 2013 and qualify for the following rewards: A store registration reimbursement† AND a copy of Halo...

Today marks the first day of the BUILD conference .  Recordings of sessions will be available online at http://channel9.msdn.com/events/Build/2012/ within 24-48 hours.  Here are some keynote highlights that were new or interesting to me.  Top-line announcements (downloads/releases) The...

Our marketing team has released a new “30 to Launch” program which helps you build either a Windows 8 or a Windows Phone application in 30 days.  You will receive a tip per day for 30 days that move you from idea to implementation.  In addition, the Windows 8 program offers some pretty amazing...

Fabulous! First, one of the many things on my TODO list is to take a Windows Phone app that was written in Silverlight and convert it to a Windows 8 app in XAML, to see what some of the major differences and gotchas are. But looking at my calendar, I know that I won’t get to this until June...

Do you have the next million dollar idea that you just can’t find the time to finish? Do you already have an app for Android and iPhone that you want to expand into new markets? It’s time to turn your napkin sketches and leverage your hard work into real, sellable apps for Windows Phone in ONE WEEK!...

Wow – this is a new format with a hands-on component, and I’m excited to see how it turns out! The Windows Phone 7 launch is a two-day affair. Day 1 is a series of presentations to get you ramped up on WP7 development. Day 2 is a workshop where you get to do real coding, with experts in...