**Since the official unveiling of foursquare 2.0 Windows Phone app earlier on July 1, foursquare's 2.3 patch update has been released in the Windows Phone Marketplace. Increased Performance. More to come.... ----------------------------- My name is Liz Ngo from the Global ISV Group at Microsoft...

Each month through June 2010, Microsoft will bring you a 90-minute Architect focused Webcast to educate on the latest trends/topics and how new technologies can align with your business needs. The first is October 27th. Here are the details: An Architect’s perspective on Silverlight 3 Abstract...

If you missed last week’s valuable presentation about Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence , you can view this on demand by visiting the ISV website on Microsoft.com and visiting the Technical Resources page. There have also been many other presentations that you can view on demand on the...

Are you interested in getting your Silverlight application on MySpace? How about using the New York Times APIs in your Silverlight application? Or perhaps you have deployed web service APIs and want to get more developers using them (with cooler Silverlight applications). Michael Scherotter, a Media...

Is your development team working with the latest greatest SharePoint and Silverlight technologies? If not, they should be! And if so, here is some great content from Kirk Evans, for them to enhance their skills. SharePoint for Developers Part 1: Introducing VSeWSS 1.3 SharePoint for Developers...

Differentiating your line-of-business applications from those of your competitors has never been more important for software companies. If you’ve considered using Dynamics CRM as a line-of-business platform, Silverlight or WPF to build compelling experiences, Office or SharePoint to build on the familiar...

In my role as an evangelist for Microsoft, I get the unique opportunity to meet and work with some of brightest CTO's, CIO and software architects in the world. It occurred to me recently that we have reached the "tipping point" of Silverlight 3 - the level at which the momentum of something becomes...

Hungry for more info on how Windows 7 can help you? Microsoft Learning just launched its first Windows 7 Learning Snack called Introducing Windows 7 . A Snack is essentially a short, Silverlight presentation highlighting popular topics that includes various animations and recorded demos. The Introducing...

For those who missed last week’s conference in Las Vegas, you can check out the MIX09 Keynotes here . Also, here is an update on a few topics that were covered: Microsoft announced the Silverlight 3 Beta, new features in Expression Blend and continued progress in the cloud with updates to the Azure...

Wednesday, March 25 th , 2009, 10:00-11:30 AM Pacific Mark your calendars for this session with Jaime Rodriguez, Microsoft Presentation Foundation Technical Evangelist. He will provide a high level overview of the Microsoft Client Continuum: how we see each technology fitting and how we see the...

With MIX09 just a handful weeks away, there is some BIG news to share! If you haven’t yet registered for MIX09, here are a few new reasons to click on this registration link ! New sessions just announced include Microsoft Expression Web: No Platform Left Behind, Silverlight Accessibility , and...

Things are heating up at MIX09 with news and announcements about the hottest web innovation trends and topics! New Keynote Speaker! Innovation Luminary, Bill Buxton, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research will Keynote at MIX09! Bill has made landmark contributions to the fields of human-computer...

MIX 2009 is only two months away, March 18-20th in Vegas! The MIX Conference is a gathering of designers and developers who build cutting edge web sites. Congratulations to all those eager beavers who registered when the first discount was announced in December – you scored a full $600 savings ! ...

The SharePoint and Silverlight Blueprints on CodePlex were updated to include two more Silverlight RTM samples: custom navigation in SharePoint the colleague viewer These blueprints provide samples for you to build and explore using Silverlight as an alternate way to develop and integrate...

Each January Regional Directors from IT companies around the world blog their Annual Predictions. What is a Regional Director you may ask? Regional Directors are members of an elite, worldwide group of technology thought-leaders known for their national and international speaking tours, their authorship...

Charles Torre from Channel 9 had an opportunity recently to talk with Jim Kayler, Senior Technical Specialist and Brian Finnerty, VP of Marketing about their .Net training company, InnerWorkings . Their mission is to help developers learn to write better code faster on the .NET framework. With their...

The nature of software development is radically changing... Are you ready? If you could not make it to the PDC, then you won't want to miss the MDC! Registration for the MSDN Developer Conference is only $99. You’ll get the best of the PDC in your own backyard and hear all of the exciting announcements...

This year, the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2008 will be held October 27-30 in Los Angeles, CA. The PDC is designed for leading-edge developers and software architects. If you’re interested in the future of the Microsoft platform, you’re responsible for the technical strategy in...

A lot has happened since the 1980's and Healthcare has sure seen its share of promises of data presentation and user interface evolution. Not just from the perspective of how information is fitted to and displayed on a user's screen, but more challenging applications such as how many different devices...

I recently heard about a program where Microsoft is giving away advertising services using the Silverlight streaming video service and wanted to provide you with a link where you can read about how you can take advantage of this offer . If you take advantage of this offer, or already have streaming...

John Mullinax, a Microsoft Platform Strategy Advisor, recently put together a guide to Billg’s CES Keynote on his blog . He created a chronology where you can search for topics within the keynote that will be of interest to you and your business. This shows the array of cool content covered in his keynote...

If you have been using Microsoft Expression Encoder to create Silverlight video applications, you might have heard that it had a command-line interface for automation. I took this interface and wrapped it in a Windows Workflow Activity so you can easily automate Expression Encoder in your media workflow...