Low-light photos never looked this good. Award-winning PureView technology, Carl Zeiss optics and six physical lenses. The Nokia Lumia 925 lets you capture the great moments, day or night. And the beautifully crafted design will turn heads wherever...

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته كم من برامج كثيرة صنعناها و لم تنشر؟ ويندوز 8 يعطيك الفرصة لإنتاج و نشر برامجك بكل سهولة و بساطة في هذه المدونة، سوف اعرض كيفية انتاج برنامج لويندوز 8 قبل البدء بذلك، يجب توافر أحدث نظام تشغيل...

Windows Phone Toolkit: Context Menu getting selected item within a long list selector Now you can add touch-sensitive menus to your Windows Phone 8 apps by using Context menus. One of the new components in the Windows Phone Toolkit is Context Menu. Basically...

  A picture speaks a thousand words, a fact I truly agree. While browsing through the internet, I came across a very interesting article relating to the history of Microsoft. Below is a Picture of the company’s founders, Paul Allen and Bill Gates...

Did you know that Kinect for Windows for lets you control the Windows mouse cursor with your hands? It lets you interact naturally with your computer. How the application works? Cursor Moving Just move your hand for controlling the cursor...

Wouldn’t it be cool if you could click on a point on the map and get the complete address of that point? Here are the easy steps for including this feature in your Windows 8 App. 1. Add Service Reference: Right click on Reference folder in...

With only 1 week until the new announcement of the next XBOX, there are people that don’t know SmartGlass yet.     It’s a free app that connect your devices to the XBOX entertainment and it’s available for the devices that you already own. It...

While we still wait for Facebook to release an official app for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 , the social networking service is now making it easier for third-party app developers of those platforms to put in Facebook features in their apps. ...

It's only been a few weeks since Microsoft has released an update for the free OneNote app for Windows 8 . The company released yet another update that adds a feature that will please many users who access OneNote on touchscreen devices like the Surface...

Earlier this week, the Windows desktop version of Skype got an update that added the long awaited video messaging feature. Today, the company released a new update for the Modern Windows 8 Skype app that includes a "preview" version of those video messaging...

  Really Simple Syndication or RSS is a method of receiving constantly updated links to your chosen websites. Once you have set up a connection to a website you will receive a list of all the stories currently shown on a certain page or section of...

Are you a developer and a hardcore gamer? or just a casual gamer that love indie games? Then you are invited to gaming day at Microsoft. The event will bring together developers from all designations to build gaming applications on Windows 8, Windows...

A highly flexible Calendar Control for Windows 8 has been offered my ComponentOne. However I had trouble understanding this powerful control and hence am writing this tutorial on using and customizing it. ComponentOne Calendar Control can be downloaded...

As you probably know, Phone Gap is a free and open source framework that allows you to create mobile apps using standardized web APIs for the platforms you care about. So, easily you can create apps using the web technologies you know and love: HTML ...

  The Midnight Developer Challenge was a software development competition open to all students across the Middle East and Africa, with the aim to encourage students across the Middle East and Africa to develop Mobile applications for the Windows...

  Choosing the Colors: Most of the Apps like ebay, amazon, ocado etc have very simple and clean UV design which highlights the items or the content. Usually the background of the canvas is set to WHITE or preferably light color or a very light blurred...

If you want to write an app that supports live streaming on Windows Phone, the streaming server should support one of the Microsoft encodings. Nothing wrong with the Microsoft smooth streaming. The issue that most of the TV stations support only Apple...

Even with the best email service, sometimes text isn’t enough, and we all face those situations where it is just easier to jump on a call to talk something out. We know sometimes a quick call can accomplish more than a long email reply. That’s...

I am sure that you will enjoy the below link to know more about Windows Phone http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us I also advice you to watch the latest Windows Phone commercial as it will put a big smile on your face. you can see...

Would you like to update your live tiles to a customized one? Here is the step by step tutorial on how to merge text on an image. To merge text and image into a single image, we have to convert the image to a writable bitmap, render the text over the...

The Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) team is excited to announce the Windows Azure for IT Professionals Jump Start. This course is designed for IT professionals looking to understand the Windows Azure Infrastructure such as Virtual Machines and Virtual...

We are pleased to announce the availability of Khaleej Apps , an exciting one stop website where you can find all of the Windows Phone and Windows 8 applications in the Gulf as well as top International apps, top games, social and news apps to showcase...

Windows Phone has been always a great choice for consumers with its great set of features, and its level of customization, to simply make your Windows Phone unmistakably yours. But Microsoft didn’t just focus on delighting the consumers. Microsoft...

Time Out Doha is a great app for people visiting or living in Doha to plan their outings and fun! This beautifully designed app gives you fantastic ideas about activities you can do to enjoy your time in the city. If you love shopping, going to the movies...

  Excerpt: Though apps are useful marketing tools for businesses, they should be equally useable for consumers. Unfortunately, most businesses create apps that mirror their website instead of providing useful services. I can’t tell you how many times...