Vevo, one of my portfolio accounts, launched their Windows 8 App today. This is one of the best apps, I got an opportunity to work on. This app offers access to 75,000 HD music videos as well as original programming and live concerts from popular artists...

If you are unable to reserve your app name for which you hold the trademark or other legal right, or see another app in the Windows Store using that name, you may report the App Infringement at https://www.microsoft.com/info/Marketplace.aspx to start...

RedRock, a Windows Phone 8 app, is an evangelism tool to accelerate migration of Windows Phone 7x apps to Windows Phone 8 apps. RedRock is easy to configure for any brand, and it comes with the source code to help you in your readiness and demo efforts...

Windows Store has an excellent option to pick your app’s release date . I have worked with several app publishers to use a future release date to test the entire submission process way early in the app development life cycle, and to reduce the last...

Aviary , a BizSpark Startup from New York, with whom I have been working for last few years, recently launched their Windows 8 App (Photo Editor) along with their Photo Editor Windows 8 SDK and half-dozen partner apps ( Rowi , Memorylage , MyFrames ,...

VEVO, one of the brands I am working with, has recently launched their updated Windows Phone 8 App at SxSW, in addition to iOS, Android, Xbox 360 and Roku apps. The coolest addition is VEVO TV : an always-on broadcast-style music and video channel. ...

I value your privacy. My Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and Windows Azure applications do not collect, store, or share any personal information about you. This privacy policy is subject to change without notice and it was last updated on January 13, 2013...

Team Microsoft Delaware is getting ready for Bike To The Bay 2012 ride on Saturday 22 Sept 2012 to support The Delaware Chapter of the National MS Society , who is committed to research for a cure tomorrow, but also to provide programs which address the...

Join us to learn how to leverage Microsoft Public Cloud Offerings including Windows Azure, Microsoft Dynamics CRM & ERP in the Cloud, and Office 365 on Wednesday 2nd May 2012 at 1:00pm EDT. We have a pack agenda for an hour; see below for details...

FAME, Inc. (Forum to Advance Minorities in Engineering), a pre-college enrichment program that prepares and motivates traditionally underrepresented minority students and girls in grades 7-12 to enter college and complete a baccalaureate degree in engineering...

Happy Valentine Day!! Happy to share a recent price break on SQL Azure (see the table below) and a brand new option of 100MB. Thank you for your continued feedback which resulted in this price break. Database Size Price Per Database Per...

The January 2012 update of the training kit includes the following updates: [New Hands-On Lab] Building a Social Game with Windows Azure [Updated Hands-On Lab] SQL Azure Labs - updated for new portal experience [Updated Hands-On Lab] SQL Azure...

Microsoft BizSpark Plus is offering up to $60,000 worth of compute and storage on Windows Azure over a two-year period, to high-potential startups through select incubators and accelerators. Check the latest list of BizSpark Plus Incubators and Accelerators...

Do you offer any Line-Of-Business (LOB) solution today or see an opportunity to launch an application for an industry vertical, or tap a different market segment or geography . You may want to join us for this upcoming one hour webcast (Feb 8, 2012 noon...

High-School Team of FAME Delaware (a STEM Program for Minority Students) delivered an awesome Kinect Demo during FTC Robotics competition ( FIRST Tech Challenge Bowled Over ) today at Bob Carpenter Center, University of Delaware . It was a great experience...

In this "Hello Azure Part 2" episode of How DO I series, let's package and deploy our Hello Azure application. Key Points: You need Windows Azure SDK for .NET and Visual Studio Tools for Windows Azure (download from here ) Run Visual Studio...

In this "Hello Azure Part 1" episode of How DO I series let's create a simple Windows Azure application (say Hello Azure), debug it and run it locally. In Part 2, let's package it and deploy it to Windows Azure. Key Points: You need Windows Azure...

Please join us at the Azure ‘n’ Action Café for the ‘lunch and learn’ online sessions on a series of topics related to the Windows Azure Platform. These are jump-start overview sessions including demos and best practices...

We are hosting a half-day Windows Azure Discover Event (part of world-wide series brought to you by Metro – Microsoft’s Early Adopter Program and is free of charge) in New York City on Tue 24-Jan-2012 from 9:30am – 1:30pm. Our goal...

In this How DO I series let’s see how to sign up a free 3-months trial account of Windows Azure . Key Points: · Free for 3-months · Does require a Credit Card but comes with a default spending limit of $0 ·...

Recently several Windows Azure December updates are announced to improve ease of use, interoperability, and overall value. Here are my favorites and see here for complete details. Simplified Risk Free 90-Days Free Trial ...

Windows Azure Training Kit - December Update A great readiness resource to study at your own pace and it’s available for free download. December update comes with following goodness: HPC Scheduler (3 New Hands-On Labs...

Scott Guthrie , CVP Azure Platform, is hosting an Azure Training Event on Tuesday 13 th Dec’11 at noon ET (total 8 Hours) along with Dave Campbell, and Mark Russinovich! Very exciting; can't ask for more.. Time Session Topic...

We are pleased to announce following Windows Azure events for ISVs to learn and develop their cloud solutions leveraging latest offerings of Windows Azure Platform. Windows Azure Discover events provide both business and technology overview by Microsoft...

New Jersey Technology Council (NJTC) is hosting BigData Analytics event on Thu 01 Dec 2011 in Jersey City, NJ. You can register here and if you would like to discuss how Microsoft can help you then find either me or my colleague Peter Laudati at the event...