The Windows 8 app I’m currently working on requires me to send some data over a wireless network using UDP. This is usually done by using the Socket class contained in the System.Net.Sockets namespace. However, this isn’t supported in Windows...

About the Project The Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 is an awesome device packed with cool features. The drone contains two cameras, one pointed forward that streams live video, and one pointed downwards (for all your surveillance needs). Its got four powerful...

One of the coolest things about developing Windows Store Apps is the number of powerful features you can add to your App with just a small amount of programming overhead. One of these features is the app bar, an introduction to which can be found here...

Background There are a large number of templates available for you to use when updating the tile for your Windows Store App. This post contains information about every template you can use (name, picture, description), as well as cut-and-paste...

Background You’re provided with a number of templates to use when sending Toast Notification with you Windows Store App. This post contains information about every template you can choose (name, picture, description), as well as cut and paste code to...

Hey there, I’m Peter Dwersteg, a Developer Evangelist at Microsoft. I’ll be focusing on Windows 8 for most of my work. I’ll use Try, Catch, Finally… to share information about the projects I’ve been working on, as well as...

Background There are a large number of templates available for you to use when updating the tile for your Windows Store App from a cloud service using the Windows Push Notification Service. This post contains information about every template...

Background There are a large number of templates available for you to use when updating the tile for your Windows Store App. This post contains information about every template you can use (name, picture, description), as well as cut-and-paste code to...