One of the challenges when using the emulator is that yous simply don't have some hardware specific functionality, such as the accelerometer. In order to overcome this, there are different possible implementations: 1-Use the keyboard: Probably...

As more sites are making use of the new IE 9 technologies we can start building a more interesting start menu with our favourite links: Of course you can also do the task bard pinning. I personally like to organize these at the start menu...

Although I'm more a C# person, I know that many of you would much more prefer to develop using VB.Net. If that's the case, today we are making available the CTP of Visual Basic for the Phone Developer. You can get it from here: http://www.microsoft...

As announced today ( http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2010/09/22/announcing-microsoft-security-essentials-available-free-to-small-businesses-in-october.aspx ) MS Security Essential can now be used for free by businesses with up to 10 PCs. ...

Air New Zealand did a wonderful job customizing Flight Simulator for this video: http://travel.msn.co.nz/airlines/7985924/all-black-domestic-jet-to-hit-the-skies And the aircraft looks really pretty, doesn't it?

Internet Explorer 9 Beta Guide for Developers: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-nz/ie/ff468705(en-us).aspx

Another brilliant app for Windows Phone 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjcqTWC1EuI More details here: http://mobilewares.spaces-df.live.com/Blog/cns!78533A1A2E078194!8153.entry?wa=wsignin1.0&sa=285172810

You can register here: https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032462274&EventCategory=2&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

I've collected a few examples of what people are doing on Windows Phone 7 and would like to share them with you: Game: Ilomilo , simply beautiful game. App: OpenTable , restaurants reservation app. App: Shazam App: Netflix App: Feed Reader...

Internet Explorer 9 beta is here! And I am very happy to see the feedbacks from people who have been using it. But don't believe me, try it ! Actually I just found this post telling a little of story about the evolution of the IE logo and some very...