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The hallways and elevator entrances in most Microsoft buildings are always covered with posters announcing internal betas, promotions, new initiatives etc. Every once in a while I'll see a poster that's incredibly funny, witty or effective. I just noticed
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Scott Hanselman and I sat down last week to talk about writing Facebook applications. I share my experience developing Facebook apps such as OutSync and "I Love My Phone" . If you're new to Facebook or writing Facebook apps, take a listen. Our
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Are you on Facebook ? Do you use Outlook and Windows Mobile? If you answered yes and yes, get OutSync , a free app to sync your Facebook friends' photos with Outlook! It's written by me, and is free to use. Watch my 7 minute video with Laura Foy on Channel
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Say you search the Web for "foobar". What if the first website in the search results redirects back to the search itself (e.g. http://www.google.com/search?q=foobar )? Would that send the search engine bots into some kind of crazy recursive loop?
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Here's yet another one of those "what's on your device?" posts. I'm on the road as part of the MEDC 2007 worldwide tour, and will have visited nearly half a dozen countries over the last 2 weeks. My Windows Mobile 6 device (currently an HTC Excalibur)
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Great news for Vista users: Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 was launched last night and is now available for download from our Windows Mobile site as well as from Windows Update. We had run into a couple of speed bumps on the final stretch drive, but
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Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I've been heads down with MEDC and a bunch of other projects. I will be at MEDC in Las Vegas all of next week so if you see me at the conference, do say Hi. James Pratt and I are delivering the session APP211 (" It's
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If you prefer to use Internet Explorer instead of the Windows Live client to locate your nearest Starbucks, there's good news: Starbucks now has a mobile friendly website at http://mobile.starbucks.com ! Honestly, there are very few things prettier than
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I got an email from a customer asking about device connectivity using the pass through feature in ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center (WMDC). In this settings dialog, what's the difference between Automatic , Work Network and The Internet ? Specifically,
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Please excuse the recent lack of posts. I've been busy with travel, conferences and the usual Windows Mobile product group chores. I should be able to post more frequently in the coming weeks. Quick take on the Zune: As you've probably heard, Microsoft's
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I'll be at the Handango Partner Summit in Santa Monica on the 10th and 11th. If you're attending, stop by the Microsoft table to say Hi! During the keynote on Monday morning I'll be announcing a cool new download for Windows Mobile developers. This freebie
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Please excuse the lack of posts lately. I'm on vacation in Chicago, working on some personal issues and staying on top of app compat issues as we march towards the next Windows Mobile OS release. I've also been swamped with a bunch of presentations and
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Please excuse the delays in posting. I'm currently in Asia attending MEDC 2006 in Taipei, Beijing and Kuala Lumpur. The next Spot the Bug contest is coming right up.
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Michael Mace has written an interesting article on why mobile application sales are dropping . As the former Chief Competitive Officer and VP of Product Planning at Palm, Michael certainly knows a lot about the mobile device ecosystem. While I agree with
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I arrived back in the US this morning after spending 3 terrific days at MEDC Tokyo . The experience was amazing. The Japanese demeanor of courtesy and respect for one another is unbelievable. Quoting from my collegue Derek's blog, "The people here are
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