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Sharing from your app
In Windows 8, sharing is a ubiquitous experience and a natural user expectation. Users often come across content in your app that they’re excited to share with friends or use in another app. As a developer you can meet this user expectation by using the Share contract which provides a ...
Enabling great Play To experiences from your Windows 8 apps (and websites!)
Play To Overview The Play To feature allows you to stream music, photos and videos from apps to Xbox and other supported devices on your home network. Imagine being able to easily flick photos and videos from your app to the big screen TV. Or music from your app ...
Fractal Art Wallpapers from LadyCompassion
Posted on Everything Microsoft - Latest Microsoft News, Guides, Reviews & ThemesLadyCompassion a fractal art artist has a collection of interesting pictures What is fractal art? It is a geometric art. It is a genre of computer art and digital art which are part of new type of media art. The ...
Getting paid from the Windows Store
In previous posts we’ve described how to prepare your app and the different ways you can make money with your app on the Store. Just as important is how you will receive payments for your app sales. In this post, Program Manager Paul Lorah describes how the ...
Creating Metro style apps that stand out from the crowd
When you submit your app into the Store, there will no doubt be other apps in your category that will compete for people’s attention. Being able to crisply showcase the differentiation points in your offerings and staying focused on delivering the core scenarios that you are best at are crucial ...
How To Install Windows 8 From A USB
Posted on Everything Microsoft - Latest Microsoft News, Guides, Reviews & ThemesThe Windows 8 Release Preview has been available to download as of last week and I’m sure many of you are eager to try it out. Personally, I think one of the best ways to install a OS is ...
Dual Images on the Same Laptop From Microsoft Research
Posted on Everything Microsoft - Latest Microsoft News, Guides, Reviews & ThemesImagine playing poker on a tablet. You can see your cards, and your opponent, who is sitting opposite from you can see his. But you cannot see his cards, and he cannot see your cards. The idea behind this ...
Reclaiming memory from Metro style apps
Modern operating systems take a different view of the resources on the system. Regardless of the form factor, it is important for the OS to more effectively manage resource utilization than in the past. Currently, it is far too easy for a single process to consume available resources (memory, CPU, ...
The Hybrid Tablet from Microsoft
Posted on Everything Microsoft - Latest Microsoft News, Guides, Reviews & ThemesMicrosoft may have a way of competing with Apple and the iPad. It is with a hybrid tablet. With the introduction of Windows 8, Microsoft and Intel can give customers the best of both worlds in a single device. This ...