Do you have a device running the latest Windows Phone 8 operating system? Are you a fan of the TouchDevelop app that enables you to create apps directly ON your mobile device? Do you love to try out the latest apps, and give feedback about what you like or wish to see improved? Then our…
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Nokia and Windows Phone Geek come together to bring you the Lumia Geek 8-Week Challenge!
Nokia and Windows Phone Geek come together to bring you the Lumia Geek 8-Week Challenge! They simply want you to show your best, coolest Windows Phone 7.5 and 8 apps between now and 8 January 2013, and you could win some big prizes, including a free trip and passes to Mobile World Congress…
Starcrossed, for Windows Phone 7 by Kind of a Big Deal is now live in the Windows MarketPlace achieving a NEW Record of achieving the shortest time after Dare to publish their game to the commercial market..
Dare to be Digital is a video games development competition for extremely talented students at Universities and Colleges of Art. Teams of 5 students, usually a mix of artists, programmers and audio, assemble at Abertay University for 9 weeks during June to August to develop a prototype video game, receiving mentoring from industry. The…
More Cloud Services on Project Hawaii
Microsoft Research’s Project Hawaii extends the Windows Phone with the power of the cloud. The smartphone provides the sensors, mobility, and data; the cloud provides powerful algorithms to enable scenarios that would otherwise not be possible. The newly released Project Hawaii Software Development Kit (SDK) 2.0, developed by the Mobility and Research Group, has…
Windows Phone SDK version 7.1.1 now available
As just announced on the Windows Phone Developer Blog, I’m pleased to announce that the release of the Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1 Update is now available for immediate download on the Microsoft Download Center. The WPSDK 7.1.1 Update provides developers with a WPSDK patch that enables developers to develop and test for the recently announced…
UK Student’s – Develop portfolio’s demonstrate your skills and competences
From our Windows Phone Camps we know a lot of students like writing Apps for mobile devices. Microsoft UK have put together a competition to help students demonstrate skills to potential employers. The Win a Windows Phone reward is only available to students aged 16 or over in the UK, we want to encourage students…
Installing Windows Phone 7.1 SDK via .ISO using .MSI and Group Policy
Normally, if were installing the Windows Phone SDK 7.1 onto a single machine you do it through the web installer located here: https://www.dreamspark.com/Product/Product.aspx?productid=26 or via Microsoft Download centre at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=27570 However, if you need to install it on a disconnected machine (VM image) or deploy the SDK to a number of machines within a lab…
Windows Design & Development Resources
Thanks to all of the Universities who have updated their curricula to include Windows Phone. For the past few month we have been running a number of Phone Camp across the UK and judging from all the questions and comments in relation to METRO there is clearly a lot of interest and passion around this…
Beta release of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) SDK for Windows Phone
Microsoft is pleased to announce the beta release of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) SDK for Windows Phone. Built by Microsoft as an open source project, this SDK provides developers quickly connect and integrate Windows Phone applications with AWS (S3, SimpleDB, and SQS Cloud Services) For more details please see “Beta of Amazon Web…
Windows Phone University Phone Camps + Some great Resources and Samples for teaching and learning
For those of you interested in building Windows Phone app’s or putting the finishing touches on your Windows Phone app the following are a great set of resources for your students additional reading to the curriculum material we provide. As always if you want to have a Windows Phone 7 Phone Camp on YOUR…