Last year I attended my very first hackathon. It was hosted by Microsoft and Adesso, and focused on developing Windows 8 RT and Windows Phone apps. I took the opportunity and tried my luck on the WinJS HTML5 framework for Metro apps. Being completely new to WinJS, creating properly working page transitions already counted as huge […]
I’ve been getting a lot of mail from Microsoft lately and I can’t say I’m not excited every time. Look what arrived this morning! I’m now a very official member of the Microsoft Student Developer Club. They sent me a nice letter, a huge sketch book with Windows tablet stencils, a stylish membership card with […]
Everyone knows, Microsoft’s Bing search features amazing photography on its front page. Recently, Microsoft also decided to publish a PC software, that automatically loads the daily Bing photo and sets it as your personal desktop background. Although I previously got great photo wallpapers from sources such as Interfacelift, I couldn’t bother to frequently change it. Bing […]
Today, Microsoft pushed a big update to its cloud storage solution SkyDrive. They finally released a desktop client for Windows and Mac machines, allowing Dropbox-like features of having an integrated folder on your harddrive, which constantly keeps in sync with your online storage. With the client release, Microsoft also introduces several storage size offers.
I’m just sitting here in my living room and working on NoteCraft, when I see Bing on TV. For Microsoft I find it a pretty decent commercial, especially with the cool music by Alex Clare, Too Close. So why not share it as a nice artistic work and improve the image of IE at the […]
On its Nokia World conference, 2 days ago on the 26th October, Nokia finally introduced its Windows Phone 7 lineup, including the gorgeous Lumia 800. I just want to post some videos about it as for me it is probably the best designed smartphone to date. Lets see if Nokia can get its impact on the […]
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