Microsoft announced new cloud based media services (called as Windows Azure Media Services)and guidance to better enable content providers and customers to tap into the power of cloud computing, at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2012 conference. Windows Azure Media Services is a cloud-based PaaS solution that enables you to efficiently build and deliver… Continue reading
Category: Microsoft SDKs
Windows Phone Development–Choosers and Launchers
While doing windows phone application programming you will come across some requirements such as: a. “Selecting a contact from contact book” b. “Open up Camera, take a photo and upload or use the photo” c. “Open a link in Web Browser” How you can achieve these typical tasks? Answer is pretty simple Windows Phone SDK… Continue reading
Windows Phone 7.5[MANGO] and Windows Phone 7.1 OS
Microsoft has released Windows Phone 7.5 on Sept 27th 2011. The Operating system itself been initially been called as “Windows Phone 7.5” code named as “Windows Phone MANGO”. The underlying operating system version is Windows Phone 7.1, even though it is been marketed as “Windows Phone 7.5”. There is been lots of confusion among people… Continue reading
Windows Phone "Tango" to be renamed to Windows Phone 7.5 “Refresh” and Windows Phone 8 for the future
Microsoft’s announced upcoming Windows Phone OS code named as Windows Phone “Tango” to be renamed to Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh. This is inline with Microsoft’s cloud feature specific Windows Phone OS called as Windows Phone “Apollo” or Windows Phone 8. Windows Phone 7 “Tango” a.k.a Windows Phone 7.5 REFRESH The upcoming Windows Phone update… Continue reading
Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1 Updated to Final
Microsoft has released final version of Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1 which includes the support for Windows 8 and 256 MB devices for debugging. (previously I blogged about the release of CTP version of the same here) Windows Phone… Continue reading
Help: Kinect SDK for Windows – Code Migration Steps from Beta 2– v1.0
Kinect SDK for Windows v1.0 is a major release by Microsoft enabling the use of Kinect on Windows Platforms. Windows7/8 users can now interface Kinect to your Windows PC and develop programs that is capable of utilizing the capabilities of Kinect Sensor. There have been a number of significant changes and improvements in Kinect SDK… Continue reading
Kinect for Windows Quickstart Series
Channel 9 – MSDN has a new updated set of Quick Start tutorials on Kinect for Windows. Kinect for Windows Quickstart Series – consists of the following topics in tutorial series. Installing and Using the Kinect Sensor Setting up your Development Environment Camera Fundamentals Working with Depth Data Skeletal Tracking Fundamentals Audio Fundamentals http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/KinectQuickstart and… Continue reading
Kinect for Windows – Commercial Release
Microsoft has today released a commercial version of Kinect for Windows. Kinect for Windows is a specific version of Kinect released only for interfacing Microsoft Kinect with your laptop or desktop with Windows 7. Kinect for Windows is available as a bundle package through Amazon and Microsoft Store for 249$. Why Microsoft has released another… Continue reading
Kinect SDK for Windows–Version 1.0 Released
The Kinect for Windows SDK enables developers to create applications that support gesture and voice recognition, using Kinect sensor technology on computers running Windows 7, Windows Embedded Standard 7, and Windows 8 Developer Preview (desktop applications only). The Kinect for Windows SDK includes the following: Drivers, for using Kinect sensor devices on a computer running… Continue reading
MUGH Developer Day–January 2012
Microsoft User Group Hyderabad invites you to the Developer Day on Sunday, January 29th 2012. Register for this event for FREE @ http://mughdeveloperday01.eventbrite.com Here is the agenda: Timing Topic Speaker 09:30 to 10:00 Registration 10:00 to 11:00 Coding for Fun with Kinect Abhijit Jana, Microsoft 11:00 to 12:00 I Love HTML5 Shravan Kumar, Thomson… Continue reading