Microsoft has released the latest version of Kinect for Windows SDK – v1.7 with cool features for developers. The key features introduced are: Kinect Interactions – Kinect Interactions are designed to let users intuitively do things like press their hand forward a few inches to push a button, or close their hands to “grip and… Continue reading
Category: VS2010
Windows 8 Client Hyper-V and Windows Phone 7.x emulator slowdown
Hyper-V is a great platform for virtualization and luckily Windows 8 have inbuilt/integrated support for hyper-v technologies. Windows Phone 8 SDK uses hyper-v for emulator virtualization and it works pretty good with Visual Studio 2012. Hyper-V integrated to the Windows 8 is been called ‘Client Hyper-V’. Client Hyper-V is the same virtualization technology previously available… Continue reading
Setting up Windows Phone SDK update for Windows Phone 7.8 and working with Visual Studio 2010/2012
Microsoft has just released an update for Windows Phone SDK 7.1 and 8.0 to provide support for Windows Phone 7.8 emulators.I have shared the details in my last blog post. With this article I will walk you through how it would look to work with this update. The following simple steps will help you with… Continue reading
Announcing Windows Phone SDK update for Windows Phone 7.8 – for Windows Phone SDK 7.1 and Windows Phone SDK 8.0
Microsoft has released an update for Windows Phone SDK for Windows Phone 7.8 support. This SDK adds Windows Phone 7.8 emulator support for Windows Phone SDK 7.1 and Windows Phone SDK Â 8.0. The Windows Phone SDK Update for Windows Phone 7.8 adds two new emulator images to your existing Windows Phone SDK installation. New Windows… Continue reading
Windows Phone – Downloading and Sideloading Apps from SDCard
With Windows Phone 8 and new Windows Phone store – Microsoft has introduced the support for Manually download the .XAP files and install the application from an SDCard(Memory card). Follow the steps: Step 1: Windows Phone store will have an additional option ‘Download and install manually’  for each application [Similar to the screen shot given… Continue reading
WCF Data Services 5.2 RTM Tools for Visual Studio 2010/2012
Microsoft has released an update to WCF Data Services tools – v5.2, this will update the NuGet packages referenced by the WCF Data Services item templates to 5.2.0. This installer also fixes a bug where generating a service reference against a large model would cause Visual Studio to crash. This release contains the following noteworthy… Continue reading
Windows Phone Power Tools–a must have extension for all Windows Phone developers
The Windows Phone Power Tools are a natural extension to the developer tools that come with the Windows Phone SDK. Instead of allowing you to only install developer xaps the Power Tools let you test update scenarios by allowing you to update an existing developer app. Instead of having to step through the IsolatedStorage file… Continue reading
Windows Phone Toolkit–October 2012 with WP8 SDK support
Windows Phone Toolkit is an additional set of controls for Windows Phone Development released by Microsoft Windows Phone developer platform team through Codeplex.com. Windows Phone Toolkit provides the developer community with new components, functionality, and an efficient way to help shape product development. Windows Phone Toolkit – October 2012 includes additional support for using the… Continue reading
Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 (KB2748141)
This update to Visual Studio will provide an extension point to Visual Studio 2010 SP1 that will allow for Web Publishing Updates. DOWNLOAD:Â Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 (KB2748141)
Windows Azure Training Kit – October 2012
Microsoft Azure Training Kit – October 2012 is the latest set of Microsoft Azure Training tutorials, samples for Developers and Microsoft enthusiasts. October 2012 Update The October 2012 update of the Windows Azure Training Kit includes 47 hands-on labs, 24 demos and 38 presentations. Some of the updates in this version include: Updated 22 presentations… Continue reading