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Jevgeni Tšaikin11/19/11
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Build an RSS Reader for Windows Phone 7

In this lesson I will create a simple RSS(Really Simple Syndication) Reader for Windows Phone 7. I will use Linq-To-XML for reading a RSS feed. User interface will contain a Textbox to enter an URL of a RSS Feed and a ListBox element to display results.

John Esposito11/18/11
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jQuery Mobile 1.0 Released

jQuery Mobile 1.0 was released on Wednesday, with all its ambitious goals intact.From the official announcement:To reach the broadest possible audience,  we decided from the start to make the framework work on every popular mobile, tablet, e-reader and...

Jeff Blankenburg11/18/11
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31 Days of Mango | Day #18: Using Sample Data

This article is part of a series called 31 Days of Mango.

Den Delimarsky11/18/11
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Successful Windows Phone apps - a story for Microsoft Student Partners

As a Microsoft MVP in Windows Phone Development, I was invited to participate in a training event for Microsoft Student Partners from all over the world. Me, Kelly White and Nicholas Landry had around 15 minutes each to present on a development and...

Jevgeni Tšaikin11/18/11
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Simulating GPS position changes using Reactive Extensions in Windows Phone environment

It has become much easier to simulate GPS position change events having Location tool in Emulator, where you are able to pin positions on a map, but for some Unit Tests and mock services it is important to simulate GPS data programmatically. For this...

Mitch Pronschinske11/18/11
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Building Client Apps for Windows Phone

This webcast will cover how to build a client app for an established website, such as Twitter or Eventbrite. Includes building a simple Eventbrite check-in...

Mitch Pronschinske11/17/11
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Windows Phone WebBrowser Control: Suppress Zoom and Scroll

Why would you ever want to suppress zoom and scroll?  Well, the WebBrowser control lets you view websites within the context of a non-browser application so that you don't end up opening the browser when you just want to peek at something.  In these cases,...

Mitch Pronschinske11/17/11
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Networking with Sockets in Windows Phone

In particular, the parts that resemble what has been shown live are the "Sample.Ntp" project and the implementation of the SNTP client which is...

Jeff Blankenburg11/17/11
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31 Days of Mango | Day #17: Using Windows Azure

This article is Day #17 in a series called 31 Days of Mango, and was written by guest author Michael Collier.  Michael can be reached on Twitter at @michaelcollier.

Mitch Pronschinske11/17/11
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Community NuGet Packages Hasten Windows Phone + Azure App Development

Wade Wegner, the lead technical evangelist for Windows Azure, has been working with the community on some sweet NuGet packages for both Windows Phone and Windows Azure, and when they're used in tandem to develop, for example, an Azure push notifications...

Senthil Kumar11/16/11
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Databinding an Auto Complete Box in Windows Phone

The Auto Complete Box is one of the controls that is a part of the Silverlight Toolkit for Windows Phone, which just got a new release this week!   One of the features of the AutoCompleteBox is that when a user types a character or keyword , the control...

Mitch Pronschinske11/16/11
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New Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit Released!

The Windows Phone Silverlight Toolkit just got a major update with the November 2011 release arriving this week for developers:Download the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit Also available on NuGetTo get started, you may need the tools from...

John Esposito11/16/11
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Video: Adobe and HTML5

Last week Adobe announced that it would no longer develop Flash for mobile browsers.In this video, Adobe's Paul Gubbay demonstrates how to use a number of Adobe tools (including PhoneGap, which Adobe acquired last month) to create HTML-based, cross-device...

Jeff Blankenburg11/16/11
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31 Days of Mango | Day #16: Isolated Storage Explorer

This article is Day #16 in a series called 31 Days of Mango, and was written by guest author Samidip Basu.  Samidip can be reached on Twitter at @samidip.

Alex Curylo11/16/11
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SVGKit for Mac OS X and iOS

This looks like an interesting option for designing and implementing simple animations easily: SVGKit at GitHub