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Jorge Ramon01/19/11
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The Making of QwikTime For iPhone

I just released the first version of QwikTime for iPhone and I want to tell you about what it took to get this product out the door in a short period of time.

Den Delimarsky01/19/11
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HTML5 gets a logo, but isn't ready yet as a final product

Fireworks and celebrations, HTML5 got a logo. Cool, isn't it? Or is it? A standard that didn't reach a final revision is already marketed as the next-generation panacea that will help everyone on the web. You can buy stickers and shirts, put the logo on your...

Senthil Kumar01/18/11
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Changing the Icon of a Windows Phone 7 Application in Visual Studio 2010

When you Start the Windows Phone 7 Device or Emulator you might see your App with the Default Icon . This is the png image ApplicationIcon in your root folder of the project .

Mitch Pronschinske01/17/11
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What's New in Flash Builder 4.5 "Burrito"?

Flash Builder 4.5 is aimed at making mobile application development just another simple step in the process of building a desktop or web app in Flex. The...

Axel Rauschmayer01/14/11
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Alternatives to the Mac app store for developers

Michel Fortin argues that a Mac developer should maintain two versions of his/her app: one in the app store, another one sold separately. [...] he’ll need to maintain two different versions: the App Store edition with no license code check, and the...

Senthil Kumar01/14/11
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How to change the StartPage of the Windows Phone 7 Application in Visual Studio 2010?

As a c# Windows Developer it was easier for me to change the startpage of the Application from the Program.cs file of the Windows Application project in Visual Studio . But how do i do thae same for the Windows Phone Application ?? There is no program.cs ...

Den Delimarsky01/14/11
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So you want to get that TFS-powered project from CodePlex...

CodePlex currently hosts 19845 projects. If you've used CodePlex before, then you probably know that you can get the pre-built library/executable/package if such is provided by the developer. But you can also download the source code. There are a couple of...

Robert Diana01/13/11
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Mobile Payments Could Fundamentally Change Small Business

In the past few days, mobile credit card payments have been making news. First, Intuit announced a free version of its mobile payments service called GoPayment. Next, we hear that Square raised a very nice funding round:

Dan Dyer01/13/11
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Adjusting the Opacity of an Android Bitmap

This took me a lot longer to figure out than it should have done. I’m documenting it here in case it’s useful for somebody else searching for a similar solution.

Den Delimarsky01/12/11
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How to run multiple instances of the Windows Phone 7 emulator

Sometimes there are cases when you want to run multiple instances of the Windows Phone 7 emulator. For example, to test different command line options in separate instances. By default, you cannot customize this behavior in Visual Studio 2010, that by now is...

Senthil Kumar01/12/11
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Windows Phone 7 for Business today.

The Earlier versions of Mobile OS ( Windows Mobile 6 , 6.1 ,5.0 , Pocket PC 2003 etc..) was more business oriented. Well , the new Mobile OS ( Windows Phone 7 ) focusses more on the End user or Customer oriented. Bob Hunt in his Blog Windows Phone 7 for...

Robert Nyman01/12/11
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We don’t need another app store

Let’s start this year with an adaptation of the lyrics to Tina Turner’s We Don’t Need Another Hero. Out of the OS domination, out from the wreckage Can’t make the same mistake this time We are the children, the last generation We are the ones they...

Den Delimarsky01/12/11
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What makes an app a good app - 7 pointers

I've been using mobile applications for a while and I've been developing them as well. Over time, I came to some conclusions about what makes an application better compared to other applications. Or at least, that's how I see an application that is of a...

Axel Rauschmayer01/11/11
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VLC: gone from the iOS app store

Sad. VLC on the iPad was a killer app, because to watch a video, you just copied the file to the iPad and were done. No transcoding, no importing into iTunes. Here is some background on why it happened: One VLC developer threatened to sue Apple, because he ...

Senthil Kumar01/11/11
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