Ever since the Windows Phone 8 SDK leaked, I have been digging through the documentation looking for interesting additions to the upcoming release. After spending a couple of evenings trying to get the Wallet to work in the emulator using … Continue reading
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Mimicking the startup of Bing apps
Today I want to show how to get the same feel for your Windows Phone apps on start up that the newly released Bing apps (Finance, Maps, Food & Drink, Sports and News). Since Microsoft started releasing Windows Phone versions … Continue reading →
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The problem with Kids Corner in Windows Phone 8
As a father, I was very happy to see the announcement of Kids Corner as part of Windows Phone 8. “Finally” I thought, “I can now simply hand my phone to my daughter and be able to go back to … Continue reading →
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Detecting Kid’s Corner in Windows Phone 8
The other day I had an idea. My daughter loves kittens. And really, what kid doesn’t? I realized that if I created an app that only showed picture of kittens, she would be distracted when necessary. The problem is I … Continue reading →
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Continuous Location tracking on Windows Phone 8 Part 2: Background
Mondays article talked about how to use the new Location API on Windows Phone 8. In it, I did not talk about background tracking. Today I will modify the prior solution to do that and to log events to the … Continue reading →
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Continuous Location tracking on Windows Phone 8
While digging through the Windows Phone 8 SDK docs, I noticed that the Location services seem to have changed to include an option for tracking the handsets location on a continuous basis. It is marked in the docs as new … Continue reading →
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