I have some exciting news today! I just learned that my book titled Developing Windows Store Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript has been published. For the past 4 months I was a bit 🙂 busy with authoring this small technical book of around 150 pages. It was a great challenge, my first “grand” scale authoring experience and hopefully it won’t be the last attempt. The book was published by Packt Publishing whose team of editors, technical editors,…
Here is a nice little article published on money.cnn.com that sums up 13 killer features introduced by Windows 8.1 by Adrian Covert @CNNMONEYTECH The article goes through a list of 13 killer features in Windows 8.1 and for each feature it explains “Why we like it” and “How to use it” Here are some of the features listed in the article: Start button: The Start button has returned to its original spot on the desktop taskbar Desktop Mode boot:…
Today I came across an illustrations in the documentation of the introduction to Windows Azure via this link: http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/fundamentals/intro-to-windows-azure/. This illustrations sums up the “Components of Windows Azure” and basically groups the services that Windows Azure offers into distinct categories which allows you to better understand what Windows Azure has to offer for you and your company. Moreover, it allows you to better focus on the things that you need to learn that align with your…
Microsoft gives you the opportunity to try out Windows Azure for free with a 1-Month Free Trial subscription. The free trial account offers a $200 worth of Windows Azure. The 1-month trial gives you Full access with no strings attached so that you can: Build what you want Scale as you need It also allows you to try out the features of Windows Azure such as: Create and run Virtual Machines Develop a modern app using Cloud…
Microsoft announced a couple of weeks ago that Windows 7 will run IE11 Developer Preview and is already available for download. IE11 Developer Preview for Windows 7 now gives a large audience a chance to try out the next generation Web browser. Internet Explorer 11 the successor of IE10 continues with carrying the torch for the best Web experience across the full range of Windows devices and screen sizes. Windows 7 users will also be able…
