Windows Phone 7 User Experience Talks at the Windows Phone Designer Event (Video)

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Feb 262012
 

Windows Phone Design Mistakes and How to Avoid them

David Crawford, User Experience Consultant at Microsoft, discusses the most common design hurdles facing Windows Phone developers, and provides tips and tricks to avoid common pitfalls. Crawford also discusses best practices for branding applications.

The Windows Phone Experience in Review

Bryan Agnetta, Senior User Experience (UX) PM Lead at Microsoft, gives a step-by-step review of the Windows Phone experience. Agnetta answers developers’ questions regarding developing for the Metro UI and Windows Phone devices.

Developing Applications Using Microsoft’s Metro for Windows Phone

Bryan Agnetta, Senior User Experience PM Lead at Microsoft, offers insight into developing applications using the Metro design language. Agnetta gives an overview of creating applications with Metro and discusses Microsoft’s efforts to integrate its various brands into this one innovative platform.

Pervasive Business Intelligence Tools as key IT priority in 2012 in Singapore

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Feb 242012
 

A Microsoft survey of IT decision makers in Singapore showed that Business Intelligence tools is one of the top IT priorities for 2012, where IT managers are pushing for pervasive BI usage across organizations. The survey, conducted in October 2011, polled 100 IT decision makers and executives as part of the Microsoft Business Intelligence Roadshow 2011.

The Microsoft Singapore BI Survey 2011’s findings revealed that a majority of IT managers and executives (75%) agree that business intelligence (BI) is one of their top IT priorities in 2012, and a resounding 97% of respondents felt that BI tools should be used pervasively across the organization.

Other key findings include:

  • IT Managers and executives said that investments towards BI tools should help with financial performance insights, followed by resource management insights and then ability to drive business agility
  • BI tools are typically under-utilized with only 3% of respondents saying that it is adopted across the entire organization
  • 54% of respondents polled said that they are already taking steps to managed self-service BI, enabling knowledge workers have instant access to business insights at strategic, tactical or even operational levels

Google Sync for Multiple Calendars and Full Search Gmail now available on Windows Phone

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Feb 012012
 

Finally, support for multiple calendars on Google Sync is now available on Windows Phone too! For those who have been using Google Calendar with multiple calendars, not having support for multiple calendars have been a huge disadvantage for me to adopt the Windows Phone 7 device as my primary device, but not anymore!

How to set up:

  1. Simply go to m.google.com/sync on your Windows Phone device.
  2. Select your device.
  3. Select the calendars to be synced (up to 25).
  4. Tap save.
  5. Note that your new calendars won’t show up until your phone’s next sync with Google’s servers-every 30 minutes by default.

To manually sync your calendars without waiting, follow the instructions here - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2430181.

Futhermore, Windows Phone users can now search Gmail messages that have not been downloaded onto Windows Phone device! A long awaited feature finally here!

More reasons to get a Windows Phone device, maybe a Nokia Lumia 900 might interest you. :)

BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365 now Available

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Jan 312012
 

BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365 offers advanced administration and flexible smartphone self-service features to support an organization’s BlackBerry deployment in the cloud. Key features include:

  • Wireless synchronization with Microsoft Exchange Online email, calendar and organizer data from a BlackBerry smartphone
  • BlackBerry Balance technology, which presents a unified view of work and personal content on a BlackBerry smartphone while keeping the content separate and secure
  • An intuitive web-based console for IT administrators to provision, manage and secure BlackBerry smartphones from anywhere
  • Online access to employee self-service smartphone security functions, allowing users to easily reset a device password or remotely lock or wipe a device in the event of loss or theft

Managed service providers, systems integrators, carriers, resellers and other partners can also use the cloud service to manage BlackBerry deployments on behalf of their customers.

The service is available today in over 50 countries including Singapore. Customers can go to www.blackberry.com/cloudservices to get started.

Trade in your old mice and get a discount on the Microsoft Explorer Touch Mouse and Touch Mouse

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Jan 192012
 

Microsoft Explorer Touch Mouse

Microsoft Touch Mouse

Microsoft is announcing its first-ever mouse trade-in program in Singapore. Customers can bring their old computer mouse (any condition or brand) to participating retailers island-wide, and drop them in specially designed recycling boxes to receive a special discount off the Microsoft Explorer Touch Mouse and Microsoft Touch Mouse.

With each trade-in, customers can either receive S$10 off the Microsoft Explorer Touch Mouse (suggested retail price S$59.00 before trade-in) or S$20 off the Microsoft Touch Mouse (suggested retail price S$99 before trade-in).

Details are as follows:

  • Customers can purchase any color or edition of the two eligible Microsoft mice with this promotion;
  • There are also no limits to the number of trade-ins per customer;
  • This promotion is available from 18th January till 31st March 2012 or while stocks last.

Available at selected malls at these locations:

  • Sim Lim Square
  • Funan Digital mall
  • NEX Mall
  • 313@Somerset
  • Suntec City (E-Life)
  • IMM

Microsoft’s Last Keynote at CES 2012 After 12 Years (Video)

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Jan 132012
 

Here’s the recap of the Microsoft keynote at CES 2012.

Metro UI

  • This year’s keynote visuals were based on Microsoft’s Metro UI, which us now being used on Windows Phone and Xbox, and will soon be seen on Windows 8 PCs and tablets

“Windows 7 today, Windows 8 tomorrow”

  • Windows 7 remains the fastest selling OS in history, with “7 new copies sold every second”
  • There was a demonstration of Windows 8 OS and apps. The next announcement for Windows 8 will be in February, and all Windows 7 PC will be able to support Windows 8.
  • Windows Store will open globally in end February
  • New ultrabooks from Samsung and HP were also showcased at the keynote

Windows Phone

  • Windows Phone has more than 50,000 published apps and games today in the Marketplace, with an average of 300 more added each day
  • Nokia announced the Lumia 900 earlier today in partnership with AT&T
  • Other new Windows Phone announced specifically for the US market includes the HTC Titan II

Xbox and KINECT

  • Xbox 360 has sold more than 66 million units worldwide, and Xbox LIVE is the biggest social entertainment network in the living room with more than 40 million members globally
  • In 2011, Kinect has sold more than 18 million units worldwide
  • Kinect for Windows was also announced, but it will retail first in 12 countries from 1 February (United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom)

Others

  • Cut The Rope for Windows 8 was demoed. The game was built entirely in HTML5 and has been customised for IE9 and you can access it here: http://www.cuttherope.ie/
  • Partnerships with US content providers including Fox Broadcasting, IGN Entertainment and WSJ were announced (US only)

Cut The Rope now available for Microsoft Internet Explorer 9

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Jan 132012
 

The HTML5 version of the popular Cut the Rope game is now available online for free. With the power of HTML5, IE9 and Windows, experiences that were once limited to applications are now coming to life across the web.  You can play Cut the Rope at www.cuttherope.ie.

To get a sense for how the developers at Pixel Lab and ZeptoLab teamed up to turn one of the world’s most popular applications into a web experience, check out the behind the scene technical tear-down in the game  http://www.cuttherope.ie/dev/.

Community {Technology} Update 2012 is happening again on 7th January 2012

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Dec 302011
 

It’s time for another year of Community Technology Update 2012 of Microsoft technologies, happening on 7th January 2012 (Saturday) at Plug-In@Blk71. Do join us!

Here are some of the topics (I’ll be speaking on HTML5 for ASP.NET Developers):

  • New Active Directory functionality in Windows Server 8
  • Windows 8 to go and other Windows 8 new features
  • Building blocks of Private Cloud (Product from both Microsoft and other vendor will be covered)
  • Build and Deploy Lightswitch Application on Windows Azure
  • HTML5 for ASP.NET Developers
  • How Office 365 help SME
  • Migration of exchange on-premises to Office 365
  • Microsoft Lync 2010: Technology over and extensibility of Lync
  • Maximizing SharePoint 2010 with Office 2010

For more abstract about this topic, click here.
For registration instructions, click here.Early Bird registration will end on 4th Jan 2012, so get your registration in TODAY!!!

Date 07th January 2012
Time 0900 – 1730 hrs
Venue Plug-In@Blk71
Blk71 Ayer Rajah Crescent
#02-18
Singapore 139951
Registration Fees $12 (Early-birds)
$20 (Walk-ins)

Why you should attend this event:

  • To learn about the new generation “8” product.
    (Windows 8 and Windows Server 8 will be covered)
  • To learn about Windows 8 and Dev12 devolvement
  • A great chance to network around with IT Pros and Dev in Singapore

Who should attend this event:

  • IT Professionals
  • Developers
  • Database Administrators
  • Essentially you, as you’re one of the user group members!

For instruction to register to this event, go to http://www.sgdotnet.org/events/CTU2012/Pages/Registration.aspx

To find out more about the event, go to http://www.sgdotnet.org/events/CTU2012/Pages/default.aspx
To find out how to get to the venue, go to http://www.sgdotnet.org/events/CTU2012/Pages/Venue.aspx
To find out why you need to pay for the event and other questions, go to http://www.sgdotnet.org/events/CTU2012/Pages/FAQ.aspx

Get Exclusive K-Pop content on xinMSN

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Dec 262011
 

xinMSN’s Hallyu Channel gives users all-round access to the latest from their favourite Korea stars - from in-depth features, backstage photo galleries and even videos of top events in the world of Hallyu.

To commemorate this launch, fans can participate in The Search for the Golden K-Pop Fan contest. Lucky winners could walk away with an all expenses trip for 2 to the Golden Disk Awards 2012.  There are three ways to participate in the contest, choose from any of the following:

  • Photo competition – The K-Fanatic: Take a photo of your K-Pop memorabilia collection and show us what it takes to be a true fan!
  • Photo/Video contest – Star Style: Which K-Pop star inspires your fashion sense the most? Emulate the look and score some brownie points with your signature dance move.
  • Video contest – Charming Crooner: Let us hear your desire to join the stars by singing a tune or two by your favourite band. Keep things short and sweet by sending a video that’s below one minute long.

To enter the MSN Golden Disk Awards competition, fans can visit the following links in their local countries to begin voting immediately.  All prize winners will be notified by email, and the results of the Contest will be published on the Contest Site on 2nd Jan 2012.

Korea: http://isplus.live.joinsmsn.com/award/26goldendisk/kr/
Singapore: http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/hallyu/golden-disk-awards
Malaysia: http://entertainment.malaysia.msn.com/golden-disk-awards
Indonesia: http://hiburan.plasa.msn.com/golden-disk-awards/
Thailand: http://entertainment.th.msn.com/golden-disk-awards
The Philippines: http://news.ph.msn.com/entertainment/golden-disk-awards

Entries close on 29th December 2011. The competition is open to participants above 18 years of age residing in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, and Korea.

[Giveaway] Microsoft Express Mouse

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Dec 062011
 

On the third day of Christmas, I’ve got a Microsoft Express Mouse to give away. Just comment on this blog post, tell me you want it, and I’ll randomly choose 1 person to give it away to.

Terms and Conditions:

  • You have to be residing in Singapore.
  • This give away ends on 12th December 2011 2359 SGT.
  • The winner will be contacted through email.
That’s it folks!
Update: This giveaway is closed. The winner is Valentine Low. You should be receive an email from me soon.
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