Using the PlayTo functionality within a media application is a great way to enhance your media related app - but the methodology for the user to invoke the PlayTo feature in Windows 8 relies on a full working knowledge of the Charms bar (The user needs to select a device from the devices charm... Continue Reading →
Surface Device Specifications Compared
How does the newly announced Surface RT compare to its bigger brother coming in January 2013? CLICK TO ENLARGE Update: For a more in depth analysis of specs and a comparison with the iPad check out Jeremy Likeess’ Blog
Windows 8 Store–Live Tile News
Talk about ‘hard work, persistence & passion’ I now have an App in the Windows 8 store (RTM). Without going in to details this has been an up hill struggle but I am very pleased to say that it should be available from the store ‘very soon’. the URL I have been given for... Continue Reading →
Windows App Certification Kit Walk Through
While it isn’t yet possible to submit apps to the store you can ensure that your App will pass the ingestion process. this is a walkthrough of one of the sample apps (Weather). Noting that it fails the test tells us that things are very much still at an early stage with the preview build... Continue Reading →