‘Learn Piano’ is Top Free Lifestyle App!
After hovering around the top slot for a good few weeks (and a brief spell as a ‘paid’ app) I was very pleased to see that ‘learn Piano’ has the top spot this week in Lifestyle Apps. Recent updates to the App include support for ‘Play To’, enabling lessons to be streamed to a... Continue Reading →
Highlighting PlayTo / DLNA functionality in your Windows 8 Apps
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 →
Windows Store Download Stats.
So after a very flat and uninspiring period after the launch of Windows 8 looking at my own stats today it is clear that things have started to change over the last Month or so - with a steep increase in downloads (which now total in excess of 37,000) Hopefully this increase will continue a... Continue Reading →
Programmatically Searching the Windows Store
Although to my knowledge there isn’t a publically available API for the Windows store there is a little known method to invoke the store from any machine running Windows 8. The basis for this method is the intrinsic support for the stores own HTTP protocols on Windows 8. At the moment this seems to work... Continue Reading →
ABBA Yearbook
An interesting App that lets you see Video clips from each year over the ten year period that ABBA were a working band. “There is nothing in this App that isn’t already available elsewhere but the presentation means that any fan is going to delight in spending time with it” ABBA Yearbook is a free... Continue Reading →
At probably his most commercially successful peak (with 1983' Lets' Dance Album) Bowie has turned from star to superstar to mega-superstar. Kicking off with his critically acclaimed Berlin Period Bowie also emerged as one of the most influential video artists of this period. Bowie 78 - 85 VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL
Bowie 1970-1977
Covering what many believe to be Bowies most productive period so far this App takes you from mainstream origins in 1970 up to the beginning of his classic Berlin period in1977. "Although there is nothing in this App that isn't available elsewhere packaging it together like this makes for compulsive viewing" Bowie 70 77 VIEW... Continue Reading →
Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . . 