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If you are a Windows Phone App developer then head on over to this web based tool and have a play: http://snac.nokia.com/2/pages/marketplacehome If you are still reading here is the simple walkthrough: Go to the WindowsPhoneMarketPlace and retrieve a link to the App you want to use EG http://www.windowsphone.com/en-GB/apps/798a731f-c0f0-4c2a-b8b1-c1590a0d66ac Paste this into the space provided:... Continue Reading →
My eldest daughter returned home from school with a note saying that they were looking for children to audition as extras for the BBC and that she would like to go along. So we (the family) combined this with existing plans to meet up with friends in town at the venue in question seemingly for... Continue Reading →
I hadn’t come across this before but one of my recent Apps “Happy Families” failed ingestion under 3.10 with the following ingestion report: 3.10 Country/Region Specific Requirements 3.10.1 Requirements Expected Result Content that is offensive in any country/region to which your application is targeted is not allowed. Content may be considered offensive in certain countries/regions... Continue Reading →
A few people have asked what controls were used in the ‘Live Tile News’ app to create the ‘Flipping Live Tiles’ that feature on each page (If you haven't tried this app yet then each page has a number of two sided tiles which can be flipped over with an upward – or downward,... Continue Reading →
When I first started development for Windows Phone I remember excitedly travelling down to Microsoft in London for the day as I had the chance to test out my Apps on a real live Windows development phone! At the time I had several Apps that I had developed in Silverlight with a view to porting... Continue Reading →
A few people have asked about plans around Live Tile Browser, App Aid, Live Tile News and related Apps so I thought I would take this opportunity to create an outline of current and future plans. Live Tile News This kicked off the whole ‘ChApp’ (Charity App) concept with all the developer proceeds from the... Continue Reading →
Designed to compliment the existing Windows Phone App Marketplace the Live Tile Browser is an A-Z of Live Tiles from participating developers for Windows Phone 7. And with a launch Live Tile count of nearly 200 Live Tiles this free App looks to be an indispensable guide when looking for new and interesting Apps for... Continue Reading →
Heads up, I am not a marketeer, I don’t think I am even a very good ‘people person’ (typical geek I guess). Notwithstanding I want to convince you (and that guy in Nigeria) that there is such a thing as a “win-win scenario” With apologies if this post comes across like I am trying to... Continue Reading →
Well, the saying goes that from small acorns … so begins “App Aid” (Hopefully the name speaks for itself.) Currently App Aid only represents a contribution of income from my own apps, so that is where I will start. The hope is that this could mushroom into something supported by other developers and platforms. My... Continue Reading →
Although it is great to have the might of XAML for Silverlight development the fact is that any web site also needs to target HTML if it wants to have any kind of ‘reach’. I recently built a web site using Silverlight 5 to test out an idea I had for promoting the use... Continue Reading →
Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . . 