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CODE SAMPLE for this VIDEO One of the amazingly cool new developer features of Windows Phone 7.5, is the ability for developers to leverage the direct camera video stream within the context of their applications. In this video our friend Alex is back to show you how to implement this in your…

CODE SAMPLE for this VIDEO Background Agents are a new feature in Windows Phone 7.5, that a developer can use to empower their application to run code in the 'background' regardless of whether or not the application is running. This is a radical development. Applications on Windows Phone can now…

CODE SAMPLE for this VIDEO Live tiles are one of the most compelling features of Windows Phone. Now in Windows Phone 7.5, we have support for 'secondary' live tiles. This means that your application can enable the user to configure more than one live tile for your application. This is extremely…

Optimization for Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh (aka Tango) devices and the reduced memory Performance Optimization Common issues to keep in mind when publishing Localization of apps to target more markets

This is the second in a series of videos where we will follow developers as they take the steps to give their Windows Phone applications make-overs. Our first guinea pig is Mangesh Deshpande and he needed some design tips and tweaks to take his app, "Meal Nirvana" to the next level.…

Watch the full episode >> Host Jonathan Rozenblit goes through the monthly developer news: D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE podcasts now available: Zune, iTunes, or RSS Vancouver TechFest Web+Cloud and Mobile+Cloud Workshops TechDays TV - April 10 - WIN180 – What They Didn't…

This video is an introduction to the jQuery Mobile theme for Windows Phone (Metro style) that allows applying a Metro style user interface to HTML5-based Windows Phone application. HTML5 elements and controls are examined as they appear with the Metro style theme applied. Theme switching…

Welcome to Inside Windows Phone #35, in which we speak with Microsoft Advertising Program Manager Ali Heron about how to make money with your Windows Phone application. Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Pubcenter, where you set up your account Official documentation for using the…

This is a recording from an MSDN Live Meeting broadcast from the Microsoft Belgium office on February 28, 2012. Abstract We're going to build a small application to show off some of the more advanced Windows Phone 7.5 features: the new app lifecycle, Isolated Storage (and working with a local…

This week we spoke to Dev Plat Program Manager Mike Battista about how we extended the great Windows Phone experience to run on more affordable hardware, and what it means for software developers. And what does it mean? Tremendous new opportunities! Given these changes, we felt you would like more…