Advertisers: How to manage your ad business from Windows Dev Center

Windows Dev center is now your key destination for monetizing app promoting your apps across phone, tablet and PC, writes Vijay Rajagopalan on the Microsoft advertising blog.

In many cases, he says, the transition in automatic, though if your Microsoft Accounts are different in pubCenter and Dev Center, you will need to manually link your accounts.

Visit the Microsoft Advertising Blog for an FAQ on the topic, as well as for additional details on how you link your accounts.

Partners: Learn about one company’s 3 Keys to staying on top of the technology

Planet technologies, which has moved more than 2.5 million seats to Office 365, and primarily works with government agencies, has learned more important lessons to helping customers make the transition to the cloud.

Investing in mastering the technology is probably the “single biggest key to success in our playbook,” writes Miquel Wood of Planet Technologies in a guest post on the Microsoft Partner Network blog.

“Upgrades and add-ons come thick and fast these days, and simply enrolling employees in the standard training classes is no longer enough,” Wood says. “In order to be able to take advantage of new functionalities, we developed Technical Leads. As part of their jobs, these employees are assigned one solution or aspect of a solution, and it’s their responsibility to stay on top of it.”

To learn more, read Wood’s post on the Microsoft Partner Network Blog

Shazam update delivers more personalized experience with email sign-in

The latest update to shazam gives you a more personalized experience when you log into shazam.com with your email address. When you do that, you can pull up the music you discovered through the app, which recognizes music when you hold your phone up to it and tap the Shazam tag.

Shazam also gives you lyrics in the real time, offers song recommendations based on past Shazams, previews your shazams with Groove Music Playback – and adds favorite songs from chart to My Shazams.

Install Shazam App for free on Windows Phone, PC at Tablet.

Sniff out cyberattacks with Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics

Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics, now generally available, is designed to help you detect suspicious user and entity activities, known malicious attacks and other security issues. 

The above video shows just how easy it to deploy in your environment and offers step-by-step guidance.

Learn more at the Active Directory Blog and Download the Evaluation bits today.

Microsoft may offer some Windows 10 patch notes to enterprises

IT administration may get more information than originally planned about Windows 10 patches, as Microsoft ponders how much to tell business customers about modifications to the new OS.

“We have heard that feedback from enterprise customers so we’re actively working on how we provide them with information about what’s changing and what new capabilities and new value they’re getting,” Jim Alkove, a vice president in the Windows group, said during a press briefing.

Read More Here: Microsoft May Offer some Windows 10 patch notes to enterprises

To rated Gameloft Games in the Windows 10 store

Gameloft had has a presence in the Windows Phone and Windows Store for some time now. The developers have built up a respectful collection of fantastic gaming titles that can easily help you pass short bits of time with our satisfy your itch for longer gaming spurts. Many of their gaming titles are universal, being able for both Windows Phone and Windows Devices and many allow for game progress to be saved across devices.

There are the likes of Asphalt 8: Airborne, Dragon Mania Legends and World at Arms to stock your gaming library with. Additionally, many of Gameloft’s titles have been adopted as Xbox gaming titles and while some stand out stronger than others, it is hard to find a terrible Gameloft game.

If we have overlooked your favorite Gameloft game from the Windows 10 store, don’t be shy and toss out your recommendations in the comments below.

Advertisers: How to manage your ad business from Windows Dev Center

Windows Dev center is now your key destination for monetizing app promoting your apps across phone, tablet and PC, writes Vijay Rajagopalan on the Microsoft advertising blog.

In many cases, he says, the transition in automatic, though if your Microsoft Accounts are different in pubCenter and Dev Center, you will need to manually link your accounts.

Visit the Microsoft Advertising Blog for an FAQ on the topic, as well as for additional details on how you link your accounts

Microsoft Advertising Blog

WhatsApp for Windows Phone gets yet another minor update

Whatsapp for Windows Phone users received yet another update, which is actually the second one for the popular messaging app this week. The new version number is 2.12.126.0. However, the app still doesn’t come with an updated change log, which likely means it’s a minor update for bug fixes and unnamed improvements.

Last week, Whatsapp got a rather large update, adding in a number of features such as ability to select multiple chat messages that can then be forwarded or deleted. If you happen to notice anything major in this update, let us know in the comments.

Download Whatsapp for free from Windows Phone Store

TWC9: Windows 10 on 75, Windows 95 0n 20, 10 by 10 for Windows 10 and more… | This week on Channel 9

This week on Channel 9, Nikola and guest host Shen Chauhan discuss the week’s top developer news, including;

[00:23] Windows 10 Now on 75 million devices [Yusuf Mehdi]

[00:52] Windows 95 launched 20 years ago [Mary Jo Foley] [01:23]

Cortana now available on android in public….

Read More Here: TWC: Windows 10 on 75, Windows 95 on 20

‘Township’ update includes prize-packed airport, City Market dealer and more community buildings

“Township” gives players the chance to build their perfect place to live in this blend of city-building and farming. New features include an airport, where deliveries earn valuable prizes and a dealer at the City Market to help you find things you need.

There are five more community buildings – including a flower shop, car wash, two new types of houses - and a new pavement option for city streets, 16 new expansions and a storage place for decorations.

 Install Township for free on Windows Phone, PC and tablets.

How power BI is making a difference for Kids

Power BI is a cloud-based business analytics service great for exploring and visualizing data – and for making a difference in how people live and work.

In Texas, the Boy & Girls Clubs of Greater Fort Worth uses a solution built with Microsoft Azure and Power BI to track its programs. It can see how youngsters are doing in school and what programs are helping them.

“Being able to analyze patterns of participation is extremely important for us to be able to predict how well these kids will do in the future, and whether or not our programs are working,” said Daphne Stigliano, the organization’s CEO.

In Australia, Power BI is also helping the government boost tourism, with an analytics service that gathers data and insights for informed decision-making.

To learn more, go to the Power BI's Blog

Creating your own browser with HTML and JavaScript

Over the past several months, we have made numerous improvements to the Microsoft Edge rendering engine (Microsoft Edge HTML) focusing on interoperability with modern browsers and compliance with new and emerging standards. 

In addition to powering Microsoft Edge, EdgeHTML is also available for all Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps via the WebView control. Today we would like to demonstrate hoe the WebView control can be used to create your own Browser in Windows 10.

Read More Here: Creating your own Browser with HTML and JavaScript

Build better cloud apps with new SQL capabilities in Azure

Microsoft on Thursday announced several new SQL database capabilities in Azure, including new pricing tiers for elastic database pool and higher-end sale options for SQL databases. The updates will enable developers to build even better cloud applications and use data to make them even richer and more intelligent, writes Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of Cloud + Enterprise.

 Get all the details at Scott Guthrie’s blog.

All the info, in lots more languages!

As we promised earlier this week, Kinect for Windows information for developers has migrated. You’ll now find it in the Windows Dev Center. (dev.windows.com/en-us/Kinect). Where it’s in some pretty snazzy company.

Perlez-vous francais? Sprechen sie Deutsch? We’ve got you covered, since our Dev Center pages are now available in 23 languages. So cruise on over to our new home and pay us a visit. You’ll find information about everything Kinect for Windows, from hardware specs and feature to information on creating innovative apps that let users interact naturally with computers and computing devices. And you won’t need a bilingual dictionary to read it!

Source:

The Kinect for Windows Team