Applications developed for WP7.5 (SDK 7.1) can run on WP8, but apps for WP8 can only run on WP8.
Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 are similar, but different, so the apps will need to be developed and released separately.
This is different from iOS and Android, where phone apps can run tablets.
The technology embracing Chinese government is now three years into building its Internet of Things programme which last year it reckoned to grow annually at 30% to become a £48bn market within China by 2013.
Clouds like this are not fun at all...
This used to be a boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ, where the Hurricane hit the shore
Flooding from Hurricane Sandy in Ocean City, New Jersey - @kenshane
NASA satellite captures stunning image of Hurricane Sandy ahead of US landfall
"Nexus 4 is built around Qualcomm's snappy 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdradon S4 Pro SoC with Adreno 320 graphics and 2GB of RAM. Storage comes in 8GB and 16GB flavors with no microSD expansion. It features the same lovely 4.7-inch 1280x768-pixel IPS panel but sheds LTE support in for an unlocked pentaband DC-HSPA+ (42Mbps) radio and wireless charging. On the camera front the Nexus G inherits LG's eight-megapixel BSI sensor and f/2.4 autofocus lens.
You'll be able to purchase a Nexus 4 unlocked in the Play Store starting November 13th for $299 (8GB version) or $349 (16GB model). Take a look at our gallery below and stay tuned for our hands-on video and first impressions."
"Google has announced the Nexus 10, a Samsung-made 10.05-inch tablet that appears to share a lot of DNA with the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. Android chief Andy Rubin revealed that the device will be packing a 2,560 x 1,600 display, promising a pixel density of 300 ppi. Google has also indicated that the Nexus 10 will crank out nine hours of continuous video playback and 500 hours of standby on its 9,000mAh lithium polymer battery."
Microsoft is determined to get people to upgrade from XP...
(The other option is to just install Chrome browser on XP :)
Cross-Platform Development with the .NET Framework.
Async/Await Now Available for Windows Phone, Silverlight 4
That data dump could also be interesting for testing performance of various databases, in particular NoSQL...
The data are in form of Semantic Web triples.
Freebase - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Free Base Data Dumps
5 - 35 GB
Can a New Theory of the Neocortex Lead to Truly Intelligent Machines? @ MIT
Building a real-time prediction engine that learns and adapts automatically requires breakthroughs in machine learning. Unlike conventional AI approaches such as neural networks, Grok is modeled on a deep understanding of the biological priniciples of human intelligence.
Lars Bak and Steve Lucco: Chakra, V8, JavaScript, Open Source
Expert to Expert - Erik Meijer and Lars Bak: Inside V8 - A Javascript Virtual Machine
"PrintFriendly cleans and formats web pages for perfect print experience. PrintFriendly removes Ads, Navigation and web page junk, so you save paper and ink when you print."
One of features is creating PDF file from web pages...
This one is impressive!
impress.js | presentation tool based on the power of CSS3 transforms and transitions in modern browsers | by Bartek Szopka @bartaz:
Use keyboard arrows, view source, learn!
Low-End Google Nexus 7 Carries $152 BOM, Teardown Reveals - IHS iSuppli’s® Teardown portal provides deeper insights into bill of materials, BOM cost, photo analysis and graphical representation of electronics. To learn more, call us at 1-310-524-4007. at iSuppli
The real marketing genius is $16 model, that cost just a tiny bit more to make,
and is in higher demand for %25 higher price.
New Samsung Chromebook is based on ARM CPU, and it costs $250.
Previous model was based on Intel Atom/Celeron, for price of $450 (there is also a model for $350).
More efficient ARM made possible to have smaller battery and less memory,
resulting in more usable and more affordable device.
Let's hope Microsoft will take this lesson and start pushing "netbook style"
Windows RT devices also... Chromebook-like Windows RT for about $300 would be great.
That would be much better answer to iPad than Surface is, since price IS important,
and while "touch" is nice, keyboard is even more.
Is there a profit for Samsung in this price?
Here is review by
iSuppli
Previous model was about $500 when released, and cost of components was about $330.
Not as profitable as phones or tablets, but still better than laptops.
Extreme software development: build iPad app in the store, in 5 days, with users direct feedback
User-Driven Development & The Lean Enterprise: Minimum Viable Product for Enterprises
"In product development, the Minimum Viable Product or MVP is a strategy used for fast and quantitative market testing of a product or product feature, popularized by Eric Ries for web applications."
Keep It Simple
20% of features are used 80% of the time
Weighs in at 2.5 pounds, features a Samsung Exynos 5 dual-core processor
(otherwise known as the ARM Cortex-A15 processor) and a full-sized Chrome keyboard.
The Chromebook's 11.6-inch display boasts a resolution of 1366 x 768,
which is accompanied by 16GB of internal storage and 2GB of RAM.
Battery life claims to be over six hours.
Also, for just a little bit more money can buy a full-featured laptop with Windows.
Again, this is not the same, since Laptop is usually much heavier,
and it requires more maintenance... in particular for security...
It would be interesting to see if Windows RT machines could come close to this price point.
In fact, that may even be possible, but Samsung is not very likely to try that,
since they can sell much more expensive devices with similar specs...
Oracle NoSQL Database Technical Overview
"The Oracle NoSQL Database is a distributed key-value database. It is designed to provide highly reliable, scalable and available data storage across a configurable set of systems that function as storage nodes.
Data is stored as key-value pairs, which are written to particular storage node(s), based on the hashed value of the primary key. Storage nodes are replicated to ensure high availability, rapid failover in the event of a node failure and optimal load balancing of queries. Customer applications are written using an easy-to-use Java API to read and write data. The NoSQL Database links with the customer application, providing access to the data via the appropriate storage node for the requested key-value."
Tony Hird
may not be the same one quoted, but great "responsive web design"
October 25: Microsoft event, to release Surface tablet, 10"
pricing, @eweek
Microsoft has finally announce pricing for Surface, that is similar to iPad.
32 GB surface is $499, same as 16 GB iPad, while 32 GB iPad is $599.
Surface with keyboard/cover is $599.
So, compared to HP TouchPad, Microsoft at least didn't "match" the price.
By this may not be enough to make it competitive...
Android tablets have attempted the same, with almost no success.
Apple is selling computing equivalent of Mercedes cars, meaning this is a luxury brand. Even Lexus started competing with price that was 2/3 of German cars... Only much later Japanese brands could compete on features, not only on price. Hyundai is now doing the same, 2/3 of the price for same features, at least until the brand is accepted. Microsoft is trying to sell "Cadillac", and most people expect a "Chevrolet"...
The first step is figuring out the problem that needs to be solved and then developing a
Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to begin the process of learning as quickly as possible.
Once the MVP is established, a startup can work on tuning the engine.
This will involve measurement and learning
and must include actionable metrics that can demonstrate cause and effect question.
A minimum viable product (MVP) is the "version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort." The goal of an MVP is to test fundamental business hypotheses (or leap-of-faith assumptions) and to help entrepreneurs begin the learning process as quickly as possible.
There is a trend to utilize same ideas in Lean Software Development
as well as in lean management
(it started with many people on the lift, lost people along the way and back,
and only tiny portion of people came back home...
New Flow Visualization shows the march of users across a site, but it can be sorted to look at specific kinds of users. Web administrators can compare users on different browsers or systems, or from different referrers or countries, to see how their experiences differ on the site.
Notice that there is one prize for Windows 8 Store app,
others are for "classic" desktop apps that take advantage of ultrabooks...
300 round 1 winners will each be sent an Ultrabook, for free, to be used to test and fine-tune your app
Some prominent bloggers (Jesse Liberty, Scott Hanselman)
have also received Intel branded ultrabooks for testing and review...
If Wal-Mart expanded its same-day shipping across the country, it could essentially transform the more than 4,000 Walmarts, along with Sam’s Club and other divisions, into distribution centers. Amazon, by contrast, had fewer than 40 distribution centers in the United States at the end of last year and has plans to add about 20 worldwide this year.
@Wired
Walmart: "For a flat $10 charge, customers can go online and order as many same-day eligible items as they want with no minimum purchase"
Amazon: "$8.99 per shipment, $0.99 per item"
To deal with the issue, Microsoft has developed a three-tier solution that includes a new boot options menu accessible from within the operating system after start up is complete, a fail safe that automatically brings you to the boot menu if Windows doesn’t start properly and a way to get to the fail safe boot menu even if nothing is wrong with your computer
By the way, Microsoft's Anders Hejlsberg is also of Danish origin.
A nice overview of ideas from Innovators Dilemma,
applied to NoSQL database
Geoffrey Moore: "Crossing the Chasm"
Summary of "Crossing the Chasm"
“By contrast, the early majority want to buy a productivity improvement for existing operations. … They want technology to enhance, not overthrow, the established ways of doing business.” And “they do not want to debug somebody else’s product.”
“early adopters do not make good references for the early majority. And because of the early majority’s concern not to disrupt their organizations, good references are critical to their buying decisions.”
By the way, same thing is happening with NoSQL databases...
Oracle started to include some such features in its products,
and stopped bashing NoSQL name...
