Friday, September 14, 2012

Microsoft employees to get Surface, Windows 8 phones and PCs

Microsoft gifts full-time employees with Surface tablets, Windows 8 phones and PCs -- Engadget



Microsoft is going all in with Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8

Apple: more Profits, less R&D

Will Apple's Focus on Profits Let Its Rivals Jump Ahead? - Technology Review:

"Apple spends far less than its rivals on research and development? Despite all its bluster about "innovation," Apple devotes a paltry 2 percent of revenue to R&D, versus 14 percent at Google and Microsoft and 6 percent at Samsung. In terms of absolute dollars, Google spends twice as much as Apple on R&D, though it has one-third the revenues. Microsoft spends three times as much as Apple, but has half as much revenues. Samsung's revenues are about the same as Apple, but the Korean company spends 3.5 times as much on R&D.

No wonder Apple makes such an amazing profit. The overall net margin may be 28 percent, but on phones, Apple makes 38 to 42 percent,"

SDK and sample apps for Windows 8 development

Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 8:


Windows 8 Metro style app samples

Windows 8 App Samples (C#, JavaScript, C++, VB)

Charles Petzold: Programming Windows 8

podcast: Yet Another Podcast #77–Charles Petzold on Windows 8 | Jesse Liberty

book: Programming Windows, 6th edition (for Windows 8)
Charles Petzold



e-book

Building Windows 8 Metro style casual games using HTML 5 @ Channel 9

Building Windows 8 Metro style casual games using HTML 5 | MSDN Webcast Series - Building Windows 8 Metro Style Apps | Channel 9 by David Isbitski


Hands On: Windows 8 HTML5 Platform

Hands On: Windows 8 HTML5 Platform



Bing It On - Bing vs. Google Challenge

Bing It On - Take the Bing versus Google Challenge. Would you bet against Bing?



Windows 8 App Development | Generation App

Windows 8 App Development | Generation App



Windows 8 Camp in a Box

Download: Windows 8 Camp in a Box - Microsoft Download Center - Download Details

Windows Camps Schedule

Dave Dev

"Modern Style" Apps, "fast and fluid", "content before chrome"...

Win-C, Win-Tab

@channel9