Category Archives: Windows
Editorial: 2012 – what a year!
The year is coming to an end soon, so I wanted to write a short summary of my 2012 with Microsoft and MSicc.net. I started the year with a clean install of the Windows 8 preview, and was using it since then as my main PC OS. Everyday I felt more in love with the [...]
Merry Xmas from Msicc’s Blog
We had an amazing year. Microsoft launched Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, updated the Xbox Dashboard and the Xbox Live services. And there are a lot of things that are worth a mention, but this post is a short salute from our small team here at MSicc’s Blog. A special thanks goes to Mark and [...]
Sean’s Editorial: This Is How I Use “Rooms” For WP
With the release of Windows Phone 8, there are a tremendous number of new features available Many aren’t available for WP7, or are but have inherent limitations. Some are major additions and some are minor changes. The feature that I find myself utilizing more than any other option on my Lumia 920 is the new [...]
The WinPhan is joining msicc.net!
Well, I’m back. Some of you know me from Twitter, Facebook, and various WP news blog sites as WinPhan7. For those that don’t know me, nice to meet you. I’ve evolved slightly, I now go by a more encompassing title: The WinPhan, but you can also call me Sean. I’m not a developer, although I am interested in [...]
Meet Steve at Berlin
As some of you know, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer himself visited Berlin a few days ago. First I want to apologize for the delay this post has, but sometimes there are things that can push things back. I am still amazed about the fact that I was able to attend this event. The evening [...]
Dev Story Series (Part 1 of many): Creating a data class for both Windows 8 and Windows Phone app
As I promised earlier on my application for the Intel App Innovation Contest on codeproject.com, I will do a series of blog posts for my application MSicc´s Blog for Windows 8 and Windows Phone. This is the first article in my new Dev Story Series, where I describe the development process of the app. I [...]
Zune/Xbox Music Pass available in Germany (includes a short how-to)
Yesterday some users reported to wparea.de that the Zune/Xbox Music Pass is available. However, yesterday I was able to activate it, but no usage was possible. This changed this morning. Here are is a short view on how to use the Zune/ Xbox Music Pass: On your Windows Phone: Just go to the marketplace, search [...]
(Rumor) Microsoft Surface coming to Europe?
Today Hellshock (follow him!), one of my Italian tweeps made an awesome discovery. The Italian Microsoft site has a link to Surface within the “Products” section. Of course I checked that for Germany as well, and in fact it is there, too: Well, I know that this means nothing at the moment, but it is a [...]
Editorial – the relationship between developers and users
I did not plan this post, but as I received an email yesterday from another developer, this changed. This post will be an Editorial about the relationship between developers and users. Users and developers do have a problem. Users have expectations for our apps. We developers have to fulfill these expectations. Here is an image [...]
Post #200 or what exiting times we have with Microsoft
I struggled with myself very long on what topic I dedicate this post with the anniversary number 200 and ended up with this article. We all had already a very exiting year with Microsoft. Microsoft is fully in his “reimagine” phase, and the winners of this are we – as users, and as developers. Windows [...]
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