Category Archives: Smartphone OS

I know that this should be a very easy issue, but the way actually adopted in Microsoft Edge is, let me say, “different” from the one we are habit to use in other browsers like Internet Explorer … and may be … Continua a leggere →

With Windows 10 Microsoft introduced a new browser with a lot of new features never seen before in any existing browser (at least without possible plug-ins): for example, you can draw over the browsed page and possibly share it, you … Continua a leggere →

At least with the insider preview build 10547,  the embedded Photos app has now also a Slide Show (F5 – second icon in the top right menu) feature: so no need anymore to necessarily use other ways … that any way remain … Continua a leggere →

In this post I will put information and useful links related to the Template 10 and possibly I’ll add also some considerations using it: therefore it is an ongoing post that will contain more and more contents … whenever I’ll find … Continua a leggere →

In  the following there is a list of useful links for Windows 10 programming. You can have a look also to Windows Phone 8.1 – Some useful links for developing Windows “Universal Apps” and/or other posts related to Windows and/or to the post … Continua a leggere →

P.S. Since 2018 Windows 10 update, OneDrive management became better and now it allows to set files on-demand (so free space on your PC) and to have different sharing options to files/folders. See, for example,  https://www.windowscentral.com/how-get-started-onedrive-windows-10 _______________________ Some time ago, … Continua a leggere →

In the following you can find some useful links related to programming maps in Windows Universal app. Mappe, pushpin e MVVM nelle Universal Windows app [sample] (M. Pagani) [here you can download the docx file] UWP Map data binding with … Continua a leggere →

It happened to me to have my prototype Universal Windows app compile and run in debug mode, but when I switched in release mode a strange “LOGGERBASEDEXECTASK : ILC error ILC1004” was trown. Searching in the MSDN forum I found … Continua a leggere →

Very often it is useful to install your app on a device different from the one used for development, where probably Visual Studio is installed so the deploy on it can be simply done running the app in that IDE. … Continua a leggere →

As Google has the app Google Authenticator, also Microsoft has an app called Authenticator (Autenticatore in Italian) that provide a 30 secs validity token for a two step authentication. To configure this secure procedure you must go on your Microsoft … Continua a leggere →

All the styles which used to be present there have been moved to a platform-level file ‘generic.xaml’. This means that a basic resource file would always be present as a part of your platform and you do not need to … Continua a leggere →

I was a Windows 10 insider previewer and, since some build ago, it is not displayed any more, on the right down side of the desktop, the build number. How can I see now the version number and understand if … Continua a leggere →

PS: if you want to update your Window 7/8/8.1 PC to Windows 10, you can still do it (legally) following the instructions available in this post of WindowsBlogItalia: WindowsBlogItalia ——————— In the following you will find some useful link to … Continua a leggere →

Azure IoT Overview Event Hubs https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/event-hubs-overview/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/service-bus-event-hubs-csharp-ephcs-getstarted/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/event-hubs-authentication-and-security-model-overview/ https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsazure/Service-Bus-Event-Hub-286fd097 Azure Stream Analytics https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/stream-analytics-introduction/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/stream-analytics-key-concepts/ Notification Hub https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/azure/jj927170.aspx Azure Machine Learning https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/machine-learning-what-is-machine-learning/  Azure Data Factory https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/data-factory-introduction/  Azure HD Insight https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/hdinsight-hadoop-introduction/ Azure Service https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/  Azure Fundamentals https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/fundamentals-introduction-to-azure/ http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2015/02/03/free-ebook-microsoft-azure-essentials-fundamentals-of-azure.aspx A Guided Tour of … Continua a leggere →

In the following I put some programming utilities and tips I used: it was a private post but I decided to makes it public so, may be,  it could be useful to someone else (even though it is not a … Continua a leggere →

Enable dual boot in Control Panel\System and Security\ System\Advanced system settings The ISO of the Windows 10 preview can be downloaded from the link provided in the proper page of the Windows Insider Program. You can use the Windows USB/DVD … Continua a leggere →

As you probably know, if you want to use the Windows Phone emulator in Visual Studio, because it runs on a Hyper-V virtual machine, you need to turn on all the Hyper-V features in Windows, from the control panel->Turn Windows … Continua a leggere →

P.S. If you are working on Windows 10, may be could be of interest this more recent post of mine. I was testing how the last version of public OneDrive works in Windows 8.1 and I noticed that there is (no more) … Continua a leggere →

Join the “Bing Rewards” initiative: it is like a frequent flyer initiative, but now to get points you have to navigate with the Bing search engine, not with a plane!   Last week it was an initiative only for United … Continua a leggere →

Windows Runtime Templates for Windows 8.1 I am looking for the most appropriate architecture for a new project that has the following requirements:  The app will include more and more new features in the future and it should be maintained also with next … Continua a leggere →

I was looking to a GitHub project that I wanted to clone in my desktop to try some samples: first of all I updated the GitHub Windows client that I suggest you to install if you want to follows some GitHub … Continua a leggere →

P.S. 24/09/2015 – There is a newer port specific to Programming for Windows 10: useful links .   See first what’s new in Windows Phone 8.1 for end-users and for developers [What’s next for Windows Phone 8 developers: what are my options; Windows … Continua a leggere →

Sometime simple solutions gets great results! 😉 I was in a conference and I a colleague of mine asked me  if I could make a demo (from remote) of an app I developed and that I have locally on my smartphone. … Continua a leggere →

Se hai un PC Windows e/o uno smartphone Windows Phone (es. Lumia NOKIA) registrati ed usa OneDrive (ex. SkyDrive) per avere sempre i tuoi file (es. immagini, documenti, presentazioni, note) a disposizione ovunque tu sia, in quanto presenti sul cloud … Continua a leggere →

Few days ago it was relesed a new Windows Phone App Studio Beta a powerful but easy-to-use tool to help developers create content-based apps from end to end, all within a web UI and so without writing a line of … Continua a leggere →

Last sunday I upgraded my notebook from Windows 8 enterprise (from MSDN) to Windows 8.1 enterprise  (from MSDN). If you have a PC with a “normal” Windows 8 installed, no problem! You’ll see a new upgrade in the Store and you … Continua a leggere →