The looming end of support for Windows 10 represents more than just a version change: it signals a fundamental shift in how developers, IT professionals, and everyday users must navigate the evolving landscape of modern computing. For millions of machines worldwide—many still perfectly capable...
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Microsoft Ends Location History API in Windows 11: What This Means for Your Privacy
Microsoft’s ongoing push for a leaner, privacy-focused Windows 11 experience has taken another decisive step. With the upcoming Windows 11 24H2 update (build 26100.712), Microsoft will retire the location history...
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The TimeTrigger class is extremely useful when your Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app has background tasks you want to run periodically. For instance, if you are writing a mail app, you will want to regularly poll for new messages in the background with a time trigger. If you...
Did you ever want to write a game with Silverlight for Windows Phone 7? Ryan Plemons, Sr Developer with Terralever, shares his journey in optimizing the Silverlight based Zero Gravity game to work on Windows Phone 7. Ryan shares how he built the application using Isolated Storage, how he applied...
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Dmitry Lyalin, my co-host on the Link Removed, recently developed a Windows Phone 7 application for Leo Laporte’s This Week In Tech (TWiT) network. The application recently reached as high as #2 on the Top Rated Apps list in the marketplace!
Dmitry spoke at the January 2011 meeting of the New...