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Normally, if you want different page transitions (NavigationThemeTransition ) for your Universal XAML Windows Phone 8.1 app, you’d set it on the page’s XAML directly.

As we approach Windows 10, many of you are considering updating your SL 8.0 apps to WinRT.

One of the best things you can do for your app’s users is to report the progress of an operation.

For those of you who are building multimedia related apps, you’ll want to consider disabling the display timeout of the user’s device.

Unfortunately, there is no EmailMessage class for big Windows.

Telerik has released a new toolset, UI for Windows Universal .

If you are having a Windows Store application fail certification or being unpublished because you have violated Policy 2.1.2 - requires a visible address bar that displays a secure connection to users when they enter financial information or complete a tr…

We are now seeing the beginning of the fast decline of Windows Phone 7 as it exits the market over the next several months, many of you will need to act to update your app to at least Windows Phone 8.

If you’re like me, you like to fiddle and tweak things to get just the right result .

Since the prizes are really awesome for this event (May 17th), I’m going to start off with them.

This year’s Microsoft Build conference was jam packed with Windows Phone goodness.

12 hours, 250 developers, 150 feet of Subway, 68 pizzas… one awesome day, priceless.

One of the best things you can have when developing a Windows Phone app is design-time sample data.

UPDATE: The winner for March is Shawn Murphy, congratulations!

So, you’d like to put some ads in your awesome App Studio app?

For most applications that provide dynamic content, using an API is critical.

The Windows Phone developer community is amazing in and of itself, but what happens when you add something like #makeAnAppDevHappyDay ?

UPDATE: This event is sold-out!

UPDATE The winners have been picked, congratulations to all (I emailed you directly if you were a winner)!

Now that you’re published, get this kit from my friends at Microsoft… Get your app noticed with your personalized Windows Developer Success Kit.

Registration has ended!

UPDATE This offer ends midnight, Sunday, October 20th, 2013.

Microsoft has just launched a new Windows Phone app builder website, Windows Phone App Studio .

I’m doing an awesome one-night mini-code camp on August 21st.

See all of my currently visible apps in the Microsoft Store’s new website here Microsoft Apps - Lancelot Software .

[UPDATE] Winners announced!

There have been many questions recently about how to properly redeem your shiny new Nokia Premium Developer Program.

Nokia has gone to great lengths to make it easy for developers to create promotional materials for their Windows Phone apps.

[UPDATE] We have a winner!

I will be writing a more in-depth blog post (with videos and event pictures) on the Telerik website when all the media is done being edited.

The Boston Marathon gives you 26.2 miles, but the <strong>The Boston Hackathon</strong> can give you 26.2 smiles!

UPDATE: We have a winner!

Offer ends Feb 11th, 2013 5:00 PM PST So you’ve published an app and you’ve worked hard to keep its rating at 4+ stars.

Grab your scuba gear because we’re diving into new WP8 features Windows Phone 8 ushered in a bunch of new APIs to hook into.

One of my responsibilities as a Nokia Developer Ambassador is to help developers get started.

I just returned from the 2013 AT&T Developer Summit in Las Vegas, and boy can I say it was a good one!

With the entrance of Visual Studio 2012 we saw a new interface to edit your WMAppManifest file.

This post is to get you started on Windows Phone Development “from the ground up” and is targeted towards people who have no prior experience with the Windows Phone SDK.

So, you got an email from DVLUP stating that your challenge submission was denied.

Are you building a Windows Phone 8 app but don’t have a device to test your app on?

I have another giveaway and challenge for my developers today.

You’re sitting in front of your PC, steaming cup of next to you and your fingers are posed over the keyboard ready to strike.

[UPDATE] NAX has been discontinued and rolled up into Inneractive accounts] Original Post The purpose of this post is to demonstrate how easy it is to get started using the Nokia Ad Exchange (NAX) SDK with your Windows Phone 8 (WP8) app.

Huh?

If you’re going to be in the Boston area on Thursday December 6th, come on over to Microsoft Research & Development in Cambridge (NERD).

Got your developer hat on?

I moved this blog post into its own page.

I am officially announcing that I’ve joined Nokia as a Nokia Developer Ambassador!

Yep, you heard right.