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App roundup: 4 apps to take with you on your next vacation

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Hi, it’s Brittany K again. Last time, I talked about some of the apps I use to plan a trip. And since I got back from a trip to Washington, D.C.

Inside Windows Phone – Practical MVVM for Windows Phone

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This blog post was authored by Matthias Shapiro, a technical evangelist at Microsoft.

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The cornerstone app architecture for Windows Phone development is the MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) design pattern. In this video, Matthias Shapiro demonstrates the basic structure of a Windows Phone MVVM app. He shows how you can build robust and flexible MVVM apps for the phone that take advantage of data binding, commanding, and presentation logic (ViewModel) portability.

Windows Phone 8 XAML LongListSelector

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This blog post was authored by Rohan Thakkar, a Program Manager on the Windows Phone team.

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Announced: New Kinect for Windows Sensor and SDK

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The announcement of Xbox One made this a very exciting week for tech enthusiasts. Xbox One will no doubt change the way we think about gaming and entertainment, and I’m eagerly awaiting my opportunity to experience this new technology first-hand.

Announcing Sculpt Comfort Mouse & Mobile Mouse

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Today, we’re announcing two new mice designed specifically for Windows. These are the first mice from Microsoft to include a Windows button on them, giving you quick and easy access to specific features in Windows – and, in the case of the Sculpt Comfort Mouse, more advanced functionality in Windows 8.

New from NVIDIA: GeForce GTX 780 GPU and GeForce Experience App 1.5

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Today NVIDIA has announced an exciting new GPU in their GeForce lineup: the GeForce GTX 780. Graphics cards based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 GPU are available from a variety of manufacturers starting today, so won’t have to wait to order one!

HP unveils a bunch of new Windows 8 PCs

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HP is announcing some new Windows 8 PCs today – including a brand new portable All-in-One PC called the HP ENVY Rove 20. Most if not all these new PCs all come with touchscreens.

Speed dial: 6 tips for quicker calling on Windows Phone 8

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With everything else it can do, it’s sometimes easy to forget that Windows Phone is still, well, a phone. Looking for ways to call someone a little quicker? Here are a few tap-saving shortcuts I’ve discovered along the way.

 

1. Call back quickly. It never fails that when my wife and I need to sync up, I miss her call or she misses mine. To increase the odds of catching her, I tap Phone on my Start screen, and then tap the Phone icon next to her name in call history to ring back faster.

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