February 25

We’re 3D Scanning (and maybe Printing) You at Confoo!

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The world of 3D Printing is truly an amazing one.  With the rising accessibility of 3D printers and all the open source software out there, paired with the right technology, the possibilities are endless! To support Microsoft and MWNW, as well as take advantage of this awesome opportunity to showcase our latest development, the team [...]

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February 23

Hacking Open Data with the Finder Template and a Sandwich: Citizen-Ready Apps in Minutes

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This weekend I had family visiting, so I wasn’t able to attend any of the OpenDataDay events. However, I decided to do my own “mini-hackathon” during my Saturday lunch break using the new Finder & Hero templates for Windows 8.   UPDATE: Use my Finder template updated with a couple of small fixes. I said [...]

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February 20

Open Data in Your App: 2 events, 2 days, 2 speakers, 2 templates!

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This Saturday, February 23rd is the international Open Data day, and the teams at Québec Ouvert, Montréal Ouvert & OpenNorth are organizing an event – focused on open data. Just 2 days later on Monday 25th, one of the organizers Stéphane Guidoin from OpenNorth is speaking  at our WebNotWar / HTLM5mtl 2-day Hackathon in Montreal, where [...]

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February 20

Web or native application, that is the question

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To paraphrase the friend Christian Heilmann, comparing Web application, and native application is like comparing oranges, and apples. Notwithstanding, you probably had or you’ll have to ask yourself whether you’ll create a native application or a Web application for your product or game idea. I hardly think that it’s more about the pros, and the cons [...]

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February 19

Targeting multiple platforms

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I hear you, it’s not always easy to create an application on many platforms. You want to build an iOS app, use Objective-C. You want to build a Windows Phone app, use C#. You want to build an Android app, use Java. It’s not an easy process, but there are tools, and ways of doing [...]

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February 18

One Week Away From The Most Epic Hackathon!

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Now that Family Day is here, this just means that we are only ONE WEEK AWAY from the the MWNW ConFoo Hackathon in Montreal! For those of you who haven’t registered yet, here’s your chance to do so. We assure you, this will be the best $10 you’ve ever spent! REGISTER HERE What you should [...]

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February 16

MetroPress interviews series – A1-Wrestling

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MetroPress interviews series is part of a series of interviews we made with developers who used the Open Source project that IdeaNotion made, MetroPress, to create a Windows 8 application for their blog. We hope that with this series, you will discover interesting blog, and that it will be a way for you to get some insight [...]

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February 15

Finder & Hero Templates: The Fastest Way to Get Started with Location-Based Windows 8 Apps

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Today our team is sharing in the excitement of revealing two new Windows 8 templates : “Finder” & “Hero”. Finder Template: user can locate points of interest on a map (e.g. buildings, historic places, etc.), with a sortable menu a “Details” and “Directions” options for each point. Hero Template: users can crowd-source location-based data (e.g. [...]

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February 14

Howto make money with Windows 8 & Windows Phone

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Let’s be honest, as developers we are building softwares for 1, or all of these 4 reasons: being famous, solving a problem, having fun, or getting money. Let’s talk about the money one for the Microsoft ecosystem by addressing the Windows 8, and Windows Phone 8 platform. Sell your app The first thing that comes to mind when [...]

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February 13

Developer Movement Virtual Camps

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As part of the Developer Movement program, we wanted to offer you some online camps to get you up, and running on all our amazing technologies. I don’t know about you, but even if I can learn by myself, I always enjoy watching some expert talks about what they know the most, do some code demos, [...]

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