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List of useful online tools for developers
Here is a list of online tools that I found to be useful for developers.Regular expression (live)Regular expressionHEX-to-RGB conversionColor PickerThis is not a complete list. This will be updated as...
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Steven Sinofsky leaving Microsoft
Soon after Window 8 launch, Steven Sinofsky decided to leave Microsoft. Lot of rumors and speculations are circulating and discussing in the web world. I’m a big fan of Steven Sinofsky. Because, he’s...
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How to: Delete svn entries from folder and sub-folders in windows
If you are hobbyist programmer or actively use Tortoise SVN for version control, they you might encounter situation where you need to delete svn entries from folders (including sub-folders), while...
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Double quotes(“) coming instead of at-the-rate (@)
Moments before, I’s trying to link my Windows 8 user account with my Microsoft Account. Everything went smooth until I entered my Hotmail email address. To my surprise when I type-in my email address,...
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How I fixed Refresh Marketplace warning in Windows Phone 7.5
Pheewww!!! Finally, I solved it after 30 days and 5 hours.Since the launch of Windows Phone 8 devices and announcement of the very final WP7.8 update, I’s so eagerly waiting for the update on my wp7.5...
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How I installed wp7.8 update without disconnect hacking in Samsung Omnia W...
Haah! After waiting for a longtime, I finally got the 7.8 update for my Samsung Omnia W (mango device) and that too without disconnect hack.Like every other desperate and frustrated wp7.5 Samsung...
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How I solved Windows 8 wi-fi connectivity issue in my laptop
Since the day, I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 8 Professional, my laptop was having serious wi-fi connectivity issue. It connects very fast, but gets disconnect in any near minute. And, it’s...
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SMF Player not playing video in Windows Phone 7 device
Last week, I’s working on an almost ready Windows Phone project which streams video in SMF (Silverlight Media Framework) Player, for adding some additional features. After the feature integration, I...
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How to fix green color while playing YouTube, Facebook or flash video
Ah, my god! That happened so quickly. Something thing I never experienced before and was really surprising when all the flash videos that I streamed started to turn green in my Windows 8 PC. Though I...
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Video flickering in Windows 8 simulator
Ever experienced this before? Your video gets stuck while running a video streaming Windows 8 App in Simulator? Well, I myself experienced it last week, while working on a video streaming app. I...
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Bing’s search suggestion now has Quick Preview
Just now, I found something surprising and interesting in Bing’s search suggestion - Quick Preview. This quick preview will give you some quick information within the search suggestion UI, so that you...
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How to: Pause/Resume BackgroundTransferRequest or BackgroundTransferService...
Recently, I came across a requirement where I need to perform a background download; along with pause and resume support in Windows Phone 8. The first part is quite easy and straightforward. You can...
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Stephen Elop’s The Burning Platform Memo
Here comes the latest internal memo from my collection. This time, it’s Stephen Elop’s famous “Burning Platform” internal memo to Nokia staffs, highlighting the brutal truth of Nokia’s lost dominance...
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Zoom bug in Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview
This is the first time, I’m installing a Windows Phone Developer Preview version. Rest of the time, I always wait until the final version is pushed OTA. This time I’m little hungry because of...
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Non-numeric values for enumeration using Attributes in c#
In this post, I’ll explain how you can provide string values for an enum. Usually, we’ll assign integer (by default), long or as a bit field using FlagAttribute.For assigning a string value first you...
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Fix: Error on posting data using HttpClient
Last week, I’s spending some time exploring OneDrive Rest API. While trying to send a POST request for receiving access token, I got a error as - “{"error":"invalid_request","error_description":"The...
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Fix: Annoying Adsmatte popup in desktop and smartphones
Phew! It killed a whole day of mine.For last few days, I was bombarded with annoying Adware popup from Adsmatte. I first noticed it when I navigated to my blog for updating the template. Insaneously, I...
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Universal Windows development in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7
The bold concept Windows 10 introduced was Universal Windows Platform (UWP) - "Write once, Deploy anywhere" truly and literally. To make it more simple and clear, if you create Universal Windows...
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Cortana coming to Android and iOS - Deal or No-Deal?
Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. That's everyone had when they first heard the flash news - Cortana is coming to both Android and iOS platform.Cortana is branded as the world's best personal assistant...
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Did you asked Cortana in Microsoft Edge?
If you are like me, you like to read articles/contents online, preferably long readings. And, many times, you might come across phrases and words whose meaning you don't know or you can't recollect....
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