Windows 8 apps can have notification badges in the tiles. It’s easy to update the badge, but it’s still not well documented, so here is a small snippet to show you how it’s done:
var Notifications = Windows.UI.Notifications;
var updater = Notifications.BadgeUpdateManager.createBadgeUpdaterForApplication();
var xml = Notifications.BadgeUpdateManager.getTemplateContent(
Notifications.BadgeTemplateType.badgeNumber
);
xml.getElementsByTagName('badge')[0].setAttribute('value', 5);
var notification = Notifications.BadgeNotification(xml);
updater.update(notification);
Replace the 5 in line 7 with the number of your choice. The end result looks like this:
More info on badge updates is available in the Windows.UI.Notifications namespace of the WinRT and the Badge Update XML Schema.
Gchat, the awesome Google Talk client Luis and I built for Windows Phone, is now available in the Marketplace! We’ve been working on it for a long time and we’d love to know what you think.
Click the button below to go to the Marketplace now and download it!
We hope you enjoy using Gchat! If you find a bug or want to suggest a new feature, please report it.
StickyTiles is a simple Windows Phone Mango app that lets you pin short sticky notes to your start screen! Choose text, color, and back side of the sticky tile. Pin all the sticky tiles you want.
StickyTiles is open source, fork the code at GitHub!
StickyTiles is now available in the Windows Phone Marketplace and is compatible with all Mango phones. Click the button below to download it.
For my Computer Graphics class we had to do Sierpinski’s Triangle in OpenGL. As optional extra credit, we could expand it to 3D. I took up the challenge, and this was the result. It’s not perfect, but it looks really cool!
As always, grab the code at Gist. Comments, forks and improvements are appreciated. :)
Microsoft estará reclutando en varias universidades de México empezando la próxima semana!
Los invitamos a traer su resume en inglés a las sesiones informativas y quedarse a las entrevistas que seguiran a la sesión.
Las posiciones para las que estaremos entrevistando son:
Si eres estudiante de una carrera relacionada con computación (ISC, ISE, ITC, LATI, etc) y eres de 3ero a 7mo semestre o estas estudiando una maestria o doctorado relacionado (MCC, MATI, DCC) ven a entrevistar para las posiciones de becario en la cual podras venir a Redmond, WA, EUA por 3 meses a trabajar en alguno de los proyectos de Microsoft. O si te graduaste hace menos de 1 año o estas en 8vo o 9no semestre de una carrera de tecnología, te invitamos a participar de igual manera pero para las posiciones de tiempo completo.
A continuación está el calendario de eventos. Además, hemos armado grupos de apoyo en Facebook donde puedes aclarar dudas, conseguir tips, y mucho más! Para algunos eventos aún no tengo las fechas y lugares exactos, por favor consúltalos con tu universidad.
| Fecha | Universidad | Hora | Lugar | Grupo de apoyo |
| Lunes 29 Ago | ITESM CCM | 3:00pm – 7:00pm | Salón 3201 | Link |
| Martes 30 Ago | IPN | 10:00am – 4:00pm | Auditorio CIC | Link |
| Miércoles 31 Ago | UNAM | 11:00am – 5:00pm | Auditorio IIMAS | Link |
| Jueves 1 Sept | ITESM CEM | 11:00am – 5:00pm | Aula Magna 6105 | Link |
| Viernes 2 Sept | Universidad Panaméricana | 9:00am – 12:00pm | Salón 37R | |
| ITAM Campus Rio Hondo | 3:00pm – 6:00pm | Sala de Conferencias | ||
| Lunes 5 Sept | BUAP Puebla | 9:00am – 10:00am | Auditorio de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Computación | Link |
| UPAEP Puebla | 11:00am – 5:00pm | Salón T250 | ||
| Martes 6 Sept | UDLA Puebla | 9:00am – 10:00am | Aula Magna Ciria (3er Piso de Biblioteca) | |
| ITESM Puebla | 11:00am – 4:00pm | Auditorio del Parque Tecnológico | ||
| Miércoles 7 Sept | ITESM Querétaro | 10:00am – 4:00pm | Salón de Usos Múltiples (SUM) de Prepa | Link |
| Jueves 8 Sept | Universidad Iberoamericana, León, Guanajuato | 9:00am – 12:00pm | Auditorio Francisco Javier | Link |
| CIMAT Guanajuato, Guanajuato | 2:00pm – 5:00pm | Auditorio CIMAT | ||
| Sept 26-30 | ITESM Monterrey | TBD | TBD |
Microsoft está buscando estudiantes y recién graduados en Suramérica para trabajar en desarrollo de software en Redmond, WA. Estará entrevistando para posiciones de “Software Development Engineer” (Dev) y “Software Development Engineer in Test” (Test). Si te falta más de un año para graduarte, entrevistarás para internship (trabajo de verano). Si te falta menos de un año, o llevas menos de un año graduado, entrevistarás para trabajos de tiempo completo. Para aprender más sobre los trabajos disponibles, visita el sitio de Microsoft Careers.
El evento de reclutamiento se llevará a cabo en Brazil en octubre, por lo que es necesario aplicar antes del 2 de septiembre. Si eres elegido para entrevistar, Microsoft cubrirá todos los costos del viaje.
Te recomiendo revises los documentos relevantes se encuentran en esta carpeta de SkyDrive. Ahí encontrarás:
Puedes aplicar siguiendo estas instrucciones:
HOW TO APPLY:
1) Go to www.microsoft.com/university
2) Click on “Learn More” in the University box
3) Click on “Explore the possibilities” button (either Full-time or Internships) on the right side of page
4) Highlight the career category of interest (Software & Hardware Development), Click on “Apply Now” button
5) Follow the next steps and complete your personal information
Para prepararte para las entrevisas, recomiendo que leas el libro Programming Interviews Exposed. Las entrevistas suelen ser muy técnicas. Recuerda que todo (resume, entrevistas, etc) es en inglés.
Cualquier pregunta, házmela saber en los comentarios o escríbeme a ms@julianapena.com .
When WP7 came out I wrote a long wishlist of features I wanted on the phone. Now that the Mango developer beta is out, how has this list been fulfilled? Let’s go over it point by point.
Support for multiple calendars from one source, not just sync the primary calendar from each source
Partially fixed. Added in Mango, but not for Google Calendar :( Still a big hole since my main calendaring app while at school is Google Calendar.
Live tile to toggle Cellular data, 3G, WiFi and Bluetooth
Not fixed.
Smarter Marketplace search & sort
Fixed. NoDo improved it, and Mango perfected it. You can now easily filter between apps, music and podcasts and see price and rating right from the search results.
Search music collection, not just Marketplace, in Zune app
Not fixed.
Much faster third-party apps
Fixed. NoDo was a small improvedment, but with Mango it’s MUCH better. Things are so fast you don’t even notice.
Integrate Word, Excel and PowerPoint with SkyDrive
Fixed. Added, and it works pretty good too.
Support OneNote section groups and password-protected sections
Partially fixed. Section groups are now supported. Password-protected sections are not.
Improve IE rendering engine: support embedded video (HTML5, Silverlight, Flash) and support iPhone-compatible mobile sites (touch.facebook.com doesn’t work?? Really?)
Fixed. IE9 has a much-improved rendering engine with HTML5 support. touch.facebook.com now works perfectly!
Twitter integration in People and Pictures hubs: show Twitter stream in People hub and allow built-in uploading of pictures to Yfrog or Twitpic
Fixed. Twitter integration is coming with Mango’s final release.
Facebook and Twitter official apps with push notifications
Fixed. Facebook app now has push since v2 (for all WP7 versions). But best of all, the “My” tile in Mango now shows Facebook notifications. Hopefully when Twitter support is added it will have @reply and DM notifications as well.
Better contact management: merge duplicates (not just link them), allow more than one mobile phone per person
Not fixed.
Better maps: turn-by-turn navigation, address and place search outside US, show compass direction, save locations
Partially fixed. Turn-by-turn is now kinda, sorta present (you have to tap the screen for next instruction) and you can now save favorites!
Store Zune playlists containing Zune Pass content in the cloud and be able to stream them through 3G and share them with friends
Not fixed. Zune social is still not supported in WP7.
Official Windows Live Messenger app, on par with iPhone app
Fixed. No Messenger app, but it is now a native OS feature in the Messaging hub. It work really well and also allows Facebook chat.
Camera should remember previous settings
Fixed. The is now an option for the camera to remember settings.
More API access to third-party apps, including:
- Live audio and video capture
- Sockets
- Compass
- Start page pinning
- Offline live tile updating without push notifications
- Zune collection
- Override Search button
Fixed. 1-5 have been added into the developer tools. 7 is not needed anymore because the definition of the search button has changed in Mango (now it is Bing only and not contextual).
Video uploading to YouTube and other sites
Fixed. You can now send videos by email or upload to Facebook and SkyDrive.
Skype and Google Voice VOIP
Partially fixed. Skype has announced an official app in time for Mango.
More Xbox Live games! Some suggestions of games to port: Plants vs Zombies (iPhone, PC), Audiosurf Tilt (Zune HD), Dr Optics (Zune HD),
Partially fixed. Plants vs Zombies has been released, together with lots of other great games. Zune HD games are still to be seen.
Alphabet jumping in the apps list (right of Start screen), like in the People hub
Fixed. Fixed in Mango!
No WiFi disconnecting when locking phone
Fixed. It still disconnects, but seems to work better than in NoDo for reconnecting fast.
Find My Phone over WiFi
Fixed. I don’t know if it was because I was outside the US or because it wasn’t added until Mango, but it works now. I’ll be sure to test this again in Mexico.
Show red line in Calendar day view to signal current time
Not fixed.
Calendar Week view in landscape mode
Not fixed.
Landscape mode for many more apps, especially Start screen, Zune, Xbox and People
Not fixed.
Better Gmail compatibility: Labels, archiving, etc
Not fixed.
Universal search for data in the phone via Bing app
Not fixed.
Basic built-in picture editing: rotating and cropping
Partially fixed. Not added, but the new auto-fix feature works really good and can make really crappy photos look acceptable.
Fixed: 13
Partially fixed: 6
Not fixed: 9
Still some crucial features missing, but most of them have been fixed in Mango! :D
Fui a los outlets el domingo. Me sentí como un videojuego. Cada marca me daba diferente +style, +speed, +comfort, +warmth.
Al final, sentí que gasté demasiado dinero hasta que vi lo que gastaron mis amigas >____<
Fue divertido y ahora tengo muchas cosas nuevas. No son todos los días que disfruto comprar ropa. :3
The only criteria is movies that I could watch over and over again without ever getting bored. I’ve watched lots of great films but for some reason I always have a reason to watch these again, even if they may not be the “best” movies.
In alphabetical order, they are:
If you have any recommendations for an awesome movie, let me know because I finally have Netflix! :) As always, comments, objections, rants and suggestions are appreciated.
Gchat
A Windows Phone client for Google Talk
WinMilk
A task manager for Windows Phone 7 that syncs with Remember the Milk
ChromeMilk
A Google Chrome extension to quickly view Remember the Milk tasks
Postponer
Google Chrome extensions to access Read It Later
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