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  • Blog Post: Profound, Profane, and Perfectly Capable

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    by Douglas Crets, Developer Evangelist at Microsoft Bizspark Apps for Culture Whenever you see the name Ahmed Siddiqui, you think good things. He’s part of Startup Weekend , the organizer of the 54-hour startup-building non-profit conference series that camped out at Microsoft’s Silicon...
    on 17 Apr 2012

  • Blog Post: A Photosynth Look at the First 30 to Launch Windows 8 Workshop

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    Evangelist Kevin Ashley took this photo. He used the Photosynth app on the Windows phone to document the first Windows 8 App Challenge we put on in San Francisco . We had about 42 people in the room drinking beer, eating pizza and listening to some design lessons that help developers put their ideas...
    on 5 Jun 2012

  • Blog Post: Live Stream: iOS Developers Grab Insights on How to Develop for Windows 8

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    We're running a live stream of this really fascinating iOS camp for Windows 8 Development . About Big Nerd Ranch BNR is a training company focused on teaching iOS programming languages. They actually started out training Apple developers’ Cocoa API. It’s co-founder, Aaron Hillegass...
    on 13 Dec 2012

  • Blog Post: Frametastic Ports from iOS to Windows 8 -- Interview with BizSpark Startup Imaginary Feet Dev Emil Anticevic

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    Back in the early part of November, I cruised around San Francisco looking for developers to talk to, as I do normally. I was introduced to Emil Anticevic , a developer working for Imaginary Feet. He was working at the time on one of the first Windows 8 apps that would go into the Windows Store. His...
    on 15 Nov 2012

  • Blog Post: Steve Ballmer Drops By RocketSpace in San Francisco, MSFT Building Windows8 App Lab

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    Today, CEO of Microsoft Steve Ballmer, dropped by RocketSpace on Fremont Street. He came to show support for developers and to announce that Microsoft would be creating a Windows 8 App Lab there, so that developers can get cracking on building Windows 8 apps for the expected market boom when it is released...
    on 26 Sep 2012

  • Blog Post: First-Ever EU AppCup Competition Yields Windows 8 Innovations

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    If the discussions over the coffee breaks were any indication, delegates at the annual IAMCP Summit in Brussels all seemed to agree it was a great success, but for me the highlight was the first-ever EU AppCup competition. This post was written by Soha Hohnecker, Software Startup Lead at Microsoft...
    on 20 Mar 2013

  • Blog Post: Get to 30 to Launch, Make Something Amazing

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    With 525 million Windows 7 licenses sold, millions of people await Windows 8 apps. The think goes -- and this is very accurate -- that in addition to wanting the same apps that they love in Windows 7, which will be operable in Windows 8, people also want new apps that encapsulate a completely different...
    on 24 Sep 2012

  • Blog Post: Kill Fragmentation. Catch GlideOS at TechCrunch Disrupt NY April 29-30

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    This is a part 1 of a multi-part blog series celebrating Microsoft BizSpark startups at Techcrunch Disrupt NY, which starts tomorrow. You can catch GlideOS demoing their awesome Windows 8 app at the Microsoft booth at TechCrunch Disrupt NY on April 29 th and 30 th . This interview was conducted...
    on 26 Apr 2013

  • Blog Post: Check Out the Imagine Cup with Jessica Watson, Youngest Person to Sail Around The World

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    The Microsoft Imagine Cup brings together students from all over the world and asks them to use their creativity and passion for technology to help solve the world’s toughest problems. This year is the 10 th anniversary of Imagine Cup and over this period, we have more than 1.65M students from...
    on 22 Jun 2012

  • Blog Post: Seedcamp Visits Microsoft Silicon Valley

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    Blog by Claire Lee : As part of their annual USA trip , Seedcamp visited the Microsoft SV offices on Monday last to hear more about BizSpark Plus, Windows Phone, Windows 8 and our business apps portfolio (Dynamics ERP and CRM). Dynamic Duo on Windows Phone Ben Riga and Kevin Ashley did a ‘deep...
    on 12 Mar 2012

  • Blog Post: #MEGA #Mobile at #Microsoft

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    By Claire Lee If you are signed up for the Mobile track @Mega this weekend (starting tomorrow) we have a load of awesome expert engineers landing on our campus to talk to you about Windows 8 and Windows Phone. You can still sign up to attend the Windows 8 pre-session from the registration page (scroll...
    on 13 Apr 2012

  • Blog Post: Alive with Activity -- Touch First Experience and Simplicity of Design

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    I went to RocketSpace last night where Michael Scherotter , principal architecture evangelist for Microsoft gave a pretty interesting talk about the simplicity of the windows 8 design. He started by pointing out the Bauhaus chair he was sitting in and showing that there is nothing extraneoius about...
    on 5 Jun 2012

  • Blog Post: Highlights from Startup Weekend Blacksburg

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    Our champions in DC area, Ashish Jaiman and Ed Donahue, were mentors at StartupWeekend Blacksburg just last week (Sept 14 th - 16 th ) held at Rackspace in Blacksburg. The event was a huge success, and our guy Ashish says “Wow, what a great event. We learnt a lot to learn about the students...
    on 19 Sep 2012

  • Blog Post: Virtual Windows 8 Building: Workshops on June 14

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    Some of you may have heard about the live workshops we are doing for developers in Seattle and San Francisco . They are opportunities to do some hands-on Windows 8 app building, while being face-to-face with devleopers, architects and other smart people who can help them build their ideas into the new...
    on 13 Jun 2012

  • Blog Post: StartX and Microsoft Announce Strategic Partnership

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    The future is made of collaborators working in innovation strongholds like StartX. This post was written by Claire Lee Last Thursday evening StartX Stanford, the university accelerator, hosted their Summer Class Demo Day. This was the largest class so far and – with my front row seat –...
    on 10 Sep 2012

  • Blog Post: BizSpark Startup TheAppBuilder Lets You Build for Windows 8 Before It Launches

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    From now on you can build a Windows 8 app before the release of Windows 8 on October 26th. How's that for Bazinga!? The original blog post by TheAppBuilder CEO James Scott about their release of their Windows 8 app , can be found at their website. Here are the money quotes: Imagine this –...
    on 21 Sep 2012