Nokia Lumia 822 and Lumia 800 giveaway
I am giving away a Lumia 822 to a lucky Windows Phone Developer and a Lumia 800 to every developer where their entry is a first app. The rules are simple: You have published a … Continue reading
Hackathon Winners
I will be writing a more in-depth blog post (with videos and event pictures) on the Telerik website when all the media is done being edited. For now, I wanted to … Continue reading
26.2 Smiles
The Boston Marathon gives you 26.2 miles, but the The Boston Hackathon can give you 26.2 smiles! I am throwing a huge bash of a hackathon during the weekend of the marathon (april … Continue reading
Lumia 620 Giveaway
UPDATE: We have a winner! Congratulations Imran Shaquif, of Dangling Neuron, who has won the March Lumia 620 giveaway. March Lumia 620 Giveaway I am giving away a Lumia 620 to … Continue reading
Deep Diving with Lance
Grab your scuba gear because we’re diving into new WP8 features Windows Phone 8 ushered in a bunch of new APIs to hook into. I am providing my Dvlup’rs with a one-on-one … Continue reading
Rewarding Quality
Offer ends Feb 11th, 2013 5:00 PM PST So you’ve published an app and you’ve worked hard to keep its rating at 4+ stars. You’ve had at least 50 ratings, proving … Continue reading
An Offer You Can’t Refuse
One of my responsibilities as a Nokia Developer Ambassador is to help developers get started. I thought to myself, what better way to welcome new developers than give them a new phone and a DevCenter … Continue reading
Developer Summit Awesomeness
I just returned from the 2013 AT&T Developer Summit in Las Vegas, and boy can I say it was a good one! Approximately 50% of mobile apps submitted to the … Continue reading
Registering Extensions
With the entrance of Visual Studio 2012 we saw a new interface to edit your WMAppManifest file. This is a great tool to help you properly setup your app’s meta … Continue reading
From The Ground Up
This post is to get you started on Windows Phone Development “from the ground up” and is targeted towards people who have no prior experience with the Windows Phone SDK. At … Continue reading
Denied?
So, you got an email from DVLUP stating that your challenge submission was denied. Why were you denied? What did you miss? I wanted to write this post to share the … Continue reading
Get a loaner Windows Phone 8 device
Are you building a Windows Phone 8 app but don’t have a device to test your app on? Are you using the NFC or Bluetooth APIs and having a WP8 device … Continue reading
How Rad is your app?
I have another giveaway and challenge for my developers today. In addition to being a Nokia Developer Ambassador, I work full time as a XAML Support Specialist at Telerik, yep the awesome RadControls people. So, I’d like to ask … Continue reading
Comatose Cursor
You’re sitting in front of your PC, steaming cup of <insert favorite beverage here> next to you and your fingers are posed over the keyboard ready to strike. Visual Studio is … Continue reading
Getting Started: NAX and Windows Phone 8
The purpose of this post is to demonstrate how easy it is to get started using the Nokia Ad Exchange (NAX) SDK with your Windows Phone 8 (WP8) app. Although … Continue reading
P.I. API
I did some investigating on the best APIs to help give you app ideas or to use for beefing up an existing app. Here is a list of some of … Continue reading
To 3 or not to 3, that is the question
Huh? Unless you were one of the developers I just gave codes to join the new Nokia program DVLUP, the title of this post makes no sense. So, what am … Continue reading
You have apps and I have phones, let’s MeetUp!
If you’re going to be in the Boston area on Thursday December 6th, come on over to Microsoft Research & Development in Cambridge (NERD). I’m doing a 90 minute group … Continue reading
Level Up with DVLUP!
Got your developer hat on? Check. Got your gamer hat on? Check. Ready to earn awesome rewards for doing what you love? Check! Great, then let’s get rolling! I am … Continue reading
I want to give you a white Nokia Lumia 900!
Yep, you heard right. I really, really want to give away two Nokia Lumias (First place get a 900 and second place gets an 800). I need you to do … Continue reading
