Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Today Microsoft announced the general availability of the Windows Embedded 8 family of Operating Systems which extends Windows 8 technologies to the Embedded world. They helps enterprises capitalize on the Internet of Things with the platform to capture, analyze and act on valuable data across IT infrastructures. For OEMs and developers, Windows Embedded 8 delivers the power, familiarity and reliability of Windows to create advanced commercial devices: the Windows 8 innovations coupled with additional embedded functionality will help them quickly and efficiently deliver differentiated solutions with security enhancements, a refined application model and touch-first industry experiences.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Yesterday Microsoft released a new version of the Kinect for Windows SDK.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

On March 15th, there will be a Microsoft Dev Camp event hosted by MIC (Microsoft Innovation Center) Torino, like the ones organized in other Italian cities.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

AMSAlarm, my new app for Windows 8,is now available on the Windows Store!

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

My new app for Windows 8,SimpleQR,is now available on the Windows Store!

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

DotNetCampania association, in collaboration with TinyClr community, organizes the first Microsoft Embedded Conference, on January 26th, 2013 in Naples, Italy. It will be a full day of technical sessions about Embedded system development with Microsoft technologies. The most important Italian experts (also Beppe Platania) will talk about Microsoft Embedded technologies and will introduce the attendants to the Embedded world. They will discover how to create a fully customized "Intelligent System", how to develop .NET Micro Framework applications and will see a preview of the new Windows Embedded 8 Standard, a modularized version of Windows 8, designed for embedded systems.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

In the last months I've been involved in a number of web and cloud-related projects both at work and in my spare time, where I learnt a lot of cool stuff about web development, HTML5, Javascript and CSS3: I decided to certify my achievements, and today I passed the new 70-480 (Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3) exam, first step in the web development certification path (MCSD: Web Applications or MCSD: Windows Store Apps using HTML5). You can get your certifications by scheduling an exams in a Prometric Testing Center. For more information, visit the official Microsoft Learning website.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

XNA is a .NET framework .NET for game development, which casual game developers have been using since 2004 for ease of create games for Windows, XBOX and, most recently, Windows Phone. The framework provides:

Thursday, November 29, 2012

The official Beppe Platania's blog for Windows 8 app is now available on the Windows Store!

Thursday, November 29, 2012

The official gianni's hub for Windows 8 app is now available on the Windows Store!