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April 16, 2012
Members of customer experience engineering team talk about the project that made Windows Phones LTE-capable.
Highlights
Devs Get Game with Visual Studio
April 26
New Visual Studio achievements introduced for Windows Azure developers.
Better Together: TFS 2010 and System Center 2012
April 17
Launch wave of System Center 2012 includes management pack for TFS Work Item Synchronization.
Microsoft Employees Build Popular Twitter App
April 17
How two moonlighters built Rowi — a Twitter app that fully taps the social networking capabilities of the Windows Phone.
Visual Studio Adds Feature Packs and Build in the Cloud
March 27
Team Foundation Service support for building in the cloud and feature packs for Visual Studio 11 Ultimate customers announced.
Microsoft, Nokia to Invest in Mobile App Development
March 25
Mobile developers to benefit from funding, training, support and business opportunities as Microsoft and Nokia launch the AppCampus program at Aalto University.
Project Detroit: Reimagining an American Classic
March 21
A retrofitted Ford Mustang from Microsoft and West Coast Customs shows off connected-device scenarios of the future.
Developer Events Update
Jan. 24
Note that there will be no MIX event this year. Stay tuned for news about our next major developer conference.
Visual Studio Achievements Program Brings Gamification to Development
Jan.18
Developers who use Microsoft Visual Studio have a new way to highlight their skills, get recognition for the amazing work they do every day, and add some competitive fun to the development day.
A Bar, an Idea, and a Garage: The Story of CodeFlow
Jan.5
Meet the people who took CodeFlow from an idea in a bar to a tool now used by developers in every division at Microsoft.
Meet Who's Behind Windows Phone's Breakthrough Design
Dec.15
A visit with four members of the Windows Phone Shell Team.
Previewing the Windows Store
Dec.6
Microsoft’s Antoine Leblond details upcoming developer opportunities on "Windows 8" via the Windows Store, including economic and policy terms; announces contest to feature apps in Windows 8 Beta.

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May 27, 2012

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May 26, 2012

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May 25, 2012

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VisualStudio: Visual C++ Team Blog: http://t.co/vmMIimoX - C++ Build Throughput: Visual Studio 11 Pre-Release Compared to Visual Studio 2010 SP1

May 25, 2012

VisualStudio: Visual C++ Team Blog: http://t.co/vmMIimoX - C++ Build Throughput: Visual Studio 11 Pre-Release Compared to Visual Studio 2010 SP1