Introduction

I was recently interviewed by Jesse Liberty for his podcast titled ?Yet Another Podcast?. We talked for about 30 minutes on ?The Ten Things Silverlight Programmers Should Know About Windows 8?. This is based off a presentation that I did last week at the Rocky Mountain Trifecta.

Details of My Session at Rocky Mountain Trifecta:

In this session, we will look at how a Silverlight developers skills translate over to WinRT. We will dive straight into 10 things that I have discovered while working with WinRT. We will quickly find out just how much you will need to learn to work with this new platform.

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It's no secret that Yahoo has been falling behind in the Web search game. So it comes as a welcome surprise that the company has come out with a real innovation in the genre. Yahoo Axis has as its main mission to change search from a destination page that yields yet another page of ten blue links, to a browser companion that makes search part of your Web experience. The idea is to go from query directly to results, without the intervening page that lists a choice of links.

Axis takes the form of free mobile apps (iPad and iPhone now, Android later) that themselves double as browsers, and browser plugins for today's popular Web navigating software. Besides fast access to result pages, another Axis fundamental is that all your devices and computers are synced, in terms of bookmarks and recent searches, if you choose to sign in. In particular, the mobile app makes excellent, intuitive use of touch gestures, while the browser plugins have their own HTML5 slickness, and mostly stay out of the way.

Signup and Setup
Less than a day after its release, Yahoo Axis is already in the number-two spot of the iTunes App Store's top free downloads. The small 3.7MB download installs faster than most iOS apps. Since anything on the Web could show up in the app, iOS first displays its obligatory "Mature content" warning before you install it. The next notification during install asks if you'll allow push notifications, and then you finally OK the lengthy but standard terms of service.

Interface
The Axis iPad app functions as a full Web browser, using Safari's underlying page-rendering engine (as all iOS browsers must.) It starts you out with three clear, simple overlay instructions in a fun handwriting font, explaining its sparse, all-black interface. As in every browser, there's a search bar at the top. To see results, you swipe your finger down on the screen, and thirdly, you're instructed to sign in using a Yahoo, Facebook, or Google account.

I did run into a glitch where the sign-in box changed into the iPhone-size Yahoo search app when I tried signing in with a Google ID. Facebook and Yahoo sign-in worked without incident. Another notification box appeared, disclosing that Yahoo would store my bookmarks and the application's most recent state, so that I could pick up where I left off on another device.

Next to the search bar are six buttons?back and forward arrows, a sharing button. This button can also take you to your home page, which shows three sections?Read Later, My Favorites, and Continue from device. You can re-arrange the first two, while the Continue section stays put.

Once you click in the search box, Axis's theme of trying to simply show you results immediately kicks in. A dropdown shows trending searches, and tapping any of these opens a flyout box with nutshell info on the topic. For example, when I was testing, Zachary Quinto was trending. The flyout offered a photo, movie trailers from his popular movies (Star Trek and Down with Love), and the latest news on him. But the best part came when I looked to the right of this info box. Thumbnails showing the most likely page results for Zachary Quinto?his own home page, Wikipedia, and IMDB. I could simply swipe left to see all the page results, and click on one to see it fill the screen. It?s a supremely intuitive experience.

Even after you've full-screened your chosen result, you can swipe in from the right to go to the next result site, or from the left to get to the previous. And dragging down anywhere on the page drops the thumbnail results back down from the top. You have to keep in mind the difference between this last action and swiping down from the very top of the iPad screen, which shows iOS notifications. Trying this gesture also occasionally opened a link on the page at hand rather than getting me to the Axis list.

I was able to get stock quotes when entering a symbol, and typing an MLB team name showed the ballclub's latest game result and next scheduled matchup. But typing "weather" didn't bring up a quick look at my local forecast, as I'd expected it to.

Settings in the app are few. You get to log out, choose to view a page formatted for iPad, Desktop, or iPhone, and to switch to a Local Only mode. The latter is a good choice for when you don't want your search history synced with Yahoo Axis on your other computers or devices.

Bookmarks
You can add your own new bookmark sections to the preexisting ones, My Favorites, and Read Later. Since newly added bookmarks appear at the end, I appreciated how the Axis app let me press and hold a bookmark to move it anywhere in the list. It's an action that any iOS user is familiar with from the way app icons themselves work.

Tabs
Unlike the built-in Safari tabs, which mimic those of desktop browsers' across the top, Axis's are large thumbnail previews of the pages in the tabs along the bottom. You see an icon of overlapping pages with a number, flanked by the word "Tabs" at bottom right of the screen, so there's no mistaking how to access them. The first thumbnail is empty, with a plus sign, which obviously lets you create a new tab.

I had less luck on the iPhone than on the iPad. Though the interface was well-fitted to the smaller screen, my result pages were all dark, with buttons for Web and Images. Some page text was jumbled, too in this initial view. Once I did get a result page displaying, however, the swiping back and forth among results worked well.

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Space X and NASA are moments away from making history. The Dragon capsule is making its final approach toward docking with the International Space Station, marking a new chapter both for NASA and privatized space exploration. It's currently projected to dock at 10:02am EDT. You can watch it all right here: More »

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There have been conflicting reports all morning about where the Adam Jones deal is going to come down. Some people have pegged at as north of $100 million. Ken Rosenthal says, however, that he?s hearing it will be six years and ?in the $85 million range.?

If so, this seems like a pretty good deal for the Orioles, coming out just north of $14 million a year. ?At that rate, Jones need not slug .600 like he is this year. Indeed, this could be a career year for him, followed by some years of good-to-moderate power, good defense and .280+ hitting, and it would still be a nice signing for the Orioles. And for Jones, too.

Still, this is the Orioles? largest deal in history, eclipsing?Miguel Tejada?s six-year, $72 million free agent deal back in 2004 and sending a signal to O?s fans that they?re serious about putting a quality product on the field.

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ScienceDaily (May 24, 2012) ? The colour of a female bird's bill has an important biological purpose, according to new Queen's research.

Troy Murphy has found female bill colour reflects the health of the bird. Females with more colourful bills have higher antibody levels, indicating greater strength and the ability to fight off invaders.

"This is so exciting because it means a bird facing a rival with a colourful bill will be able to assess the rival's health and thus assess whether the rival will have lots of energy to invest in a fight," says Dr. Murphy, who conducted his research at the Queen's University Biological Station. "This information can then influence the decision to fight or flee -- and, if to flee, how fast it should flee."

The colour of a female bird's bill is strongly correlated with immunoglobulin antibodies, a component of the immune system in birds. Upon infection, these antibodies allow other immune cells to recognize the diseased cells and destroy them.

Dr. Murphy, who is currently an assistant professor (Biology) at Trinity University in Texas, also discovered there is no relation between immune capacity and male bill colour suggesting elaborately coloured bills have very sex-specific roles.

"Murphy's recent results add to a long tradition of bird behavioural ecology research at our biological station" says Station Director Stephen Lougheed. "Results like Dr. Murphy's clarify our understanding of how behaviour, colour and song are used in critical interactions among individuals, especially contests between members of the same sex and courtship between members of opposite sex."

The results of this research will be published in an upcoming issue of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology.

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The Abbey nightclub in West Hollywood, Calif., regularly welcomes customers who are not gay, but operators say they will ban straight bachelorette parties until same-sex marriage is legal across the land. KNBC-TV's Angie Crouch reports.

By Angie Crouch and Bill French, NBCLosAngeles.com

The Abbey nightclub in West Hollywood, Calif.,?regularly welcomes customers who are not gay. But operators say there will be an exception to that policy until same-sex marriage is legal across the land.

?We love our straight girlfriends coming in to celebrate one of the happiest days of their life," says Abbey owner David Cooley. "But it?s also a slap in the face to my customers and my life that we can?t have that same celebration.?

Male go-go dancers are just one reason why one of America's most popular gay bars has become a big draw for straight women's bachelorette parties.

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Each weekend, The Abbey hosts several dozen ladies night parties. But Cooley says, no more. Until marriage is legal for everyone, straight women can no longer celebrate their pending nuptials at his club.

His position is getting mixed reviews from both gay and straight customers.

?Everyone should be able to get married," says Roshanna Sabaratnam. "We shouldn?t, as straight people, be flaunting it in front of people who can?t.?

But, there are also some gay customers who disagree.

?I think the ban is an interesting approach to the debate about gay marriage," says Alexander Villalobos. "But I think you shouldn?t limit other people?s rights in order to get yours.?

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If a student is creative and wants to work on computers for whole life then this field is suitable for them. People can find jobs in any creative field like advertising companies, print or electronic media, IT companies, etc. for enhancing their caliber in a graphic designing job sector.? Basically a designer has to understand the client?s requirement and accordingly should make design formats for them.

If a student who has pursue 10+2 with computer as one of the main subjects can join any computer course at the graduation level. There are plenty of courses in computer field such as graphic designing, multimedia designing, web developing etc.Before joining any course as for career the student needs to search fully about the availability of each course in the universities, the coursestructure, the fees pattern etc.

You can search for each college at the internet first then visit there personally for knowing about the entrance test, if needed or purchase the prospectus for getting details about the particular university.

Bachelor of computer graphic design (BCGD) is the course in graphic design courses at graduation level in India. In the first year, thestudents who want to pursue the same course should have an eye for the international design market along with online and offline ideas regarding the media expectations can work well in the same field. They will learn the essential techniques in order to expand their visual and verbal skills.
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In the second year, the institute will offer motion graphics and the chance to explore the relationship between visual communication and screen-based technologies. In final year, you will gain complete knowledge about visual communication. After completion of the whole course there are plenty of options forprofessional internship as well as complex projects in many media. We can conclude a range of recognized collages in India who are conducting bachelor level course in graphic designing are as follows:-

- ?Pearl Academy of Fashion (PAF), Chennai
- ?Saraswathi Institute of Animation, Chennai
- ?Frameboxx Animation & Visual Effects, PreetVihar, Delhi
- ?Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematic, South Ex 1, Delhi
- ?Arena Animation, Jodhpur Park, Dhakuria, Kolkata
- ?Raffles Design International (RDI), Mumbai
- ?Zee Institute of Creative Art - Miraroad Center, Mira Road

Graphic designing courses basically consistsa combination of typography, visual arts and page layout techniques to produce the final result or outcome for any idea. Graphic design often refers to designingto create a design.Common uses of graphic design comprise identity (logos and branding), publications (magazines, newspapers, and books), advertisements and product packaging. For example, a product package might include a logo or other creation, organized text and pure design features such as shapes and color which unify the piece. Alignment is one of the most important features of graphic design, especially when using pre-existing materials or varied elements.

At the beginning level if a company is sound in its financial position then they may offer 15000- 18000 \- at its initial levels. But if an employee has gained good working experience in the same field then they will get a handsome turnover of a salary at the end of the month.

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By Charles Kiyimba

The term online social networking is derived from social networking, which is the grouping of individuals into specific groups with a primary aim of socializing and making fan. Online social networking therefore refers to online communities of internet users whereby members who share common interests and hobbies meet and begin to socialize. Social networking platforms, also known as social sites, are websites like Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and many others that offer people the opportunity to socialize.

Why should you join a social network?

One thing you should know is that social networking came and came to stay. It?s the way to go in contemporary times and for both young and old generations. If you want to stay in business, you need to think joining a social network. More and more people are joining now and again and the numbers are growing tremendously. If you are not on Facebook and not on any other social network, I would say you are yet to be born, whether you are in any business or not. For instance, Facebook alone has over 800 million active users of which 400 million frequent this social site every day. What does that communicate to you?

Well a platform with 800 million members is not something to joke with in real terms. This is why any success-conscious business should be visualizing a lot of opportunities and should endeavor to grab them by joining platforms like Facebook, Twitter and others not only for fan but also for marketing your online home business.

Online social networking is largely for socialization and for fan. The biggest benefit you can ever have from being on any social network is the ability to get a diversity of friends from all around the world. You can easily create your own network of friends with whom you share common interests and goals.

Remember that where there is fan there is business and money. For those who are soccer fans, have you ever imagined how many people benefit from football? I have noticed that apart from the players who earn huge amounts of money from their talents, people involved in businesses like betting, selling drinks, jerseys and many other items related to soccer earn their living when other people enjoy fan. Many have made a fortune out the fan created by football. Just look around you, you will understand what I am saying.

Through the fan you can also position yourself well to do business. Most people like fan, like socializing and are so much willing to part away with their cash to get what will give them the fan they like. Using the same example of football, when soccer fans get excited upon winning a match, they rejoice in various ways and styles. As they rejoice, they spend on the things that enhance their happiness.

That said, I would like you to look at online social networking as a very rich and fertile ground for you to base on and market your business. Learn the tricks of doing business using social networks. As you socialize, position yourself well to market your business to the so many friends you make. Some of the key factors of building a successful marketing strategy with social networks include the following.

1. Acquiring information on how the social network you have joined operates. It?s important for you to get to know very well how the network operates.

2. Planning prior to the implementation of your marketing strategies in any social network you are in. There is nothing you can ever succeed in without good planning. Effective planning, for example if you are on Facebook, will entail asking yourself and finding answers as to what you want to achieve, how you intend to achieve it and what your brand is.

3. Knowing about your targeted customers. You have to get in-depth information about your targeted customers, what they like and dislike, their behaviors, how to get them and any other related information.

4. Building a team of unlimited number of fans from whom you will get people interested in the products and services you offer.

5. Engaging your friends and other visitors regularly to create a reason for them to like you and come back to your page through provision of useful content, photos, videos, organizing contests and having fan with them.

6. Avoiding using traditional marketing methods in any social network. What I mean here is that you should avoid controlling your friends. Remember that people join social networks mainly for fan and socialization. Instead of controlling them, communicate to them, collaborate with them, educate them and entertain them.

7. Educating and entertaining your followers is a key to building a trusting relationship with them. Make it a habit to post educative and entertaining information however simple it is.

8. Establishing your presence. People can only build trust in your business if they get to know that there is a human being behind it.

9. Adding social media buttons to your website to enable your visitors to share your content with their friends.

10. Selling products related to your brand image and your niche.

As I wind up, I would like to remind you that online social networking came to stay. If you are already on a social network but were limiting yourself to using it only for fan, think about marketing your business to earn some income out of fan and socialization

Charles Kiyimba provides popular, proven, tested and Great Home Business Ideas to people who want to start their own home online businesses. Visit now to start a Home Online Business that will enable you to create multiple streams of income and to become financially secure in your life.

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