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• ActiveNick’s 2012 Year in Review and Predictions for 2013

  Posted To ActiveNick's Big Bald Blog By Nick Landry On Wed, Jan 2 2013

  Every January 1st for the past 9 years, I’ve been getting an email from Microsoft titled “ Congratulations 20YY Microsoft MVP! ” ( enum YY {Max = 13, Min = 05}; ) where I have the honor and privilege of being re-awarded as Microsoft MVP for Windows Phone...

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  Tags / WPF, Product Management, XNA, DevConnections, NetAdvantage, Kinect, Data Visualization, User Groups, Android, Mobile Development, Microsoft Surface, MVP, Touch Computing, Windows Phone, World of Warcraft, Code Camps, Star Trek, TechEd, Enterprise Mobility, Microsoft, Infragistics, Community, iPhone, Infusion, Silverlight, iPad, Google, Nokia, Dropbox, SkyDrive, Richard Campbell, Carl Franklin, The Tablet Show, Samsung, Apple, Conference, CodepaLOUsa, Deeper in .NET, Cloud, Windows RT, Mobile Ecosystem, Xbox 360, Blu-Ray, iOS, RIM, GDC, Bytes by MSDN, Jerry Nixon, TechBash, Brent Schooley, Ambrose Little, jQuery Mobile, MacBook, WinRT, Kindle Fire, Tablet, Blackberry, WinJS, Windows 8, MobileAdvantage, HDC, Prairie DevCon, VSLive, XAML, iguanaUI, NucliOS, igniteUI, Research in Motion, Microsoft Office, Windows Store, Amazon Kindle, Touch Cover, Blackberry PlayBook, Retina Display, Lumia 820, From iPad to Surface, Live360, AJI Report, Lumia 920, NFC, Project Titan, Stir Trek, That Conference

• From iPad to Surface – Favorite Fridays >> Google App

  Posted To ActiveNick's Big Bald Blog By Nick Landry On Fri, Nov 16 2012

  I’ve been an avid iPad user for 30 months and counting. I still love and use my Pad a lot, but I also bought a new Surface RT. Will my Surface ever completely replace my iPad? I don’t know yet, but I’d love to find out. This blog series is aimed at comparing...

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  Tags / Android, Bing Maps, Microsoft Surface, Touch Computing, Windows Phone, Enterprise Mobility, Twitter, iPad, Google, Apple App Store, Google Maps, SkyDrive, YouTube, Apple, Windows RT, Mobile Ecosystem, Metro, Skype, iOS, HTML5, Google ID, Tablet, Windows 8, Maps, Mapping, Windows Phone Store, Microsoft Office, Windows Store Apps, Windows Store, Internet Explorer, Touch Cover, Bing, Google Play, Favorite Fridays, Google Reader, Nextgen Reader, iPad vs Surface, From iPad to Surface

• From iPad to Surface – Day 3: Under the Hood

  Posted To ActiveNick's Big Bald Blog By Nick Landry On Wed, Oct 31 2012

  I’ve been an avid iPad user for 30 months and counting. I still love and use my Pad a lot, but I also bought a new Surface RT. Will my Surface ever completely replace my iPad? I don’t know yet, but I’d love to find out. This blog series is aimed at comparing...

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  Tags / Windows 7, Android, Microsoft Surface, Touch Computing, Enterprise Mobility, iPad, Google, Apple App Store, SkyDrive, Apple, Notifications, Windows RT, Mobile Ecosystem, Xbox 360, iOS, Tablet, Windows 8, Microsoft Office, Windows Store Apps, Windows Store, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Account, Control Panel, Google Play

• The Need for a Third Mobile Ecosystem: The Need for Windows Phone

  Posted To ActiveNick's Big Bald Blog By Nick Landry On Fri, Apr 20 2012

  A debate is raging in the technology world these days: Is there a need for a third mobile ecosystem? (FYI, iOS and Android are the first two) If so, which is it gonna be? My position is that yes, we need a third mobile ecosystem, and Windows Phone is...

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  Tags / Product Management, Windows 7, NetAdvantage, Android, Geek Life, Mobile Development, MVP, Touch Computing, Windows Phone, Enterprise Mobility, Microsoft, Infragistics, iPhone, Visual Basic, Mango, Tango, Open Source, Google, Nokia, Apple App Store, Lumia 800, Samsung, Storage, Apple, Dual-core, Symbian, Apollo, Windows RT, DroidRage, Nintendo, Open Handset Alliance, MeeGo, Linux, PlayStation, Mobile Ecosystem, Wii, Metro, Lumia 900, Mac, Bada, Technology Wars, Sega, Windows Mobile, Cars, Xbox 360, WebOS, AJAX, Bitlocker, Blu-Ray, Windows CE, Skype, iOS, RIM, Research in Motion

• Top 10 iPhone Apps Missing on Windows Phone

  Posted To ActiveNick's Big Bald Blog By Nick Landry On Sat, Feb 25 2012

  11/8/2012 Update : The list is shrinking. The following apps from my top 10 below are now available on the Windows Phone Marketplace: LinkedIn (5/12/2012) Audible (6/21/2012) e*Trade (9/17/2012) As of this update, there are now over 120,000 apps in the...

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  Tags / NetAdvantage, LinkedIn, Android, Bing Maps, Mobile Development, Windows Phone, Microsoft, Infragistics, iPhone, iPad, United, Google, 4th & Mayor, Spotify, Nokia, e*Trade, Apple App Store, Windows Phone Marketplace, HBO, Live Mesh, Android Market, Audible, Google Maps, Netflix, Zinio, Dropbox, ADT Pulse, Lumia 800, Jeff Wilcox, Travel, Pandora, SkyDrive, Continental, Flipboard, Samsung