Windows App Developer Links - 2014-03-10

Windows

• Windows 8.1 Update 1: Modern App Taskbar Previews (Paul Thurrott)

• Windows 8.1 Update 1: Use the Taskbar in Modern Apps (Paul Thurrott)

Windows Store App Development

• Windows Store trends: In-App Purchases, Games Rising In Popularity On Windows Store (Dr. Doris Chen)

• A Floating Behavior for Windows 8 Store apps (Diederik Krols)

• Microsoft DevRadio: Developing for Windows 8 in 1/2 the Time - Project Spark (Microsoft DevRadio)

Windows Phone App Development

• Deep dive into Windows Phone 8 Messaging (Nokia Conversations)

• Testing your Phone app on every Nokia device just got easier. (Jerry Nixon)

• Monetizing App Studio with Ads (Lance McCarthy)

• Windows Phone Series: Bing Maps and Turn-by-Turn Navigation (Rahul Nath)

Tools, Services, Frameworks, & Libraries

• Migrate away from MSBuild-based NuGet package restore (Xavier Decoster)