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In my previous blog I had talked about Metro Applications and Metro UI. Visual Studio 11 would qualify as an application with Metro like UI as we have already seen in the current beta release. It also no surprise that products from MS will imbibe the Metro style guide. We see similar trends with upcoming Office 15 (you can search online for images).

VS 11 however got some pretty strong comments from developer community and MS is making changes to its UI. The Metro look is here to stay, so it is still very much there, but the application has also been made a bit more colorful. Check out the details here.

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This article explains some real time issues that one may face while working with asp.net MVC and jquery. And accordingly the corresponding resolutions. These points if taken into consideration then may help a new developer leverage the benefits of asp.net MVC and jquery more.

In case any suggestions are there please let me know, I will more than happy to include them.

For the full article please refer to this.

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Microsoft had introduced Phone 7 in early 2010 and released the first version in market by late 2010. The key point that MS highlighted was that Phone 7 a completely new, ground up, operating system and another immediately noticeable thing about it was the tiled based UI. While on first look the tiles looked like desktop icons, they were in fact much more than that. They were live and hence could provide updates from the application right on the home screen, so a person need not go into an application just to check basic updates.

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At the turn of the century (year 2000) desktops and laptops were still going strong and mobile phones had just started to appear. I had put my hands on my very first mobile phone in year 2001 as getting a landline took few weeks and the mobile phone was activated within a day or two. I had moved to a new place and hence getting connectivity was critical. The mobile phone allowed me to stay connected while on the go, and in those days, I had to pay to receive calls as well. I had not thought of how the phone would evolve into today's smart phone with significant processing power, with ability to capture and view high resolution photos and HDMI videos, with ability to let me be connected with friends over facebook and twitter all the time and with ability to download and install thousands of applications from its very own marketplace. My family is hooked onto Angry Birds :-).

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In my previous blog here, we had seen the file table feature introduced in SQL 2012 to store unstructured data. From business perspective, it is very important to find ways to analyze this unstructured data to gain useful insights into behavior and patterns. Normal SQL query search wouldn't work efficiently on this type of data, as the "Like" kind of operators work on character patterns. Additionally, the "like" pattern search can take a long time, as normal text data cannot be indexed properly.

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In simple words, unstructured data is information which does not fit well in relational model. It is mostly text heavy, but can contain images, videos, emails etc.

File Table, a new feature introduced in SQL 2012, builds on the existing filestream object SQL Server had come up with in 2008 to store unstructured data. Filestream datatype tried to integrate the relational database engine with the windows file system. More information about the filestream object can be found here.

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For smooth streaming in Windows 8 Metro Application we need to download and install Smooth Streaming client  and Microsoft Media Player Framework . After these installations, create a blank application. To create a blank application open VS11 and then from File menu select New option and then select JavaScript-> Windows Metro Style. Choose blank application from installed templates.

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SQL Server 2012 was officially launched on 7th March 2012 and has been touted as a major release with some new/improved features around database management, data integration, business intelligence and integration with cloud. The features have been categorized into three themes by Microsoft namely

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We have earlier seen that Microsoft Surface has been making its mark in domains like retail banking and automobile sales. Apart from these, we at Infosys have been exploring applications of Surface for retail establishments and in particular consumer electronics stores. By leveraging Microsoft Surface, retail stores can take their customer experience to the next level, along with the possibility of increased sales.

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In my previous blog, we looked at how mobile augmented reality (AR) is making its mark in travel and navigational assistance. Another interesting application of AR where firms have been evincing interest is advertising. In today's highly competitive environment vendors are continuously looking for ways and means of differentiating products and increasing brand recall. We at Infosys have been investigating how firms can take their advertising to the next level using AR.

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