John at myITforum.com

Twitter Analytics

OK, I’ll admit it.  I’ve become a Twitterholic.  I’ve been hanging out there recently since one of you who Twinkles all the time asked who was twittering.  Several of you have stepped up your participation as well.  It’s been a laugh or two that’s for sure.  I keep forgetting to blog now that I’ve been sending stuff with 140 characters or less. 

I was catching up on news a couple days ago and came across some Twitter client analytics.  I was actually a little surprised at the top 10 clients being displayed for posting to Twitter, so thought I’d share.

So, those of you who Twitter, were you surprised?

Skyfire now open beta

If you've been waiting a lifetime to get off Skyfire's waiting list, you don't have to wait any longer. With the release of version 0.8 of Skyfire, the application is now available to all Windows Mobile users with compatible devices. So what's new with the app itself?

• New Super Bar that combines search and URL entry into one bar
• Skyfire can now be set as the default browser
• New search bar on the Homescreen
• New start page redesign
• Faster start-up and page loading times
• Share a link via SMS
• Invite friends to download Skyfire via SMS
• Save an image
• Download files

One of the most popular capabilities that Skyfire has over Safari on the iPhone is the ability to play flash videos. This means you can browse popular video sites such as Youtube and Vimeo, or music sites such as Last.FM and Imeem, to play media clips on the go. Playback speed and quality has noticeably improved in the latest Skyfire update. With videos, the mobile browser's playback quality would suffer significantly when zooming into a video while it was playing. In our tests of the latest update, this bug seems to have been fixed and playback quality stayed the same when zooming in and out.

http://www.skyfire.com/register

Developing for Microsoft Surface

This session introduces the newly available Microsoft Surface SDK. Hear about the unique attributes of Microsoft Surface computing, dive into vision-based object recognition and core controls like ScatterView, and learn how the Surface SDK aligns with the multi-touch developer roadmap for Windows 7 and WPF. Additionally, learn how you can become a part of the expanding partner ecosystem for Microsoft Surface and leverage your existing investments in WPF and Visual Studio to build engaging end user applications. Attendees of this session will receive access to the Microsoft Surface SDK.

• Robert Levy

  Robert Levy has led the design development of the APIs and controls in the Microsoft Surface SDK. He has been on the Surface team for over two years. His previous projects at Microsoft include the SDKs for Windows Mobile 2003 SE and Windows Mobile 5.0.

http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/PC17/