Microsoft bonding the application called SkyDrive with Windows 8

February 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Microsoft will lengthen SkyDrive from being an online file storage service into a device cloud that is closely integrated with the Microsoft’s next version of the OS (Windows 8). The ideas of SkyDrive concept turn out to be a single drive available across all the devices users use, making them to access the resources instantly, secure and private access to their Data.

SkyDrive in Windows 8

SkyDrive in Windows 8

In Windows 8, the “DNA (Distributed interNet Applications Architecture)” of SkyDrive and the Mesh file sync technology will merge into a single service, Especially, SkyDrive will be integrated as an application on Windows upcoming operating system (Windows 8), SkyDrive files will be accessible from the desktop via Windows Explorer and users will be able to get files remotely from their hard drive through SkyDrive.com.

The SkyDrive application included with Windows 8 will be a Metro style App, meaning its user interface will be optimized for touch screen-based devices like tablets, and it will make it possible for people to access their SkyDrive accounts from any other Metro style application through Windows 8 controls for opening, saving and sharing files. Advantage of this functionality, end users only need to register an email address on a PC running Windows 8, after which “whenever you save files on SkyDrive, every Windows 8 device you use will provide seamless access to those files,”.

Windows 8 will also have a usual desktop application for SkyDrive, to be managed via Windows Explorer. Users will be able to store and retrieve SkyDrive files through a drag-and-drop interface.

Through a sync functionality based on Mesh, people will be able to have desktop copies of their SkyDrive files, and synchronize changes so that versions are kept consistent both locally and on the cloud. Finally, SkyDrive on Windows 8 will also let users remotely access files that they’ve opted to only store locally on a PC’s hard drive.

Filed under Hardware and Networking

Microsoft Fixing up the language support in Windows 8 Operating System

February 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment

As the world celebrates IML (International Mother Language) Day today, Microsoft announced that it will make installing added display languages on upcoming version of windows (Windows 8). Microsoft as produced a new languages preferences sector and kept all display languages pack in one place to find and download all the display languages in win 8. So the windows users no need to browse all other websites.

Then windows 8 users can choose to add the packs and use them as the display language in the entire OS. Microsoft will offer 109 display languages in win8, compare to win 7 its introducing 14 more display languages. In that New United Kingdom version is one of that packs. And also Briton people are going to see the word “Colour” instead of “color” throughout win 8 operating system.

Microsoft is also increasing the support to 13 other countries, including Belarusian (Belarus), Kinyarwanda (Rwanda), Punjabi (Pakistan),Tigrinya (Ethiopia), Tajik (Tajikistan), Sindhi (Pakistan), Central Kurdish (Iraq), Uyghur (People’s Republic of China), Wolof (Senegal), K’iche’ (Guatemala), Scottish Gaelic (United Kingdom), Cherokee (United States), Valencia (Spain).

Filed under Hardware and Networking, windows

PhoneGap new version 1.4.0 now available

February 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment

PhoneGap team just released next version 1.4.0.  They released with few features and enhancements. Small introduction about PhoneGap, it compiles HTML, Javascript and CSS files and produce build packages for Apple iOS, Andriod, webOS, Symbian, BlackBerry, Bada and Windows Phone. Code once and run any where . Almost, we can use 100% of code for other platform development. Recently they added “PhoneGap Build cloud service“. There will be full support with this new version.

PhoneGap Logo with Windows Phone Android iOS Bada Blackberry

PhoneGap Logo with Windows Phone, Android, iOS, Bada, Blackberry

And here is the list of features and enhancements by OS :-

Andriod :-

  • fixing whitelist handling
  • Added license header to new files.
  • Remove unused files/classes until they are needed.
  • Fixing scale, setting legacy scale
  • Work-around Feature for Classic PhoneGap 320×480 resolution and more

iOS :-

  • Added Battery core plugin to PhoneGap.plist
  • Fixed CB-143 – Removing address from iOS contact causes crash
  • Added ‘PhoneGap Upgrade Guide’ doc to the .dmg (as a PDF)
  • Fixed CB-42 – MediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction can now be set to NO
  • Added stand-alone PGViewController (Cleaver – PhoneGap as a Component)

Windows Phone :-

  • Fix for single document – multipage layouts
  • Added VERSION file to be like other platforms.
  • Acceleromter fix #CB-141 – InvariantCulture
  • Contacts returned from find were not formatted. CB-157
  • Fixes for loading local XHR using file API, and still using default for remote XHR. responseXML returns document for local files.
  • updated phonegap.js to include XHR updates
  • Compass API fixes

We can get more details from here http://phonegap.com/2012/01/31/phonegap-1-4-released/

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