Audio Search

Coming to Bing.  There are 3 new search methods coming to Bing.  Visual search using the phones camera, Audio search using the microphone and Proximity search.  Below is a video talking about audio search. 

http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Windows-Phone-7/Inside-the-Mango-Developer-Tools-Bing-Audio/player?w=512&h=288

Mango

Bing Routes on Windows Phone 7

Microsoft Windows Phone 7 comes with an easy-to-use geolocation API that allows you to determine the current position and movement of a user, expressed in latitude and longitude (and sometimes also the altitude). Once you have access to this data, you’re ready to create location-aware features in your Windows Phone 7 application.

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Adding an Image from the web in Silverlight

private void SetImage()
{
     Image img = new Image();
     String aURL = "https://blahblah.com/blah.jpg";
     imageBodyArt.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri(aURL, UriKind.Absolute));
}

South Florida Code Camp February 12, 2011

Thank you to those who attended my spatial data in SQL Server 2008, ASP.Net, Silverlight, and Windows Phone 7.   I hope I provided enough detail to inspire you to create your own location aware solutions. 

I have uploaded the code presented in the class.  The code is located at StarkNetwrork.com/downloads.

Enjoy.

If you would like to see the presentation again I have applied to speak at the Orlando Code Camp.

Window Live Writer – woo hoo

Now there is no excuse.  I can post much more frequently now due to Live Writer. 

Writer made mightier

Windows Live Writer makes it easy for anyone to tell stories like a professional blogger. You can create beautiful blog posts, and see what they’ll look like online before you publish them to your blog. Plus, you can publish your blog to any of your favorite blog service providers, such as WordPress, Blogger, LiveJournal, and more

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