Monthly Archives: June 2011

Chinese Spammers Say The Darndest Things

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Andrew Long

Sometimes a spam email comes along that just has “read me” written all over it.  I just received an email from “xinyida umbrella factroy from china”, who has developed “one nice new product – bottle style umbrella” The best thing … Continue reading →

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Airport Status Feature Updates for WP7 “Mango”

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Andrew Long

Now that Microsoft has released the first version of the Wp7 Mango developer tools, I’ve started working on implementing some of the cool new Mango features into my existing apps.  The first app I’ve tackled is Airport Status Free by … Continue reading →

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Checking Current Theme in WP7

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Andrew Long

If you would like to change the background of your WP7 app based on whether the user has selected the light or dark theme, you can determine if the user has selected the dark or light theme using code such … Continue reading →

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