Weekly Review: 10th February 2013

Welcome to another weekly review! This has been quite a quiet week compared to the last few but still there's been some good articles released around the web.

Weekly Review: 3rd February 2013

Welcome to another weekly review! This week started off slow, but soon picked up after Microsoft announced Update 2 for Visual Studio 2012 which adds loads of new features but most importantly native Git support.

Weekly Review: 27th January 2013

Welcome to the second weekly review! This week has been quite a busy week with changes to Azure and GitHub being released, along with the Firefox developer phones.

Opinion - Revisited: Where Does Microsoft Go Now?

Several months ago I wrote a post on what Microsoft should do due to the rising market share of iOS, OSX, Android and the apparent realisation from users that they are no longer reliant on Microsoft's desktop products such as Office. In the post (Where Does Microsoft Go Now?) I explained that as Microsoft's market share drops, they should invest more and more into cloud computing, specifically Azure. So what has changed in the last few months?

Weekly Review: 20th January 2013

Welcome to my first weekly review! Here you will find links to various technical articles and blogs around the web that I've come across that I think you will find interesting.

Opinion: Always "On" Application

With the recent release of Diablo 3, a lot of controversy has been around the fact that you require an always-on internet connection to play the game (including the single player). Blizzard (the makers of the game) are not the first games company (nor do I expect them to be the last) to require an always-on internet connection in order to play the games a gamer has paid for. Who benefits from such requirements - the gamer or the publishers?

Book Review: The Node Beginner Book

Starting to learn any new framework can be a daunting task, and sometimes finding the right learning resources can be hard. Luckily for Node.js there is a free beginner guide book by Manuel Kiessling. It can be found at http://www.nodebeginner.org/ with all the source code available on its GitHub's page.