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Best: Google Play. It often exceeds the expectations of developers. Google still constantly improves it. Quick publication. Easy to submit updates. Archive of all old packages. Worst: Amazon AppStore It may reject submissions due to their incompetent testers' errors. The support is almost equivalent to…

For most serious apps, monetization is essential for sustainable development. Light ads generate negligible minuscule revenue. Aggressive ads is very detrimental to user experience. In-app purchase (IAP) usually is the primary monetization means. Make the IAP process extremely easy. Many users buy to gain benefits…

Android string management is the simplest and most elegant: A simple well-structured XML file that can be edited with all kinds of tools. One can use open source Cross-platform-String-Resource-Utility to use a Android version's string files for other platforms. There is a good English-Chinese computer vocabulary translation table. 

Spamhaus sometimes blacklists a range of IP addresses making innocent IP addresses victims of spammers and the incompetence of Spamhaus. For example, if they find that 123.123.123.1, 123.123.123.2, 123.123.123.3, 123.123.123.4 send spams, they will blacklist all 123.123.123.* IP addresses (i.e. 123.123.123.0/24). In other words, the collateral damage far bigger than the…

Install the SDK by installing the following two NuGet packages: Microsoft.Graph Microsoft.Graph.Auth -IncludePrerelease Create a Microsoft Graph client.

Newer Android emulators (Android 7.0 API 24 or above) have had a glitch disabling UDP packet receiving since 2016. The current solution as of 2019-11-26: Open command prompt: cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\emulator emulator.exe -avd my_emulator_name -feature -Wifi The emulator name can be found in directory: C:\Users\myid\.android\avd

Steps to create a Microsoft Virtual Assistant: Follow the instructions in its exact order. Ues "uswest", "useast" or a few other names allowed by Microsoft for the name field when provisioning your Azure resources. If you do not like the initial greeting, take out _onboardingDialog in MainDialog.cs.

Chen Guangcheng, a blind self-taught lawyer who was jailed for 4 years for his fight for human rights, sought protection at the US Embassy in Beijing. Wang Lijun, a former police chief of the city of Chongqing who was responsible for jailing people like Chen Guangcheng, sought protection…

Follow the guide to set up an account. Download the private key as JSON and save it under folder Assets (e.g. API Project-xxxxxxx.json). IMPORTANT: set its Build Action as Embedded resource. Install NuGet package Google.Cloud.Translation.V2. Create TranslationClient TranslationClient _tc; GoogleCredential gc = GoogleCredential.FromStream(Utility.GetStreamFromResourceFile("API Project-xxxxxxx.json", GetType())); _tc = TranslationClient.Create(gc);…

TED MIT Alan Edelman: Language Julia and climate change.

RTSP is usually used in an ambiguous or inaccurate sense. RTSP per se has a precise definition with a strict protocol. However, RTSP is often used to mean the streaming using three separate but related protocols: RTSP, RTP, and RTCP. A common RTSP stream uses…

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It is a very bad idea to delete contents of C:\ProgramData\Package Cache. It would cause all sorts of uninstalling problems.

Microsoft had the lead in mobile OS for many years with its Windows CE, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile before Apple or Google started to have their iOS and Android. It is the apps of iOS and Android propelled iOS and Android to the lead, and…

There are three choices: Rachel Appel discussed the pros and cons of them. They seem to be almost equally capable, one should choose what he feels most comfortable with. C# and XAML have the best of both worlds - object-oriented structure and high-level language friendliness.

The grand opening will be on September 19. It has so little fanfare that most pepole in Greater Boston who like Microsoft products do not know.

Angel Project is the best way. Download the source code and open samples_winrt_2013 solution to find out how it works.

This may be the most absurd feature of Windows Store. People from smaller countries probably rarely see any reviews which could be very helpful in choosing apps.

 Pemigewasset Loop Hike 2008-08-17 This is a report of Pemegewasset Loop Hike in New Hampshire, USA. Date: 2008-08-17 Total distance: 32.1 miles (51.6 km) Total Time: 16 hours 31 minutes Start elevation: 1200 ft (366 m) End elevation: 1200 ft (366 m) Total Ascent: 10794 ft (3290…

Cricket Wireless has excellent plans and customer services. They provide good phones at significant discounts or for free if you switch to them from another carrier without requiring signing up for a multi-year plan. They have been acquired by AT&T, so their coverage is excellent.