Archive for July, 2008

For the past few months, we have been working closely with our friends at Rhapsody to bring Yahoo! Music users some great new features powered by Rhapsody’s critically acclaimed digital music service. I’m proud to announce that we are now able to bring the full Rhapsody subscription experience to our Yahoo! Music Unlimited subscribers. Subscribers can now transfer their Yahoo! Music Unlimited accounts, libraries and playlists to Rhapsody and get instant access to their huge catalog of millions of songs. We believe the Rhapsody subscription service is the best on the web, and with the recent launch of their new mp3 store, they just got a lot better. We couldn’t think of a better home for our existing subscribers and we hope they’ll love the Rhapsody service as much as we do.

A lot of work was done under the hood to make the transfer from Yahoo! Music Unlimited to Rhapsody simple and secure. After a few quick steps, Rhapsody will pick up your subscription account information and continue your service with the same billing cycle and price you had with Yahoo! Music Unlimited. If you have a Yahoo! Music Unlimited subscription, go to http://transfer.music.yahoo.com and sign in to get started. Only Yahoo! Music Unlimited subscribers can transfer their accounts to Rhapsody. If you’re not a subscriber and are interested in trying the Rhapsody service, you can check it out for free here. For more information and frequently asked questions about the transfer process, check out our help pages.

We sincerely appreciate the support of our Yahoo! Music Unlimited subscribers during its limited run. While the Yahoo! Music Unlimited service may be going away, the Yahoo! Music and Rhapsody partnership has just begun. We’re working on some incredibly exciting stuff and hope you’ll enjoy the new features we’ll be releasing in the coming months. Stay tuned!

Dave Warmerdam
Yahoo! Music

Here are the MSDN developer webcasts for this week. Topics include programming line of business applications using Silverlight and unit testing for mobile devices.< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

 

 Programming a Full-Blown Silverlight Line-of-Business Application in 20 Minutes (Level 100)

In this webcast, we use the Gizmox Visual WebGui framework to "light up" a fully blown, line-of-business application in 20 minutes. We demonstrate how we make Windows Forms (WinForms) controls available for Microsoft Silverlight browser plug-in applications and how you can style your UI by using fully enabled Microsoft Expression Blend design software. The outcome is a Silverlight application with a very light footprint. As a bonus, the application is secured by design with no open ends to protect. Presenter: Guy Peled, Chief Technology Officer, Gizmox Ltd

7/23/2008 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)| Duration: 60 Minutes

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Unit Testing for Mobile Devices (Level 300)

In this sample-filled webcast, Constanze Roman and Maarten Struys explore unit testing for devices. Not only do you learn how to create unit tests for your smart device application, you learn how to debug unit tests and how to run unit tests inside a command prompt. After attending this webcast, you should rest assured knowing that your code works as intended. Presenters: Constanze Roman, Content Project Manager II, Microsoft Corporation, and Maarten Struys, Windows Embedded Evangelist, PTS

7/23/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time | Duration: 60 Minutes

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Thank you all for checking out our booth at Twiistup 4, grabbing Snap Beach Balls (too bad the pool was covered) and providing great feedback. Vivian Lee from JuiceCaster, you are the lucky winner of a Nintendo DS & Guitar Hero bundle. We will contact you to make pickup arrangements. Have a rocking weekend! See you [...]

Yesterday, we launched a redesign to one of our pillar live music programs, Nissan Live Sets on Yahoo! Music. And, it is very fitting that we did so with one of the most memorable and ‘fan’-tastic musical experiences to have taken place on our stage. For those of you who haven’t seen this ‘Hootenanny,’ 300 courageous fans joined Weezer on stage and shared their musical talents. Yes, everyone is playing an instrument! See it here.

This Nissan Live Sets on Yahoo! Music redesign focused on blowing out several key features of the program including:

1. Integrating a clean inline video experience. You can now watch the show inline, all from the same Nissan Live Sets page
2. Bigger/fuller photo galleries: the first time we’ve been able to integrate the high resolution, professionally taken photos of the cool artists we’ve had. No more tiny pictures!
3. A re-tooled blog that leverages Y! Music’s blog platform. This improvement more cleanly integrates the program with other y! music blogs and allows us to layer in related photos, videos and other popular galleries

This has been a major collaborative effort and I hope you enjoy it.

Abraco,
bill

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Ever wish the sites you visit could present customized options catering to your tastes?

Our Recommended Videos feature does just that. By logging in to your Google account and visiting Google Video, you will see multiple videos that pertain to your search interests. You can find these videos underneath the hot videos section of the homepage. Just like the hot videos, you can click on the arrow buttons in the top right corner to see more recommended videos.

While our search suggestions give you search term suggestions for individual queries you enter, these video picks are based on trends of search queries you've used, as well as other videos that you've watched. It's yet another way to discover interesting video content from across the web - this time, personalized for you.


To take advantage of this feature, you'll be asked to sign in to Web History. It's up to you how much customization you'd like - for example, you can choose which searches are included, and which aren't. For more information about protecting your privacy while enjoying the benefits of personalized search, check out the following video - About Web History: Privacy.

We just got these in for the Twiistup pool party event that will take place this Thursday in Santa Monica. In case you are planning to attend Twiistup, please come by our booth, snap a beach ball and help us fill the entire Viceroy pool with them.

MSDN Webcast: Bringing Enterprise Data to Life with SharePoint Server and Windows Communication Foundation (Level 300)< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Do you want bring your business data to life in Microsoft Office Applications like Microsoft and SAP have provided in Duet? Do you want to provide your employees with a view into your business data with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007? With Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and the WCF Line-of-Business Adapter software development kit (SDK), it is now possible to provide this level of integration to any line-of-business (LOB) application. Whether you are using Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, JD Edwards, or any other business application, you can develop Microsoft Office business applications and SharePoint Web parts to access your business data. In this webcast, we provide an overview on using WCF for application integration with Microsoft Office client and server products. Next, we show you how you can use WCF-based adapters for integration between your LOB applications and Microsoft Office business applications. Finally, you learn how to develop Web parts that utilize custom adapters for accessing business data. Each demonstration in this webcast utilizes a custom WCF-based JD Edwards EnterpriseOne adapter.  Presenter: Joe Klug, Chief Technology Officer, Tellago, Inc

 

7/18/2008 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)| Duration: 60 Minutes

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As mentioned in our previous blog post, some swicki builders were experiences problems with logging in and out of their accounts. This bug is now fixed. Thanks again everyone for your patience with this matter.

Some swickibuilders are experiencing problems logging in or creating and deleting accounts. We are aware of the issue and are working hard to solve it. We are hopeful it should be resolved by the end of the week. As always, we are working hard to stabilize and improve the service so please let us know if you have any additional issues, questions or suggestions by emailing us at swickifeedback (at) eurekster.com

Thanks again for everyone's patience in resolving this issue.