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Stream UK TV shows on Windows Phone with TVCatchup

TVCatchup (www.tvcatchup.com) has released an app for Windows Phone 8. We previously looked at the app a few days ago and AAWP stated that it would only be a matter of days until consumers would be able to download and enjoy streaming television on Windows Phone - sure enough, it's now available for download.

To quickly recap on what TVCatchup is all about, it's not a catch up service despite the name. The app only offers streaming of television shows that are currently on air. As well as actually viewing shows, users are also able to check out what's coming up on Freeview channels with the interactive guide.

TVCatchup App

Live Tiles can be pinned to the start screen for individual channels, with support for multiple sizes. It's a nice complementary app, which will help waste time on those long journeys. There's also an app available for Windows 8 / RT as well as the web client on the official website.

You can download TVCatchup for free from the Windows Phone Store (region restricted). Thanks, Steve, for the tip!

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Stream UK TV shows on Windows Phone with TVCatchup

Doesn't even load for me.
When I click on the app I get the TvCatcup logo and then it just closes itself down.

I have a Lumia 820 if this makes any difference.
I'm not sure if it's not just working on this phone only.

That's a negative. What device do you have? I have tried restarts, repin, reinstall - none work on the Unbranded Lumia 820 in UK for me.

Does this work for people outside of the UK?  Or will they only allow streamed content from within it's borders?  I'm in Canada, anyone try it?

Its UK only as its still subject to program licensing rules, unless your access point uses a proxy to bypass things.

I took a screenshot of it checking my provider before allowing me to use the app (but cant post it on here). Its working fine for me. Nice app. (htc 8X)

Works fine for me on my 820. Locked to orange if that helps any. No reboot required. Straight in, tested on C5, saw Jeremy Kyle, spat in disgust and closed the app. Come in handy for MOTD though.

Works well on HTC 8X and the quality when set to High Quality is great and works well on 3G, put the medium setting on and that is not medium at all, is extremely low and unwatchable.
So the moral of the story is use Wifi High Quality even when on Data Connection :)
Well done devs :)
Very impressed

Hi guys, not 100% sure yet, but a tad concerned about this portico update where it seems that it is working for people with this update and maybe not for people without the update.
If anyone has any issues then please contact us stating as much info as you can to business@tvcatchup.com
Much appreciated TVCatchup.com

I have portico update on lumia 820 and it wont open, tried restarting phone, still doesn't work, hope that helps

This seems to be a Lumia 820 issue. I download app, run it, get the start screen and then it closes. I have tried restarts, re-installs everything. I am a UK citizen, using Orange UK network, with UK unbranded phone...it's an interesting fault. I hope you guys can solve it.

Maybe read the post guys, they're asking to respond to their website.. I would applaud an appdevelper to come in here and even post this so show a bit of courtasy and post to their site..

Could you tell us if you have Portico update evoga? Just trying to work out commonalities on the app not opening on L820 devices. Cheers

Will this be made available for wp7.8 devices? Its an app I've been waiting for some time and id hate to thinks, we've been outdated so soon =(

We have had some great feedback from a guy called Andrew W. which maybe the answer to why it is not working for a few of you and we are cautiously optimistic at the moment :)
“As an over sight on my behalf I noticed yesterday one of the dependencies for the app was ‘speech’, which did not come pre-installed with my phone as I’d assumed. After installing and updating the English speech language pack and re-installing TVCatchup, the app works as advertised.”
If any guys are having issues then please try installing and updating the English speech language pack and if it works then we will see if we can put some pre-install message (or other method) there to advise people of the issue.
Let us know either way here business@tvcatchup.com and thanks for all your feedback

Added the uk speech pack on my lumia 820 and yey app now works! Thank you. Lumia 820 users go to settings then speech. If the language says English UK, flip it to English US and back again to kick start the installation of the UK language pack which was not installed despite appearances to the contrary. App looks great.


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Nokia Glance Screen Peek and hover

Nokia brings new “hover” feature to Lumia devices to quickly turn on the display [Video]

If you like occasionally playing with your display settings on  your Nokia Lumia smartphone, then you’ll want to go and update Display + Touch to version 1.6. That update is now live in the store and brings with it a few changes that are actually documented for once.

While most users won't be able to take advantage of the added functionality just yet, you'll still want to read on about how Nokia is dramatically improving Windows Phone by adding new features. One of those additions, documented below, has you "magically" turn on your display with the proximity sensor (tuned for motion detection). Very cool stuff.

Nokia Glance Screen Peek and hover

Change Log for v1.6

  • Bug Fixes
  • Support for quick mode in Glance settings

So what is that second, seemingly new feature? It only applies to devices with the Nokia Amber update, which means only the Lumia 925 can make use of it. That Amber update is expected along with the OS GDR2 upgrade sometime in August, depending on the carrier. (All Windows Phone 8 Lumias are expected to get this update at some point.)

The Glance settings are for the new “on-screen clock” feature that the Amber/GDR2 update supports, giving users more detailed information. With the new settings, users can

  • Hover your hand over your phone to see your glance screen
  • Added "Peek" option to glance menu setting

In short, you can now optionally hover your hand like a Jedi over the display to turn on the Glance screen, which then gives you notifications and clock. Under those conditions, the Glance screen stays on for a minute or two, giving you a "peek" at the display. That's opposed to having it always on or timed. Call us crazy, but that is some awesome usage of the proximity sensor for motion detection. Kudos to Nokia for adding a feature to the OS where none existed before.

So all in all, for the majority of you, this update won’t do anything noticeable. That’s the bad news. The good news is it looks like Amber/GDR2 is getting close to release for the rest of us and Nokia will have all of their apps updated for it.

Pick up Display + Touch v1.6 here in the Nokia Collection. Thanks, Josh H., for the tip!

QR: Display + Touch

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Nokia brings new “hover” feature to Lumia devices to quickly turn on the display [Video]

Absolutely. That will push MSFT to make some breakthroughs, since I feel Windows Phone OS has so much potential within it.
Meanwhile, I've set me phone's theme color to Amber while waiting for the real Amber update.

Hmm would have rathered a hover to see my lock screen & notifications instead of just a clock.. Maybe Microsoft can do this.

Uhm, that won't be the motion sensor (aka accelerometer) but the proximity sensor I think. Maybe you meant that by motion sensor?

You seem to have confused "The motion sensor" with "a motion sensor".
A motion sensor is a sensor that detects movement. The motion sensor typically used in smartphones is a multi axis g sensor usually using mercury. But not all motion sensors are g sensors. They can be heat, sound, light, pressure, wind, fart, anything you want.
This is an example of using a proximity sensor to detect movement. Aka, a motion sensor.

I think this feature is an answer for your question , it does make more sense to have this hovering method for lcds.

You won't see it now unless you have a 925. The actual glance option will be released with the Amber update next month.

Upgrade the phone to 925 if you don't want to wait, and you can get all the benefits within it. The Amber update is just in a few weeks, though.

Nokia didn't steal anything from Samsung. Samsung stole the idea from a China mfr that had this feature long before Samsung. Or did we forget that Samsung steal ideas. If I could find that phone I would post it.

I believe the hover can be done on s4. My brother can do that on his s4 to see the clock and other notifications.

S4 uses the camera, so it doesnt work reliably if the background is messy. This uses the proximity sensor, so in theory this is more bulletproof, albeit with lesser range.

I think that the S4 uses the proximity sensor for their "quick glance", they use the FFC for their weird pausing stuff

S4 doesn't use the camera for this. It uses a 'Gesture sensor' which makes use of IR to detect hand movement.

Curious as to how this will distinguish between a hand hovering and something else covering the proximity putting the phone in a pocket or bag. Maybe it only works if the phone's orientation is horizontal (aka on a table)?

I'm not 100% sure if this is what it does, but it might be using the hover detection of the digitizer instead of the proximity sensor. The digitizer is capable of detecting a weak field from your skin if it's above (but not touching) the screen. Only a person can set that off. In a bag or on the table it should remain undisturbed.

I'm only guessing that Nokia is using this though, so I could be wrong.

I'm not sure about how it would work in a bag, can't see the screen at the same time, but the feature works by detecting something come close to the screen and then moving away. If whatever occludes the sensor doesn't move away like if it was in a pocket then the glance screen doesn't show until it's removed from the pocket.

"That Amber update is expected along with the OS GDR2 upgrade sometime in August, depending on the carrier. All Windows Phone 8 Lumias are expected to get this update at some point."

I really hope this also includes my Lumia 810.  REALLY hope.

+1 Dropping support for my 810 so quickly makes me really nervous about getting another phone through T-Mobile. I've been putting money aside so I can buy my next one outright. (Which is pretty much what you do buying from T-Mo anyway.)

From lots of sources. A German company dropped iPhone because they sold more Windows Phone devices. I don't think that's the case with any US carrier. Do you?

I agree slightly, but completely disagree at the same time (an oxymoron, I know). I agree in that Microsoft needs to add a lot more features to the Windows Phone OS. But as it is, Microsoft is not pushing these features. Nokia on the other hand is. So why should HTC, Samsung, and other Windows Phone OEMs benefit from Nokia's research and development? It's almost a bad decision to buy any other Windows Phone other than a Lumia strictly because of all the apps that are part of the Nokia ecosystem. If other OEMs want to have a comparable ecosystem, they need to work for it like Nokia has.

Yea I didn't read it either, should really put the L925 in the title so I don't get all excited for no reason. :(

If the article isn't about my phone then why should I read it? I don't care what new features are coming to other phones. It's cool they get them but it's got nothing to do with me, yet. In fact I clicked to read the article then instantly picked up my phone to do some hands on. Once I realized it wasn't my phone I stopped caring. So yes, I would call you crazy.

If you READ the article, this has everything to do with the amber update for all phones. In addition this is a site about all things WP. If you gonna pout and bitch about things not specific to your phone find a specific site or forum. In fact there's a forum on here specific for the model of your phone I'm sure. So yeah don't be so asinine. But I guess you rocking a HTC

Actually no, I'm "rocking" a lumia 920. If I was using HTC I would have never bothered opening the article as I said. For the same reason I didn't open the Tmobile one or anything that is HTC related. The title of the article insinuates that the feature is open to all Lumia devices, wich it isn't, not yet.

Once again this is specific to your phone and specifically said coming in the amber update to ALL phones.

Obviously you just want to act like a big boy so I'm just gunna stop responding. There's been plently of people in the comments section that didn't read the article before posting, maybe you should go shit on them too.

I would say you have an uncharacteristically narrow field if interest. That's fine, but don't expect the site to do things differently for the 0.1% of readers who feel the way you do.

How is my view of only wanting news from NokiaWP or Win8, in general, narrow?
I read every article title, but only follow through with Nokia and Windows 8 articles. I highly doubt people in my shoes are only 0.1%. I actually read the article, and was excited about it up untill the point where it said that it was only for X phone. I don't get excited for a prospect that we'll get evetually. I got excited about Data Sense when it first was talked about and I still don't have it. I've learned my lesson on that.

You "don't get excited for a prospect that we'll get evetually."
Why the heck are you on a site that primarly has articles about rumors and "things people may get eventually?"

If only it worked. I have a 925. Lock screen does not wake up. Just hides my clock as before if i leave my hand there long enough

Just tried it - it works great! Before, I was complaining about it being on always or for 15mins as I like to leave my phone screen-side-up, but now I can just swipe over the screen Jedi-style and up pops the clock for a few seconds. Me gusta.

This is really weird. Today I've updated first the Smart cam app and now this. They are in my phone yet unreachable :/

Amazing. These updates won't go active till the Amber update. Its been discussed over and over

Thanks @Rich Edmonds. I get it now. A bit gimmicky. I was hoping it would bring up the lock screen which actually does contain information worth viewing. Thanks all the same

That's what double tap is for. This means you can wave your hand over it, then double tap to bring up the lockscreen. Buttonless waking up of the phone, I like that :D

Yep, i understand, but why even have a glance screen if you could hover to wake lock screen. After all that's where the info is. Its a cool addition, but not really overtly functional.

Because (on the Lumia 925 and other OLED screens) the glance screen uses very little battery and still provides some basic information (the clock), it seems like you're more questioning the glance screen as an overall concept?

The concept is okay as an always on glance screen, or dim in pocket etc. But, for those without a watch of a pc monitor in front of them i guess, the option to wake and see the time might be handy. Prefer mine timed (always seems to be on anyway). If they brought more info to the glance screen, then yes. As the purpose of the update is to allow the glance screen to be off until woken, rather than timed or always on, i just don't see the point of waking a phone just for a clock. May as well wake to lock screen and leave the glance screen as it was.

So if the sensor is completely covered in dust (most lumia 920s I'd imagine) does that mean if we turn this on it will believe we are constantly hovering?

From what I've been able to find online, while most front facing cameras are coated in dust there is a barrier that keeps the dust from getting into the proximity sensor so this shouldn't be a problem.

I always just assumed that was the reasoning for the reported problems that people have had when making calls and not having the interface appear. The dust blocking the sensor makes the phone think that it is against your head.
I had this problem until I looked around on here and saw conjecture of dust. After some compressed air my phone stopped staying black during calls and I was once again able to use it while on a call.

Does anyone know if rotation lock is finally coming to Windows Phone? I'm surprised that functionality hasn't been implemented, especially given the inconsistency of rotation from screen to screen.

I agree, I know the standard reply is that this is a per-app call, but since so few implement it, I consider it an OS failing rather than an app developer failing.

It is absolutely an os failing. Why this would be left to individual apps to implement is a complete and utter mystery.

Ohh so this is how wp7.8, HTC, and Samsung peeps feel about Nokia exclusive apps and features. Gdr2and amber update, I want you now!

Gdr 2 is Microsoft work amber is nokia's work only Nokia phones wil get amber and gdr 2 the rest like htc and Samsung will only get gdr 2

I don't see nothing new on my Lumia 920, too badd, i hope the Amber update can come quickker :(
Best regards!

Wait are you sure this isn't for all handsets yet or region specific releases??? I have a 520 on o2 and i have an update for display and touch now!!!! :)

Just out of curiosity; I have the 928 and in my Display+Touch settings page, I do not see the "Lumia Color Profile" is that something new?  Or does my 928 not rate?

its an feature which comes with nokia amber update, amber is now only available on lumia 925 but we with our other lumias will get it this month or next month

Has anyone else received the touch and display update? I haven't installed it yet, will wait till im on wifi but its sitting in the marketplace ready.

hm maybe this has already been touched on, but it would seem the *hand swiping* thing for the S4 could be implemented on WIndows Phone?

Nice.Amber just keeps on growing ! :)  First BT 4.0 and now Hover. I wonder if there are even more goodies that amber will unlock ?

Does anyone read the actual article? If you don't have a L925 you won't notice a difference when you update. The extra features will be unlocked when Amber gets pushed out next month...

I wonder what that will do to the battery life which is still far lower than what Nokia for some reason is still allowed to claim...

What are you refering to? 440hours of standby?
would you be shocked, if I told you, that this time isn't pulled from thin air?
this time referes to a plain vanilla OS without synchronization and anything installed. Just the phone lying around and doing nothing...
BTW the only way one can compare battery power in standby mode over different OS, as every system is performing additional background tasks differently and therefore isn't compareable to the other OS' anymore.
Of course, the standby time WITH e-mail sync, facebook, whatsapp, weather, waking up the phone, making calls and others is limited and comes to around 30-50 hours. Depending on how much you use it. If you play extensively, you got it drained in less than 6 hours ;)
But show me a phone, that performs better. I think, they're all in the same league here...

Getting sick of waiting...Between Verizon and Microsoft so many people don't realize how fucked they are.

That's pretty cool.  Nokia is doing such a good job with making Windows Phones look awesome.  I'm so glad they partnered with Microsoft.

As a proud owner of the 925, I gotta say, that this is a reather really small update.
The on screen clock works like this: If you pull it out of your pocket, the proximity sensor realizes, that it has been pulled out and shows the clock. This clock appeared, if you set it to either 15 minutes time out or always on (then it just disapppears, if you put it into a pocket or something alike). If you have it at 15 minutes time out, it disappears after just that time. If you then come close to the phone with your hand or something else, the phone reacts and shows the clock again.
Now, with the glance, the only difference is, that the timeout is set to around 20 seconds (more or less - I didn't count).
Nothing new. Just lower time out ;)
so long

Anyone knows how much the proximity sensor consumes battery power? I like this feature alot but i also care about battery life

This may have already been said above, wish I time to read all the posts, but so what about the time? How hard would it be to add the notification icons on the bottom to see if you got an email, call, txt, etc during a meeting?

Something that i've always missed on WP is an external notification system.
Given that no Nokia phone has a notification led (with the exception - E series), i would like to see some additions to the Nokia Glance:
- show the status from some standard apps (i.e. missed calls, new message, etc)
- allow auto-enabling of Glance when a change ocurred in a standard app (new missed call, new message)
Hopefully someone who should reads this, and finds it worthy.

If u dnt have the amber update yet.... Don't install this update. Once installed, ur music menu wont show up again. It disappears never to be seen again. Music still plays but if u have Pandora the music info, controls wont show up on the lock screen or when u try to skip a song. You'll have to go back to the app to change it. Just a tidbit

Neither does mine. I know this without looking because I read the article. You won't get it without the Amber+GDR2 update next month.
People, please.

Seems the PEEK option is buggy. Just turned it on on my Lumia 925 and first hover action worked nicely, but after that it seems the screen won't turn off.
Oh well, its still a nice addition. Now we need to get the notification icons to show on it too. After that, this is peerfect :)

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Nokia works with Indian mobile operators to provide free data for Lumia owners

Nokia Lumia India

Nokia has a rather sweet deal currently going on in India. Should you be looking to get involved with a brand new Windows Phone or would like to check out the manufacturer's Asha series of mobile devices, you'll be able to take full advantage of free data. Pairing with numerous mobile operators, including Vodafone and Airtel, there's an enticing offer whether you're after a Lumia 520 or Lumia 925.

Be sure to head on over to the Nokia website and choose the Windows Phone (or other Nokia device) you're after for more details on what offers are available and when the offer period expires. 2G and 3G connectivity are both supported with unique offers. Get in touch with your local branch for further details on how to get on the deal train.

Source: Nokia; thanks, Devarshi Rupani, for the tip!

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Nokia works with Indian mobile operators to provide free data for Lumia owners

Indeed, you'd have to be foolish to not even try it. Sadly, with data rates as exspensive as they are in the US, Nokia would go bankrupt from such an offer.

These deals are there since the beginning months of this year. Got myself a new SIM exclusively for my lumia and it stayed there since. It seems this sweet tactics of enhancing subscriber base is really working for the service providers.

Got this offer with my 720 but didn't know how to avail it. Also it required me to change my service provider. I get 1GB 3G on my current one for about ₹30 (50 cents) so didn't bother much.

They do have the same since old Nokia days. Even with WPs, they have such offers since 710 /800 launch in India.

This is perfect! I know in Lebanon, Blackberry is so huge because everybody gets free internet with one. Nokia should expand this to more markets because it is a big deal! It probably won't happen somewhere like the US or the UK, but maybe in the Middle East/Latin America/Asia.
Smart move, Nokia!

I don't suppose this works out here. Most of the folks here order phones from people in the Middle east to bring in India due to the comparitively high price on phones in India and specially the LUMIA lines. I personally bought my Lumia phone from Saudi Arabia.

This is why Nokia is dominating the WIndows Phone landscape. They are wheeling and dealing just to differentiate themselves from other OEMs.

i never get any offers when i bought L620,
so we have to buy new lumia to get the offer or can i still get that with this present phone?


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Skype not planning to release further updates for Windows Phone 7.x

The Skype team today has taken to their blog to further outline some of their plans for mobile going forward.  In the article, they highlight how Windows Phone 8 was the first OS to receive mobile HD video calling and feature the new Modern UI. They also mentioned that “the vast majority of our Windows Phone base and usage is on Windows Phone 8”.

Skype, like all companies, has to put their resources where the market is and because of that, they’re announcing that there will be no further development for Windows Phone 7.x legacy devices.

The future of Skype is with Windows Phone 8

That’s the bad news. The good news is they are not pulling the app from the Store and it will remain there for customers to use and download going forward. The “core Skype experiences” including Chat, Voice and Video Calls will remain operational, but don’t expect any more future updates.

Windows Phone 8 overtook 7.x back in June (Source: AdDuplex)

The move by Skype should not be seen as a surprise. Back in June, data from AdDuplex demonstrated how Windows Phone 8 had overtaken Windows Phone 7 usage with a 53% dominance. To put that in perspective, at the time Windows Phone 8 had only been on the market for seven months, while its predecessor had been available for nearly two years.

It’s clear that the momentum is with Windows Phone 8, especially with the dozen Lumia devices that have been released since last November. There is also little argument that the 53% number has only increased since the summer.

Although it's a shame to see Windows Phone 7.x development be brought to a halt, resources need to be spent on the big prize and that’s Windows Phone 8. At least 7.x users won’t be losing anything, as the Skype app will remain available for the near future.

Recently, Skype for Windows Phone 8 received the video messaging feature and we should see more advances for Skype on Windows Phone 8 in the future.

Source: Skype Blog; Thanks, Erik E., for the tip!

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Skype halts development for Windows Phone 7, sets course for Windows Phone 8

Haha I agree completely. What a joke, they didnt update skype on wp7.x for like a year. Since the beginning of skype on wp7 there was only a hand full of updates. Too little to begin with. I just hope they'll do a better job for wp8

Its better to have something than nothing. I would rather have the current skype on my old WP7 than no skype at all.

Exactly this is not a surprise.  Wp7 users did not notice any skype development since wp8 in early dev stages.  Tha same exact thing happened in xbox 360, msn live chats where abandoned and skype was supposed to take that place, but they never did.
Ridiculus that having an xbox 360 and a kinect they did not release anything at all.

I'm not surprised because I remembered how many WP.7x devices didn't even have front facing cameras.  Of course more WP8 device owners are using video chat services.

I'm not sure what a FF camera has to do with anything? I use video calling maybe 0.01% of the time, and I'll use my PC or laptop instead. 99% I use Skype for IM and 0.99% for voice calls.

They recently had their app updated for iOS 7 and they don't have time and resources to improve on their home turf!!what a story!!

Because iOS7 is a growing market share, wp7 has no more devices available to sell. Yes it's unfortunate, and I just upgraded, but wp7 is going the way of 6.5. Upgrade as soon as you can, it's so much better.

Which has nothing to do with focusing on Windows Phone in general, is what I'm saying. There's no need to be rude. Your initial comment came across as if you wanted them to continue to increase WP7 market share.

No sir. You just took it that way. I never mentioned WP7. I simply said MARKETSHARE. When saying marketshare, who in the world is talking about WP7??

I'm sorry wp7 guys but I'm hoping you guys upgrade the new Skype is not bad anymore at least. It was at first!

They do, but not this time. Skype on wp8 still lacks many features (some of which are real deal breakers).
• the biggest shortcoming is a very strange one: there are notifications for incoming messages but NONE for missed calls, wtf!?
• you can't receive files (images, docs, etc.)
• messages don't integrate with the built in chat (messenger was)
• last but not least, we are still waiting for full integration into the OS.

Untill they fix these, you can't blame people for complaining about the Skype experience.

Lack is not the same as "suck", like the guy above pretended to sound like.
its obvious Skype will lack features since Wp8 is only 1 year old, same with Win8 (since code is not so different, different but not so different like win8 vs wp7) so you cant expect new platforms to have the same features as old platforms, but they are updating it. and thats the thing, they will be fully featured soon. especially since win8 is going to be the default messaging app from 8.1, so that would give priority to release features and fixes.

No one said that they won't fix it, nor that there were no updates.
I'm all for being supportive and appreciative of the work done on Skype, but likewise no one can or should deny that the whole experience is still lagging behind other major platforms and the situation could use some urgency.

And accordingly, I see their decision to abandon wp7.x and focus on wp8 as forward thinking and a step in the right direction...

so no battery drain running it? file transfers working just fine? notifications all coming through? video messages working without problems?

Skype and the WP 7/8 fiasco are easily the low points of recent MSFT mobile ventures, so yay....?

I agree, windows phone 7 is a distaster, I hope they don't do the same thing to windows phone 8.

ehmm its different, Windows phone 8 while it looks the same as WP7, it doesnt mean its the same anymore. since WP8 got the NT kernel... so no, it wont happen. because Microsoft wont switch from kernel anymore.

What's unclear? They bought Skype to no advantage whatsoever to their native platforms. The hard stop transition between 7 and 8 has been a continuing nightmare.

Because of why, then another why happens. Because another why, another of another why happens.

This is a good move. Allocation of resources is the most important part of keeping ahead or in this case catching up.

I agree, this is actually good news.
I don't think it's advantageous for anyone to continue developing for WP7, in fact, it's actually disadvantageous for WP8.
The WP7 market will only continue to shrink, and within a year or two, I suspect it will be nonexistent.

The 1 person working part time on WP7 is probably very happy to join the other guy at the WP8. There now called a team and in work time there actually 1 person full time time now. Yeah, its a party over there now for sure.
Best regards

Sorry if I made my self not clear enough. I am speaking of Skype developers, and how many is working on the Skype app for the OS known as WP7 and WP8.

Judging by the pace of development, I'd say your estimates are quite accurate.

Quite infuriating when the only platform that lags behind is Microsoft's latest and greatest. It's a bit like if Toyota hired 300 guys to develop a new engine for Ford and then hired 2 to make one for themselves.

Skype still lacks a proper Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 integration. I'm sick of having to turn off the notifications every time I'm home because I'd hear them on my phone when on Skype on my computer. Oh, and not forgetting to turn them back on every morning when leaving... And it's worst with the Messenger/Skype fusion. Now, if I appear online inside the messaging app, I'll be seen by my messenger contacts, my facebook contacts (which can be disabled) and my Skype contacts online. But if someone talks to me through Skype and I don't have the notifications turned on, I'll never know until I check the tile. This is a mess...

I really hope Windows 8.1 or even GDR3 actually kicks out the "Skype" app to make it native. They need to erase all "messenger" remains and merge Skype deep into the system.

Have you used Windows 8.1? cause I haven't -_- lol so I am wondering if the Skype integration really is as great as they are promoting.

I've seen some awesome videos detailing the Skype in Windows 8.1 and in order for an "app" to take control of your lockscreen and be active like I saw in the video, then it must be a baked in feature, so perhaps removing that "app" moniker like you wish.

I guess we'll see on Oct. 18 :D very, veryyy excited. Windows 8 turned my 3 years old home PC into a very snappy machine again, especially on startup times :)

The Skype 8.1 experience is really good IMO.  However, without a presense system for Skype, notifications will still be sent to all logged in devices.  That's not going to change anytime soon unfortunately.

I'm using 8.1 and Skype is slightly better than what it is on Windows 8. The notifications works way better, but the snapped view is broken as hell (which will obviously be fixed in the final release. Overhall, I can't say it's that much better than Windows 8, but add weak Windows Phone 8 integration and the duo doesn't work that well... =/

I'm not sure I understand your question.

What I meant is that if you're on you desktop/laptop, chatting on Skype, your phone will *ding* each time you get a new message, as the Skype Windows Phone App will keep pushing notifications. You have to disable them manually not to get them twice...

On the Surface Pro the notifications stops coming in if you leave the app and go in to, say Metro IE or Desktop.

works fine in the background for me, calls, messages; message notifications are a little buggy at times but calls go through for sure

It does, and it will give you a good feeling when that call comes and you get to show the person where in the world you are :)

What it all boils down to is that notifications in general on WP is awful, to say the least. I love my WP and 920, but even I can admit when something just plain sucks. And notifications on WP sucks. I really hope they fix it in WP8.1.

There goes the "support" promisses.
Though I'm not surprised. I feel bad for WP7 owners though. Specially in the US where the majority is bound to carrier contracts.

I wonder how things like this will - or if they will - reflect upon the choices of WP7 owners once the time to change devices arrives.

The people who bought wp7 devices should be at the end of their contracts at this point. They can upgrade and there are many good wp8 devices that are under $100 on contract. The only people who should be still under contract are those who bought the phone when wp8 was announced and the discontinuation was confirmed.

I am not at the end of any contract. I never buy operator subsidized phone, just because it isn't at all much cheaper than buying unlocked phone in the store at full price. And I guess that is how it works for many people outside of U.S.
U.S. market is very specific with their ultra cheap phones "on contract".

Then maybe they should then stop selling and advertising Windows Phone 7.0 devices, such as the Lumia 800 and 900:
Besides that, not all countries allow carrier subsidizing (AFAIK Israel and Singapore). Let's hope that the Windows 7 -> 8 transition will be the last abrupt change. I do think it's a good idea for Skyp to focus on Windows Phone 8 now, although it would be nice if they still added reliability and stability fixed to the WP7 version.

Except those who bought the Lumia 900 or Titan II last year. They still have a year to go.
Smartphone beta test indeed.

As others have said, many people bought WP7 devices last year. Some of them, actually, even bought them THIS year. In many European countries you still have WP7 devices being promoted and on sale.
Sure, we don't do those "contracts" here in Europe, we normally pay the full price and are free to change phones as soon as we want (I bought a L920 when my L800 was just 1 year old). However, average consumer expects support for the devices they buy, specially when they have 2 years of warranty by Law. If you tell these people "sorry, we've already discontinued that phone and we won't support it anymore" when their phone isn't 2 years old, I think it's to be expected for people to be frustrated.
Specially after the fiasco that was the WP7.8/WP8 thing (I still don't know if MS or Nokia are to blame for the first generation of Lumias being released with a dead OS)

I can understand the frustrations of WP7 users who bought those devices within the last year... but they only have themselves to blame. Everyone should do a little research before buying a new phone, and if they had done that, they would have known about WP8.

there are many countries where carrier subsidies are not available and ppl buy phones at full unsubsidized prices so dont expect ppl to chnge phones every year or 2, beside if everyone does get blamed by you and like minded, then probably ppl will stop buying WPs n wont give a chance to a budding platform which is still in a nascent stage.

Ok hopefully now they can fix their damn group messaging and messaging in general.  Also make the UI easy to navigate and use.

It's easy to see why Skype didn't get much traffic from WP7. That app is utterly broken.
But it's not surprising that the halt development for it. The last time they updated it was in July 2012 with no new features, just bug fixes. And they stopped after version 1.3.
Microsoft could have handled the whole WP7 fiasco way better. But it's a really small market so I can't hold it against them.
I'm still using WP7 on my Lumia and my upgrade is still some months away but it's still working great for me and most things that I use are available for it so I'm not super mad.
I think at this point I'll just skip WP8 and get the first generation of 8.1 available which should be incredible.

I went from WM6.5 to WP8 Portico (GDR1)

I completely skipped all Windows Phone 7 family: (7.0 / 7.5 / 7.8)

People with WP7.8 should upgrade right to WP8.1 and completely skip Windows Phone 8 family (GDR1 / GDR2 / GDR3)

"The future of Skype is with Windows Phone 8"
wHAT?? Their future is on iOS and Android. Skype on my Lumia 822 is just barely acceptable.

They also mentioned that “the vast majority of our Windows Phone base and usage is on Windows Phone 8”.

Well, somebody confuses cause and its effect. There would be more Skype usage on WP7 if the application would have been really updated and improved there.

I have quietly moved on from WP7.x and am now fully enjoying WP8.x ...
Though I was always annoyed as a 7.x user reading the lack of support :-\

Phone 7 is dead. I am actually with MS on this one. I own a phone 7 device and a phone 8 device. With each passing day I find less and less use for the phone 7 device.

Still waiting for picture sharing and animated emoticons. Voice messages would be nice to like whatsapp. Or maybe if the video messages didn't take an hour to download...

Well this was not a surprise. WP 8 is obviously where they should spend their time and money. But I really wanna know what 7.9 or the next update after 7.8 will have. Otherwise im gonna start working on how to install XDA version of 7.8. It offers way more functionality then the current 7.8. And I can't upgrade coz my HTC Radar is just a year old. :/

Agreed... This was an eventuality. I recall Nokia slides bring posted months ago about a possible post 7.8 update. With decisions like this, it seems less likely to happen.

I would love to know but.. Damn I really need Bluetooth share.. People judge WP from basic stuff like this. I tell my friends that my radar has no Bluetooth share and they will be like android phones are better *-*

Good Choice Microsoft.
WP8.1 and WP9 need all the resources they can get. To stop mucking around with dead OSs is a good choice.

So far, Microsoft has only managed the "Shut Up" part of their "Shut up and Ship" mantra.

The WP8 support is still a joke. Skype should be totally integrated in and should work no differently than phone calls - not an independent app.

WP7 has made it's peak and now MS has to focus on WP8 where it can start making a dent in the phone market. C'mon legacy users, jump on board already!

I'm still a very active user of windows 7.8 on my htc Titan 1 unsubsidized phone. The phone works fine and still very useful, even skype.

Its kinda like they are officially annoucing wp7 was failure and beta test for wp8. Hope wp8 is difftent.

Ehhhh... I can't even even login on the WP7 version because my Skype account was created on Windows 8 with my Microsoft account and the WP7 doesn't allow to login using the Microsoft account. I was hoping they would at least fix that...

There is a trick to logging in or adding people who have a MS account as a normal skype user.  I believe the trick is to convert your MS account email to a domain:username format.
For example:
first.last@live.com => live:first.last
coolguy23@outlook.com => outlook:coolguy23
When I log in to skype.com and click Profile I see my name as "live:username" and that has worked for me when asking friends to add me as a Skype contact.
Let me know if that works for you.  I agree, the integration is still poor in many ways for MS accounts.  It really needs to be fixed.

Legacy support is what makes Microsoft so great :| I guess that this is a new Microsoft.

The Skype app on WP7 is a piece of shit, no wonder they don't register much traffic on that terrible app.

They will stop supporting windows Phone 8 in future....******** u ms,you have become a dumb company without any creativity,you dnt knw there is a world outside US f*****u ms

This is why I am not upgrading to WP 8. I will continue to use WP 7 until my phone gives up. Maybe until then WP will shape up more.

That makes no sense.
Do you expect a Skype to support WP7 forever? Should they still be supporting Windows Mobile 5?
I think this is actually good, they will focus resources on the present/future rather than splitting those resources.
If an app dropping support for WP7 upsets you, be prepared because this is about to happen more and more.

But its just been 8 months since wp8 is released. And there are still 47% users on wp7 platform. You just can not say that. But even you have a point.

But it's also been about 15 months since WP8 was announced, anyone who bought WP7 before then should be looking for a new phone soon... anyone who bought a WP7 since then should have done their homework.
Like the article says, WP7 users won't be losing anything, they just int he gaining anything.
I suspect that Skype will be more heavily integrated into 8.1, integration and features that may not be possible for WP7.

WP8 was released October 29, 2012, where does this make 15 months.
 MS cheated customers by keeping mum about WP7.5 being upgraded, n whats with the homework thing u keep on suggesting, this aint gonna help the platform, ur talk reminds me of dumb isheep apple fanboys I expect more mature talk to WP users dont be dumb fanboys pls.
As for skype integration it was said WP will have it from start but it was not the case n u keep on dreaming abt that in WP8.1 and u might still not get it and then u wait for WP9. and I guess u'll then blame wp8 users for not doing "homework" ;)

He said 15 months since announced, not released. Be lucky you're on WP. Some phones give up on previous models within a year *cough* IOS*cough*

what??? are you high??
WP 8 was released in Oct 12, that is just 1 year back and they have stopeed supporting WP7?
And ios7 is compatible for iPhone  4 whch was released in early 2011 .. Apple is the foremost among all OS'es when it comes to providing support / software upgrades to their legacy devices, then comes android.. and in the end it is WP.. which has a pathetic track record of providing updates...

Bought a Samsung Galaxy S Duos in India, for 18,000₹, about a year ago,and still on ICS.......no jellybean...even the Nokia Lumia 510 got 7.8 update...as usual a poor performance by Samsung :|

Lucky? ask ppl who bought unlocked WP7.5 devices at premium prices just to be ditched, & ios7 is still being given to iphone4 users

So basically Microsoft is not going to support their own phone OS, one that they were selling less than year ago, because the user base is too small to worry about? Priceless.

What kinda sucks, wp8 was released less than a year after than certain high profile wp7.x phones (lumia 900 and titan 2), now those who bought that under contract are still stuck until at least april 2014... My employer renegotiated terms with att whcih game us a slightly better discount, but no more early upgrades. So I am stuck until June unless I want to but at full MSRP.

The future is WP8........or 9.........or, anyway, moving forward is a part of life, my mam got the umbilical cord cut years ago and I've fed myself ever since :P

Why bother announcing this other than rubbing it in?  I'm still on WP7 (Focus S).  The lack of upgrades for an OS that doesn't work well with Skype is not news.

The only problem I have with the Skype app is that it doesn't list people in in your contacts that sign in with their Windows Live ID.

I need to rethink into buying a Microsoft product... Windows 8 is pain to use and my WP 7 i bought is out dated with no support. I bought a WP 8 will i lost support once more in year?

The point is not about WP7, it is about the Skype development team...
Microsoft needs to clean out the Skype teams. There are too many people left that do not like Microsoft and have dug their heels in to hurt Microsoft.
Here is what Skype has failed to do:
1) WP7 client doesn't support MS Account login.  This is not a minor missing feature, it makes the client unusage for the majority of MS customers that migrated from Messenger and don't have an older Skype Login.
2) Skype MS Account integration doesn't give users any access to the 'assigned' Skype Account that is created.  The username001 account created from the MS Acccount cannot be managed.
3) Skype dropped their XB360 App developement. (Why?)
4) Skype hasn't provided the basic messenger features they promised would be available when messenger was discussed to be replaced.
5) WP8 gave a new model for VOIP integration, yet Skype doesn't fully use these features.
6) WP8 Skype lacks major features other platforms have and continue to get updates.  (Getting video messaging was like pulling teeth.)
Microsoft has big problem with the Skype developers. There are too many left over from the pre-Microsoft days that HATE Microsoft and have worked to nail and hinder the Microsoft platform support.  They need to step in and exclusively put these people on other platform development or fire them.

The original press release was meant to say "Skype halts development for windows phone" but then author accidentally hit '7'.

It's the right thing to do. Anyone on WP8 knows the limitations that 7 has (unlike its desktop counterpart, some argue). Trust me when I say an upgrade to WP8 is worth your time and money, and MSFT sees this already.

I don't really get the tone of this article. WP7 users should be thankful because "the good news is they are not pulling the app from the Store". That's the good news? That owners of a phone made by Windows will be able to continue using the crappiest Skype app around (also owned by Windows)? It seems to me that this is just obvious. Pulling the app from the store would not have made any sense. Tell this to the people that spent hundreds of dollars on a shiny, useless, Lumia 800 or whatever.

Indeed. This is hardly anything surprising, as WPcentral always attempts to make bad WP-related news sound great in some fashion. With WP7 users unable to stay online and even sign in to that bloody app with their MS IDs it's inexcusable really to leave them at that. And those users still make up for almost half of the installed WP user base!
So, we should really be thankful for
- being alive
- being allowed by MS to use our WP7 handets even if they're practically abandoned and unsupported
- having contributed to beta testing windows phone for a fee (i.e. the great phones we paid for)

they have justified, google instagram and everyother company who has actively refused to put resources for app development for WP

All you Windows Phone 7.8 users upgrade to Windows Phone 8.1 in 2014 as all us WP8 (GDR3) users update to WP8.1 in 2014!

LG, Sony, are back with WP8.1 @WMC 2014

Microsoft likes to kill their own products... That would be OK if no one was using it. I feel bad for the people who are still using discontinued products, but this should not be as hurtful as killing Zune for the WP8 users. All those WP enthusiast who were first to build the base for WP platform are now in transition from 7.8 phones to the latest ones, and this is such a pain as far as transferring music is concerned. It is impossible to transfer playlists with the Zune DRM protected files. How in the World Microsoft is planning to become a "new Apple" in a few years if they simply neglect their customers?


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(Seattle WA 4/10/2013) – A brand of Precept, Waterbrook Winery is a relatively large producer in Walla Walla Washington and is also one of the older wineries in the area. It has wide distribution on a national level so finding its wines shouldn’t be too difficult.

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  • Varietal blend: 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Malbec, 5% Petit Verdot
  • Appellation: Columbia Valley
  • pH: 3.62
  • TA: 0.6 (g/mL
  • RS: None
  • Alcohol: 13.2%
  • Vineyards: Canyon Ranch, Mirage, Seven Hills
  • Oak: 33% New Oak (54% American, 22% French, 24% Hungarian)
  • Price: $25

Nose: One of the most pronounced strawberry I’ve ever had on the nose in any wine. I also get bing cherries, white pepper, big-league chew gum, star anise, leather and cocoa.

Taste: Once it opens up (it’s still young), this wine exhibits a very good cab that showcases how well a cab can be made in Washington for the money – in fact, I think Washington State does it the best compared to any other region in the world. It has all the classic Cabernet Sauvignon notes I adore and melds into a very luscious mid palate that leads into a finish that hangs out for weeks.

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 Tickets are on sale at the Casa Larga Vineyards wine shop, online at and at Wegmans for the prestigious New York Ice Wine & Culinary Festival, hosted again this year by Casa Larga Vineyards in Fairport, New York. In its sixth year, the festival will again be featuring a culinary experience with foods that are inspired by or infused with ice wine.

This annual festival celebrates and showcases award-winning ice wines that are made in the traditional German eisweinmethod. In order to qualify as a true ice wine, the wines must be created from grapes that have been frozen on the vine, not picked and then artificially frozen. Because harvesting is dictated by Mother Nature, the harvest often occurs on short notice in late December or early January. The frozen grapes must be picked and pressed within hours of the first sustained freeze. Because of this labor-intensive and weather-dependent process, very few wineries even attempt to make ice wine. In fact, fewer than 30 of the 379 wineries in New York State qualify as true ice wine producers. On Saturday, February 15, 2014, many of these wineries will converge at Casa Larga Vineyards to sample and sell their ice wines.

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Professor Huiqin Ma, at podium, discusses the challenges of winegrape cultivation in China and how that makes the country a good market for imports.
Hong Kong—An international cadre of professionals seeking a toehold in the Chinese wine market looked to professor Huiqin Ma for advice during the opening day of the Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair. Huiqin, who spoke at Sonoma State University in California earlier this year, is a wine and grape researcher and instructor at China Agricultural University in Beijing. Her presentation Thursday in Hong Kong helped explain the importance of wine imports to the Chinese market, and why domestic Chinese wine producers may be at a disadvantage..

While viticulture is a large business in China, table grapes dominate the industry. Since the 1990s China has seen a big leap in the number of acres planted to winegrapes as well as the amount of wine being produced domestically, Ma said. Still, several factors make winegrowing difficult in China, creating more opportunity for foreign wine producers.

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Most winegrowing regions in the world are located in coastal or Mediterranean climates, but much of China’s huge population resides along the coastline. The agricultural regions of mainland China are located farther inland, in the continental climate of the north and northwest. “The difficult growing conditions lead Chinese winegrowers to adopt practices that would surprise many in the U.S. and Canada.

“What does a Chinese vineyard look like in the winter? You do not see any vines,” Ma said. Winegrowers in China bury their vines for the winter to prevent freezing, as do some growers in the most northern parts of the United States and Canada. Ma said the process of getting the vines covered takes two to three weeks. Most challenging of all, burial must begin soon after harvest, elongating the already chaotic season. “You have a very short length of time. You need to harvest your grapes, finish your fermentation, prune them and then bury them…or your vines will be frozen,” Ma said.

After the winter is over, winegrowers unearth the vines under similarly tight deadlines. “The next spring you have to dig them up quickly because the temperature rises quickly. If you do it late, your grapes will start breaking in the soil,” Ma said. She estimates that the entire burying and unearthing process represents 35%-40% of the cost of practicing viticulture in China.

Another issue is that most of the work is done by hand, and there is a shortage of people to do the work. “People laugh about that because we have such a huge population. However, the majority of young guys go to the city to work in a factory where they make more money than in the vineyard.”

China is generally a dry country, and a lack of water is especially severe in the grapegrowing regions of northwest China. According to Ma, all grapegrowing in China is dependent upon irrigation. Vines are trained differently, and a lot of pruning is required.

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The difficulties growing winegrapes in China mean that, “In general, China will be more of a wine importer than an exporter,” Ma said. “There is a long way for the Chinese to go for quality improvement.”

Ma added that the availability of imports means Chinese consumers are able to compare a variety of wines to find what they like.

Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair
Several hundred people attended Ma’s presentation, many of them professionals looking to break into the Chinese wine market. John Tsang Chun-wah, financial secretary for the government of Hong Kong, told guests at the fair’s opening ceremony that, “All the major wine regions of the world have a strong presence at the wine fair.”

This year’s 957 exhibitors represent 37 winegrowing countries and regions at the fifth annual event, which includes first-time participants from Denmark, Russia and Azerbaijan.

Fred Lam, executive director of the Hong Kong Trade and Development Council, which sponsors the fair, told guests that wine appreciation in Hong Kong continues to grow in step with the rate of imports by volume and value.

In 2011, the U.S. was the third biggest exporter of wine to Hong Kong by volume, making up 11.9% of the market share. Historically also ranking No. 4 for exports to Hong Kong by value, the U.S. jumped to third place in 2011, besting Australia with 6% market share by value. In 2012 figures collected through September, the United States had fallen back to No. 4.

Canada is the 23rd largest exporter of wine to Hong Kong by volume, but it ranks No. 19 in terms of value, owning 0.2% of the market share.

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Special Collections & Archives

The Krueger Library’s Special Collections & Archives collects, preserves and provides access to the primary source materials relating to the University’s history, examples of fine printing and other objects that support the study, teaching and research of Winona State University.

The Krueger Library has collections of the following materials available for viewing:

  • Yearbooks
    WSU Yearbooks from 1910 to 1972, when yearbook publication ended, are available to view.
  • The Winonan (Student Newspaper)
    The Winonan from 1922 to current is available for viewing. Previous years are bound.
  • Master's Thesis and Graduate Papers
    Most thesis and graduate papers written by WSU graduate students are available for viewing. They are also cataloged and can be located by using the Library's online catalog.
  • Photographs
    14 boxes of photographs are available for viewing. A small card catalog provides some access to the various photos. The Archives department has deposited digital copies of several hundred WSU photographs into the searchable database of the Minnesota Reflections project run by the Minnesota Digital Library

Room 006 in the Library's basement contains restricted use materials, which contain personal information and are not available for public use. Please speak with Russ Dennison about your intended use. These materials include:

  • Search committee records
  • Personnel files
  • Congressional records
  • Residence Hall Contracts
  • Various departmental and office records

Patrons are encouraged to make an appointment with either Russ Dennison or Allison Quam for access to the materials in the Special Collections & Archives. However, any of the WSU Krueger Librarians can provide access to the Special Collections & Archives during the following hours:

Fall & Spring Semesters

Holidays, breaks, and other exceptions apply

Monday - Thursday 10:00 am - 8:00 pm

Friday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Sunday 1:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Holidays, breaks, and other exceptions apply

Monday - Thursday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Friday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Sunday Closed
  • Determined on a case-by-case basis, patrons are responsible for any damages that may occur during use.
  • No food, drink, permanent writing tool (i.e. pen, markers, highlighters, etc.), or cutting tool, is allowed.
  • Pencils are allowed.
  • Consult a librarian before scanning or photographing. All copyright rights law apply.
  • The librarian on duty will retrieve the requested material(s) from the materials rooms.
  • Once the patron has finished using the material(s), the patron must inform the librarian so that the librarian can return the material(s).
  • During weekends and semester breaks, if the librarian on duty leaves the building, the patron must exit the Special Collections & Archives area as well as leave all materials in the area. The patron can resume their work in the Special Collections & Archives once the librarian returns.
  • Materials are non-circulating and should not leave the Special Collections & Archives, but exceptions, such as a loan to a historical society, a secured display on campus, or for instructor’s use in a classroom, are at the discretion of the Library Archivist (Russ Dennison) or Special Collections Librarian, Allison Quam.


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Uncle Bob's Advanced Test Driven Development (TDD-ADVANCED-01-03)

January 23rd to January 25th 2013

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c#, Test Driven Development, robert martin, agile, java, applications
This is a intense, hands-on and exercise driven Advanced Test Driven Development course is written and delivered by Uncle Bob Martin and focuses on the design of clean, robust, and maintainable unit and acceptance tests. You will learn the principles of test design, and the practices of keeping tests clean. More importantly, they will learn the principles of designing applications for testability. Exercises include the refactoring of bad tests, the writing of clean tests, and the design and refactoring of applications to make them testable.

This three-day hands-on Advanced Test Driven Development will explain the principles and practices of Test Driven Development as described in Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices by Uncle Bob. You will also receive this book as part of the course materials.

Exercises are in Java, but are applicable to C#, C++, and other object oriented languages.

Follow the link to see a 3 day breakdown of the course!

£2150.00 or £1935.00 if booked before 24-11-12

Don't forget to register!

Robert Martin (@unclebobmartin) has been a programmer since 1970. He is the Master Craftsman at 8th Light inc, an acclaimed speaker at conferences worldwide, and the author of many books including: The Clean Coder, Clean Code, Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices, and UML for Java Programmers.

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iPad Hackers Arrested for AT & T Security Breach

Wed, 01/19/2011 - 6:52am
Maisie Ramsay

The FBI and federal prosecutors have arrested two men who allegedly hacked into the iPad accounts of about 120,000 AT&T customers last June, exposing the e-mail addresses and ICC IDs of several top government officials.

Andrew Auernheimer and Daniel Spitler of the Internet hacking group Goatse Security were taken into custody by FBI agents yesterday morning and charged with conspiracy to hack into AT&T's servers and possession of personal subscriber information obtained from the servers, according to U.S. District Attorney Paul Fishman.

AT&T said in a brief statement that it takes its customers' privacy "very seriously and we cooperate with law enforcement whenever necessary to protect it." Apple did not reply to requests for comment, and it remains unclear what responsibility, if any, Apple shares for the iPad's security flaw.

Goatse Security maintains that no criminal act was committed by Spitler and Auernheimer. In a statement, a Goatse representative said the pair had "acted entirely within the law, and entirely for the interests of public security. The flaw was quite literally stumbled upon; AT&T was never targeted, and upon gathering of the data, it was not sold, distributed, or used otherwise (although it certainly had the potential to be used quite maliciously)."

The criminal complaint against Auernheimer and Spitler states that the two men wrote a computer program and used it to hack into AT&T's servers over the course of four days in early June to collect the paired e-mail addresses and ICC IDs of the operator's iPad customers.

The pair then allegedly released the list of e-mails to Gawker.com, which published the list in redacted form along with an article about the breach. The list was estimated at the time to contain 114,000 e-mail addresses and included information about New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and employees of NASA, Homeland Security and the FCC.

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AT&T confirmed the security breach on June 10 and said it had not been contacted by the group who discovered the flaw in its servers. At the time, Auernheimer, who then identified himself as Escher Auernheimer, said AT&T had "plenty of time" to inform the public before the disclosure of the information but failed to act.

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