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Media and Sensorsey also come loaded with various device sensors. And, pictures, audio, and video are worth a thousand words. Don’t you want to provide the users of your Windows 8 Store app with an immersive rich user experience? If yes, leverage multimedia capabilities to provide a personal visual experience throug

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Tiles, Badges, and Toastsave you ever considered how convenient it would be to know what’s going on inside your home (like through a live video feed) when you are out of town? But wait—how does all this relate to Windows 8 app development? Turns out, these real-world scenarios are very apt when it comes to usage of tiles, b

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Cloud Augmentationapps. This could not be truer for Windows 8 Store apps. Alive and connected, always on and inviting—if these are attributes that you want the user to use to describe your Windows 8 app, falling back on a cloud infrastructure can be a valuable tool.

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Live Services Integrationve-and-connected feel and centralized data/services for the developer to manage. But are you a little suspect of feasibility and concerned about the user base and costs as you maintain databases/services in the cloud? Sounds like you need a cloud-in-a-box delivered for your developer usage at no cos

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Introduction to Windows 8f changes is Windows 8 — the flagship Microsoft product and, arguably, the world’s most popular operating system. The stakes are huge, the quality of work is premium, and the excitement is palpable. This is no longer just Windows reimagined — it is truly Microsoft reimagined!

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Orientation and View Statesve in the Windows Store. How does your app respond as the user flips his or her tablet? Can two apps run side by side? What is the state of each? All this and more are coming up in this chapter—with succinct sample code to show you how to get the job done in your Windows 8 Store app.

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Media and Sensorsrted sensors, you have a clear opportunity to tap into these sensors’ input to augment the experience of using your app. Use sensor feedback from the device to enable unique experiences that make your Windows 8 app “unputdownable.” Ready? This chapter will give you a preview of all that is possible with media and sensors in Windows 8 Store apps.

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Live Services Integrationhrough integrating Live Services in Windows 8 Store apps. You get to leverage the cloud as a service, and users gets to reuse what’s already well known. Sounds like a win-win situation, right? Let’s get started.