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Check off your holiday gift list with Google Shopping

Posted on the Google  blog on November 21, 2013: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/11/check-off-your-holiday-gift-list-with.html Thanksgiving is just a few days away, and if you’re like us, you still have loads of stuff to buy on your expanding holiday gift list. If you can’t imagine braving the crowds to get everything picked and purchased, don’t worry: our elves have made some improvements to Google Shopping in time for the holidays. Find the hottest toys and get inspired with our holiday shortlists We’ve curated holiday shortlists for top gift categories including Hot Toys, Electronics, Google & Android Gadgets,Gifts for the Home, Gifts for Her and Gifts for Him. For those of you looking for …

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Deck the halls with tools for shopping

Posted on the Google blog on November 13, 2012: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/deck-halls-with-tools-for-shopping.html   I love shopping for gifts for my family and friends, but it’s not always easy. Fortunately, the Google Shopping team has built several new tools to help you (and me!) get an early and stress-free start on holiday shopping. Explore products in 360-degree detail on Google Shopping Having trouble imagining what a toy actually looks like from the online picture? Now, when searching for a subset of toys on Google Shopping, you can see 360-degree photos of the products. These interactive images bring the in-store feeling of holding and …

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See more relevant reviews and share feedback with your friends on Google Shopping

Posted on the Google Commerce blog on November 12, 2012: http://googlecommerce.blogspot.com/2012/11/see-more-relevant-reviews-and-share.html Reading product reviews has become an important part of how people research products and decide what to buy; in fact, last holiday season, 67% of shoppers read product reviews before making a purchase. This means that it’s more important than ever to give users the ability to quickly find the reviews they trust the most — those from friends and family.So today, we’re announcing two new Google Shopping features that help savvy shoppers better find the reviews that will best help them make shopping decisions. The first feature lets …

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Windows Phone 7 Dev Tools Ship!

Today, the Windows Phone 7 Dev tools shipped! As you may (or may not) know – Silverlight is platform for anyone building Windows Phone 7 apps. Netflix app demo (built on Silverlight!) To read more about Windows Phone 7 Dev Tools, check out these blogs. Scott Guthrie: Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools Released John Papa: Windows Phone Developer Tools and the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit Released Tim Heuer: Silverlight Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 Released Silverlight TV: Building a Big Web and Image Search App for WIndows Phone 7 Also – be sure to download the dev tools AND …

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Silverlight 4 Ships Today!

We shipped today!  WAAHOO!!! And this time, we’ve packaged up all the dev tools (including the runtime) in one package.  So after you’ve installed Visual Studio 2010, go get Silverlight Tools here!

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Silverlight 4 RC & Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP!

Go download the Silverlight 4 RC! Runtime (PC, Mac) Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010 Expression Blend 4 Beta Silverlight Toolkit WCF RIA Services Just a few of my favorite new SL4 RC features since the Beta: Full screen pinning (watch videos full screen while typing in a different window, on a different monitor.  wahoo for multi-tasking!) Rich text formatting spring loading (be able to hit bold and just watch it work) WebCam preview (see previews of the web cam in the config dialog) Binding support in VisualStates (use databinding in your state storyboards) Navigation loader refresh (support refreshing …

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MIX10

I’m so excited about MIX10! Here’s a list of key Silverlight sessions.  If you’re not in Vegas, catch the keynotes (live!) and sessions (24hours delayed) at http://live.visitmix.com. Time Session Speaker Room Mon 11:30 – 12:30pm Microsoft Silverlight 4 Overview: What’s in Store for Silverlight 4? Keith Smith Mandalay Ballroom D Mon 2:00 – 3:00pm Overview of the Windows Phone 7 Series Application Platform Charlie Kindel Mandalay Ballroom A Mon 3:30 – 4:30pm Stepping Outside the Browser with Microsoft Silverlight 4 Ashish Shetty Breakers H Tue 11:00 – 12:00pm Microsoft Silverlight 4 Business Applications Scott Morrison Lagoon H Tue 11:30 – …

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Some Recent Notable Silverlight Posts

A couple folks on my team have recently started blogs.  If you haven’t already, check it out! David Poll (blog) On-demand loading of assemblies with Silverlight Navigation – Revisited for Silverlight 4 Beta Opening up Silverlight 4 Navigation: Introduction to INavigationContentLoader Jesse Bishop (blog) Dynamic Theming in Silverlight with Implicit Styles (plus Custom Build Events) Implementing a ContextMenu in Silverlight 4 Beta Surface multitouch gestures and inertia sample for Silverlight Multi-touch Gesture Recognition in Silverlight 3

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Silverlight 4 Links

Here’s a set of interesting Silverlight 4 links…   Bits & Tools Visual Studio 2010 Beta Silverlight 4 Beta Tools For Visual Studio 2010 Developer Runtime (Windows, Mac) Note: Runtime gets installed with the SL4 Beta Tools Expression Blend Preview for .NET 4 & Silverlight 4 Silverlight Toolkit WCF RIA Services Resources Silverlight.net Tim Heuer’s Guide to Silverlight 4 Beta Features Silverlight 4 Technical Feature Overview by John Papa NCL Team Blog (Networking)   Other Product Team Members’ Blogs David Poll Jesse Bishop Joe Stegman Seema Ramchandani Our Four Official Silverlight Bloggers Adam Kinney Jesse Liberty John Papa Tim Heuer

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PDC Session: Silverlight 4 Beta Overview

Thank you to everyone who came to my overview talk yesterday!   My session video has already been posted online.  You can also download the deck here. You can find online all the other Silverlight PDC session videos. As promised, you’ll find the code for all the demos below (and links to run the app, where possible).   But first, a few thank yous…. I got help from a bunch of people on the Silverlight team while putting together the demos and content for this talk.  So a big thank you to all of you!  (And to Walter VonKoch on …

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