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Nokia has just announced the new Lumia 1020, which sports a 41-megapixel camera on the back with plenty of bells and whistles. Now, developers will be able to take advantage of the PureView technology in their own apps, thanks to the launch of a new Developers SDK from Nokia that app developers can grab starting today.

The new SDK will give developers the ability to manipulate different camera settings in their apps, and it will provide “key image editing features” of the Nokia Lumia 1020 to developers. Several new apps are coming to the Nokia Lumia 1020 and Windows Phone 8, such as Vyclone, Yelp, Flipboard, Hipstamatic, and CNN.

Nokia ended up doing a short demonstration of the Hipstamatic app on stage, which includes PureView technology thanks to the new SDK from Nokia. The app has the 1020′s hi-resoltuion zoom feature built in, as well as the quality control indicators that help the user take a better photo.

The app also has hundreds of combinations of different filters and lenses that you can choose from, and you can also go into the app and click on the photos in order to share to different social media services like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Developers can actually download and begin using the new SDK today from Nokia’s Developer portal. The SDK is currently in beta, so play at your own risk.

Nokia Lumia 1020 gets Imaging SDK for third-party PureView capabilities is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Software enthusiasts and IT professionals alike have been googly-eyed over Microsoft‘s TechNet subscription service for years, but after 15 years of providing early access to new software for subscribers, Microsoft has decided to shut down the service. The company will no longer take new susbcribers or renewals after August 31, and they plan to shut it all down entirely on September 30, 2014.

For an annual subscription fee of a few hundred dollars, subscribers get to download almost all of Microsoft’s desktop and server software before the general public gets their hands on it. Of course, the software in TechNet is licensed for evaluation purposes only, but users pretty much get the same software experience that the general public gets, just at a lower cost and before everyone else.

The reason for the shutdown is simply because “IT trends and business dynamics have evolved,” meaning that TechNet has become obsolete. Whether or not the majority of subscribers believe that is irrelevant, as it seems Microsoft is firm on their decision to close the TechNet program. Furthermore, Microsoft also says that they’re shutting down TechNet to “focus on bettering free experiences for IT professionals through TechNet including the TechNet Evaluation Center, Microsoft Virtual Academy and TechNet Forums.”

However MSDN is staying open, but while that service also offers early access to new Microsoft software at a discounted subscription price, it’s certainly not as good of a deal as TechNet. As a result, we could see a lot of TechNet subscribers find refuge at MSDN, but many may just give up for good. MSDN costs $699 for the first year, with renewals running at $499. That’s a steep jump from the $199 (renewals at $149) for TechNet Standard subscriptions, so we wouldn’t be surprised if many users didn’t jump ship.

VIA: ZDNet

SOURCE: TechNet

Microsoft TechNet is dead, long live MSDN is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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When StickNFind burst onto the scene at the start of the year, the company promised that an SDK wouldn’t be too far behind. True to the company’s word, the toolbox has arrived, enabling developers to turn the Bluetooth location stickers into museum triggers, track conference attendees, or even turn the small discs into rudimentary pagers. The software’s now available on the StickNFind website, while interested parties can dip their head below the break to learn a little more.

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