A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T.

Dirk Strauss

Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate

• Visual Studio 2017 RC is now available for download via Kunal-Chowdhury.com

Other

• REVIEWED: Here are the most interesting parts of Apple’s new $300 book (AAPL) via Business Insider
• How blockchain is modernizing the financial services industry via Business Insider
• Google might have the best music app in the world—and it just got a lot better via Business Insider
• Trevor Noah compares Trump to South Africa’s scandalous president via Business Insider
• This fully autonomous AI company could be crucial for self-driving cars (TSLA) via Business Insider
• A Virtual Tour Of London’s Sewers via Digg Top Stories
• THE END TIMES ARE HERE: Microsoft embraces Google, Apple, Samsung and even Linux in one go (MSFT, GOOG) via Business Insider
• NSA: A “nation-state” used Wikileaks to influence the US election via Hacker News
• Facebook Says It Found More Miscalculated Metrics via Hacker News
• This Is How Facebook Is Radicalizing You via Digg Top Stories
• Facebook is making 3 big measurement changes in the wake of its video view metric issue (FB) via Business Insider
• Google’s ‘new’ UK HQ was originally announced way back in 2013 (GOOG) via Business Insider
• Shazam is always listening – even when it’s been switched ‘off’ via Hacker News
• ADOBE TO PAY $1 MILLION FOR DATA BREACH via Hacker News
• 6 iMessage apps everyone should be using via Business Insider
• Inside the world of fake Facebook events that dupe and dissappoint people via Business Insider

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Even More

• Twitter strengthens controls to curb abuse, bans several prominent alt-right accounts via GeekWire
• Facebook admits it messed up more ad metrics via CNN.com – Technology
• Smelly dumpsters are tech’s new frontier via CNN.com – Technology
• New Google Experiment Tries To Guess What Your Crappy Drawings Are via Gizmodo
• Google Earth VR lets you explore the entire planet via The Next Web
• Microsoft joins Linux Foundation in another step toward greater openness via GeekWire
• Google Allo can now guess what emoji you want to use via The Next Web
• Watch this iPhone 7 survive a 40ft fall from a crane via The Next Web
• Google Toilet Locator shows the way to clean public bathrooms in India via The Next Web
• Now Amazon’s Discounting the 16GB Fire HD 6 Too, Just $70 While Supplies Last via Gizmodo
• Turn your code into framed art with this great tool via The Next Web
• Google Translate now fares better with whole sentences via The Next Web
• Facebook Pages, Messenger and Instagram now have a unified inbox via The Next Web
• Key Trump Backer and 9/11 Truther Joins Digital War on Fake News via Gizmodo
• Google’s $129 WiFi smart router is now available to pre-order via The Next Web
• Facebook Asks the Big Questions via Gizmodo
• Snapchat parent Snap Inc. quietly files for IPO via GeekWire
• Google Photos gets legitimate photo editing tools via The Next Web

Podcasts

• Slack Bots with Amir Shevat via Software Engineering Daily
• DCR Step 9: Replace Yourself via Developer Tea
• Mobile Development using F# with Scott Nimrod via .NET Rocks!

Programming

• New Features in SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 via MSSQLTips – Latest SQL Server Tips
• SQL Server 2016 Standard Edition Now Has Many Enterprise Edition Features. via Brent Ozar Unlimited®
• Code Review Checklist via CodeProject Latest Articles
• Using DataTables with Web API Part 1: Making a Simple GET Request via CodeProject Latest Articles
• MVC Application from Empty Application via CodeProject Latest Articles
• Encrypt Strings with Passwords – AES 256 & SHA256 via CodeProject Latest Articles
• Why Is This Query Sometimes Fast and Sometimes Slow? via Brent Ozar Unlimited®
• Getting Started with Reactive Programming Using RxJS via OdeToCode by K. Scott Allen
• Extending Visual Studio “15” via InfoQ
• C# Version 7 – Introduction to new language features via CodeProject Latest Articles
• How to setup a custom domain for your GitHub hosted website via CodeProject Latest Articles
• Backup Compression for SQL Server TDE Enabled Databases via MSSQLTips – Latest SQL Server Tips
• Connect with anyone on Skype, without needing to register via Kunal-Chowdhury.com – Microsoft Technology Blog for developers and consumers
• Microservices and Security via InfoQ
• How To Learn React (and what to build along the way) via CodeProject Latest Articles
• Now Shipping 2017 Software Craftsmanship Calendars via ardalis

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Visual Studio 2015 and Windows 10 Goodness

• Windows 10 courses in MVA, Microsoft Virtual Academy
• Developer for Windows 10
  • What’s New
  • Get Started
  • Design
  • Develop
  • Publish
• Channel 9 – A great online resource for Windows 10 related videos
• Developer Tools Download,Download any Visual Studio sku’s, including VS 2015

For more excellent content, have a look at these great sites

• The week in .NET, Bertrand Le Roy
• Abhijit’s World of .NET,Abhijit Jana
• Kunal Chowdhury’s Technical Blog
• Lock Me Down – Security For The Everyday Developer by Max McCarty
• GeekLift
• James Michael Hare
• Interesting Finds by Jason Haley
• FormatException by Brian Mullen
• Dew Drop by Alvin Ashcraft
• Regular Geek by Robert Diana