Unregistering a WP7 phone from your account

Its annoying when you loose a windows 7 phone that has been registered to your developer account. Its painful when you cannot register your new device with your app hub account as the one you lost cannot be un-registered.

The instructions on MSDN only talks about using the Windows Phone SDK tool to un register the device but if i dont have the device then how do I do it ?

heres how ...... login to your app hub account -> go to your account settings -> select the devices section -> click on remove ... as simple as that.

Non Latin Characters for Domains

ICANN board directors will now vote on allowing Non Latin characters in domain names as specified by the IDN protocol. If the proposal passes then it will mean that we will soon be able to see domain names in Arabic, Chinese and even hindi.

More on this story in the CNN Technology website.

I still cannot imagine how I would be able to type in the domain names using my keyboard. Changing the charset is going to be a pain each time you need to visit a site.

Google flirting with Code 128 barcodes ?

The Google search page is showing a 1 D barcode (Code 128 font) on the search page instead of the logo. Wonder whats the reasoning behind it... I wouldn't have been surprised to see a 2 dimensional QR code to allow a user to repeat the same search on their mobile phone but the use of a 1D font is intriguing to say the least. I wonder what could be the data encoded in the barcode.... from the looks of it .. shouldn't be more than 8-12 chars given the high density of the code 128 font.

Update:

The barcode has "Google" encoded inside it and the logo has been changed to celebrate the 57th anniversary of the first barcode patent. More...

Rules for URL shortening services

URL shortening has become a vital tool for social media networks especially with Twitter and other micro blogs gaining popularity. A huge number of shortening services have sprung up to meet the needs with some offering additional features like reporting on top of the basic service.

Came across these 3 rules (Commandments) for URL shortening services at the URL 360 and found them very interesting as they make a lot of sense. I wonder if some one is working on setting up a web standard for URL shortening and their use. The 3 commandments are:

1. Thou shalt not FRAME my url.
2. Thou shalt not display any advertisements during the redirection of my URL.
3. Thou shalt not promote additional information during the redirection of my URL.

Commandments: http://www.url360.me/commandments.html

An App Store for Enterprise Applications

via Techcrunch.

Ondeego will be launching a mobile app store (The App Central) just for enterprise applications today. The app store aims to address the neads of the enterprise workers and IT departments and at the same time providing a channel for enterprise focussed mobile developers.

More info:

>http://www.theappcentral.com

>http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/10/ondeego-launches-appcentral-a-mobile-app-store-for-enterprise-tools

>http://www.ondeego.com

The number of mobile applications available for download has exploded in the recent years and there is definitely a market and need for niche content download engines that cater to specific needs of the users. I think its a neat idea and I believe more app stores will be launched soon that focus on a particular category of applications or user base.