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Get the latest Intel tools to help you code, optimize, test and package Ultrabook Windows* 8 applications. We offer a number of industry leading software tools to help compile your application, optimize for Intel Architecture, make the most of graphics as well as to test and package your application for submission to the Intel AppUp store.

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Intel® vTune™ Amplifier

Boost Performance Optimization and Multicore Scalability with a set of advanced capabilities for developers who need even greater performance optimization.
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Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers

A set of powerful graphics and gaming analysis tools that are designed to work the way game developers do.
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Concurrency Checker

Measure the parallel performance level of your application with the fast, easy, and free Intel® Concurrency Checker. A Java Runtime Environment is required to run the Intel Concurrency Checker.
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Intel® Media SDK

Software development library that exposes Intel platforms' industry-leading media acceleration capabilities (encoding, decoding and transcoding).
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AppUp Native & Runtime SDKs
Developer Services Beta brings a new set of cloud APIs that provide an enhanced set of app development capabilities and features for Ultrabooks & mobile devices. From C/C+, NET, AIR and Java, AppUp has SDKs to make use of key store APIs.
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HTML5 - Test & Package Apps

HTML5

HTML5 is an emerging development framework we happily support. We offer the following tools and resources to aid your development, testing and packaging of HTML5 applications for Ultrabook devices.

HTML5 Playground

Try various HTML5 code samples and test them out in real time.

Remote Testing Tool

Test your Ultrabook apps on the latest Ultrabook hardware.

Find the latest and greatest documentation to help your develoment project. We have technical guides, case studies, code samples, videos and thought-provoking blog posts. You'll find all the resources for Ultrabook development here.

10-Dec-2012
4:15 PM PST
Perceptual Challenge – take our survey and apply for a free Interactive Gesture Camera
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We’re only days away from the official launch of the Intel® Perceptual Computing Challenge.   This developer contest encourages developers to create innovative applications using natural human interfaces like gestures, voice, and facial movement.    To help jumpstart your exploration and ...
10-Dec-2012
3:25 PM PST
Six App Discovery Search Platforms Worth a Second Look
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App discoverability – whereby an app that is targeted toward a specific user is able to be found by that user - is one of the biggest obstacles facing developers today. There are millions of apps out there, but app stores limit their discoverability to categories, curated top ten lists, the most ...
10-Dec-2012
9:10 AM PST
Does the target system have GPS/GNSS?
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Recently one of my colleagues interviewed me in a short video segment on the geolocation sensor in Windows 8, and one of the questions I was asked was whether ...
06-Dec-2012
2:32 AM PST
Mobility of the Ultrabook™ Meets Innovative Software Rodismusic
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Professional musician turned software developer creates software that leads to vast improvements in students
06-Dec-2012
2:28 AM PST
One Part Marketing Tool, One Part Innovation: The Beautify App from Smartience
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Intel® Software Partner Smartience Utilizes Touch and Multicore Processors to Bring Beauty to the Digital World
06-Dec-2012
2:22 AM PST
Triggerfinger Software: Replacing Keyboards with Game Controllers
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President of Triggerfinger Software Aims to Make Computers Accessible for All
05-Dec-2012
2:26 PM PST
25 Developers, 20 Days, and $60 Million: What the Top Developers Are Making
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There are literally millions of apps available from the various app stores on the market today – Apple, Google Play, the Intel AppUp® Store, Amazon, etc., with 700,000 available alone between Google Play and Apple. However, a surprisingly low ...
05-Dec-2012
10:31 AM PST
Case Study: Soma Games Develops Graphics-rich Game for Ultrabook™ in the Intel® Ultimate Coder Challenge
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By Karen Marcus Download Article: Case Study: Soma Game(PDF 1.05MB) Soma Games recently created the game Wind Up Football for use with Windows 8* and Ultrabook™ systems. The ...
04-Dec-2012
3:20 PM PST
Made With Developers in Mind: The Ubuntu Ultrabook™
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This week, Dell released a new Ultrabook™ that is branded towards developers. This is part of Project Sputnik, an intriguing internal conversation that centered on creating a laptop that was better suited towards what developers are really looking for. Project Sputnik Project Sputnik evolved as an ...
03-Dec-2012
3:04 PM PST
How Do People Find Apps? Influencing Factors of App Discovery
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How did you find the last app that you downloaded onto your smartphone, tablet, or PC? Was it in an app store? Did you use a search engine? Were you intrigued by something a friend or family member said and decided to try it out for yourself? Did you see something in one of your social media ...
30-Nov-2012
11:59 AM PST
RTFB Episode 4: Ultimate Coder Challenge and Adding Sensors to Windows 8 Desktop Apps
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Bob Duffy, Community Manager for the Intel Developer Zone Ultrabook Developer Community was our guest for this episode.  We talked about two of his blogs: ...
30-Nov-2012
8:37 AM PST
Calculating a bearing between points in location-aware apps
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Earlier this week I wrote about how to calculate the distance between two points in a location-aware app. Today, I am going to discuss a related topic: how to calculate the bearing between two points. Like the shortest-distance problem, the ...
29-Nov-2012
2:38 PM PST
User Experience and Ultrabook™ App Development
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One of the most popular emerging fields today in app development is user experience (UX); basically, the study of how a user actually “feels” when using a system, app, or software.  There are several factors that go into determining user experience, including ergonomics, system performance, ...
28-Nov-2012
1:07 PM PST
Social Network Hubs for Developers: The Top Twelve Online
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Whether you’re looking for collaboration on a hot project, help for a stubborn coding issue, or merely a shoulder to cry on (metaphorically speaking, of course), you’re sure to find it online at a number of communities specifically aimed towards software developers. These hubs of developer ...
27-Nov-2012
3:09 PM PST
Sensors Deliver New Opportunities for Ultrabook™ Software Innovation
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Sensors Deliver New Opportunities for Ultrabook™ Software Innovation (PDF 607KB) The range of motion and location sensors built into Ultrabook™ devices1 gives software makers a novel basis for user ...
27-Nov-2012
2:08 PM PST
Ultrabooks™ Broaden Software Usage Models on Touch-Capable Mobile Devices
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Ultrabooks™ Broaden Software Usage Models on Touch-Capable Mobile Devices (PDF 597KB) Ultrabook™ devices combine intuitive, dynamic touch interfaces with large HD displays, enabling software makers to ...
27-Nov-2012
10:19 AM PST
The Winning Combination of Keyboard and Touch for Ultrabooks™
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The Winning Combination of Keyboard and Touch for Ultrabooks™ (PDF 902KB) Touch interfaces are one of the key factors behind the rapid rise of Ultrabook™ device adoption, which is projected to ...
26-Nov-2012
2:15 PM PST
App Show 36: Coding a High Scores Board in HTML5 for Windows 8
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In this App Show I take the full show to walk us though HTML5 code for creating a locally stored high scores leader board. I walk you thru his javascript and demos a game using the high score feature. Note: Full blog and code examples available from this blog post:  ...
26-Nov-2012
2:10 PM PST
Building and Simulating an App using the HTML5 Development Environment Beta
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The HTML5 section within the Intel Developer Zone was updated just before the US Thanksgiving Holiday to release the new Intel® HTML5 Development Environment Beta and I tried out a few of the sample apps. It took me about ...
20-Nov-2012
10:20 AM PST
RTFB Episode 3: Analyzing Power Efficiency in Apps
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  Meet Khang Nguyen and learn about analyzing power efficiency in apps. In his first blog, Khang provides guidance on what are the most common pitfalls in analyzing application power consumption and then he introduces his second blog that covers how to use the Windows Performance Toolkit in order ...
18-Nov-2012
2:00 PM PST
Can you be more devoted to your code?
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I'd be surprised if you were and would love to hear about it. It all starts with Intel's and Code Project's coding competition App Innovation ...
16-Nov-2012
10:21 AM PST
Developers, NFC, and the Ultrabook™: What This Technology Can Do For Your App
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NFC – near field communication – was one of the most exciting developments to come out of IDF 2012 in San Francisco this year. This technology can be used between two devices so they can “ ...
15-Nov-2012
4:10 PM PST
RTFB Episode 2: Get your App onto the Intel AppUp Center and Developer Resources for Ultrabook
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Welcome to the RTFB (Reaching For Technology From Blogs) Episode 2 Blog. Guests on RTFB are given an opportunity to talk about their blogs.  During episode 2, I interviewed Wendy Boswell and we talked about two of her blogs: ...
15-Nov-2012
6:35 AM PST
Intel® Perceptual Computing SDK Reference Manual Voice Modules
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Download PDF Manual Table of Contents Intel® Perceptual Computing SDK Document Conventions ...
14-Nov-2012
3:27 PM PST
Meet the Winners of the App Innovation Contest
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The App Innovation Contest hosted on the CodeProject, and sponsored by Intel® Software, officially concluded on December 13, 2012. There were seven app categories in ...
13-Nov-2012
6:20 PM PST
Perceptual Computing Challenge
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At the 2012 Fall Intel(R) Developer Forum,   we announced a new way of computing using natural interfaces, which we named Perceptual Computing. The Beta version of the Perceptual Computing SDK was released which ...
13-Nov-2012
1:32 PM PST
App Usability Guidelines from a User Perspective
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More apps are going to be downloaded this year than ever before in history.  Whether we’re checking out TV Guide on our iPhone, going through our to-do list with Evernote on a Surface, or zipping through Star Wars Angry Birds via AppUp®, we’ ...
13-Nov-2012
10:45 AM PST
Student Code for Good Hackathons
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How would you save the world in 32 Hours? Imagine you are a Computer Science student; you are invited to spend 32 straight hours coding in order to come up with ideas to help address a major societal problem. Now imagine you are given unlimited pizza, plenty of coffee, top of the line Intel- ...
09-Nov-2012
4:32 PM PST
Touch Design Principles Part 4: Location Detection
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In his ongoing series discussing how to implement touch features in Ultrabook apps, Luke Wroblewski gives us a thoughtful look at how various touch factors work when integrated into working apps. So far in this series, we’ve looked at basic touch ...
09-Nov-2012
3:25 PM PST
Optimizing the Cost-Effectiveness of Software Development for Ultrabooks™
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Developing for Ultrabooks does not require large-scale changes to the development process, which can proceed in most cases with existing programming languages, tools, and personnel. Substantial resources are available to help minimize the development cost and effort to enable both new and existing ...
09-Nov-2012
3:13 PM PST
Harnessing the Ultrabook™ Experience to Sell More Applications
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The opportunity for software makers is huge, since like any computing device, the full value of Ultrabook™ devices can only be realized through software innovation. The market segments for applications that will drive new user experiences are expected to grow dramatically. Intel is helping drive ...
09-Nov-2012
2:07 PM PST
App Show 34: Live from Day 3 of IDF 2012 Recap
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In this episode of the Intel App Show for Developers, we hear from hosts Bob Duffy and Rhonda Peters at IDF 2012 in San Francisco. In this episode, they discuss the Day 3 keynote, multiple demos, and show off one of the apps built by an Ultimate Coder Challenge competitor. ...
09-Nov-2012
1:04 PM PST
App Show 33: A Recap of Day Two at IDF 2012
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In this episode of Intel App Show for Developers 33, Bob Duffy and Rhonda Peters are live from IDF 2012 in San Francisco. With a keynote from Renee James, a student hackathon, and exciting new code demos, this episode definitely had a lot going on. Watch the entire episode ...
09-Nov-2012
12:58 PM PST
Touch and Gesture for Windows 8 Desktop
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The three different APIs for using Touch in Windows* Desktop are: WM_GESTURE, WM_TOUCH, and WM_POINTER. They are all different, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. WM_POINTER is the most recent API, but it only works with Windows 8. WM_GESTURE and WM_TOUCH were both introduced with ...
09-Nov-2012
3:21 AM PST
Intel® Software Partner TikGames Sees the Future in Ultrabook™
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TikGames didn’t need a crystal ball when they began developing their new games. The answers to what’s next in gaming came in the form of the Ultrabook™. “The Ultrabook is a monumental ...
09-Nov-2012
2:43 AM PST
Developing for Ultrabook™: Chance Stories, Passion, and Touch Capabilities
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As a former television producer, Jim Brady has a trained eye to uncover the best stories possible out of the unexpected and serendipitous. Brady used this skillset when ...
09-Nov-2012
2:40 AM PST
Touch-enabled Emotions with Reallusion Software
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Optimizing CrazyTalk Animator for the Intel Ultrabook™ with help from the Intel® Developer Zone
08-Nov-2012
8:49 PM PST
Windows* 8 Desktop App - Desktop Rotation Sample Whitepaper
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  Download Article and Source  Windows* 8 Desktop App - Desktop Rotation Sample Whitepaper [PDF 426KB]Windows 8 ...
08-Nov-2012
3:11 PM PST
Live From IDF 2012 with Steve "Chippy" Paine of Ultrabooknews.com
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Tech Blogger Chippy Paine at IDF 2012 Host Bob Duffy chats with Steve “Chippy” Paine of www.ultrabooknews.com at IDF 2012. Steve’s involved in the Ultimate Coder Challenge as ...
08-Nov-2012
2:20 PM PST
Live from IDF 2012: Bloggers Talk About Perceptual Computing and Touch Sensors
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Tech Bloggers Nicole Scott and Sascha Pallenberg at IDF 2012 Host Bob Duffy talks to bloggers Nicole Scott and Sascha Pallenberg about their impressions of IDF 2012 and what they are most excited about. Sensors and facial recognition ...
07-Nov-2012
8:00 AM PST
Developing Desktop Apps for Ultrabook™ Devices in Windows 8*: Getting Started(Part 1)
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By Paul Ferrill Download Article  Developing Desktop Apps for Ultrabook™ Devices in Windows 8*: Getting Started (PDF 1.04 MB) The Ultrabook™ provides a ...
06-Nov-2012
6:12 AM PST
Exploring Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions with Intel® Software Development Emulator
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Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions (Intel® TSX) is perhaps one of the most non-trivial extensions of instruction set architecture introduced in the 4th generation Intel® Core™ microarchitecture code name Haswell. Intel® TSX implements hardware support for a best-effort “transactional ...
06-Nov-2012
4:38 AM PST
Intel Performance Counter Monitor V2.3 released (supporting MacOS and FreeBSD)
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We are proud to announce that Intel Performance Counter Monitor V2.3 (Intel PCM) has been released with the following changes: Support of Apple Mac OS X 10.7 ("Lion") and OS X 10.8 ("Mountain Lion") Support ...
05-Nov-2012
2:59 PM PST
Windows 8 Devices: Computers Are Getting Interesting Again
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Windows 8 has been released amid much fanfare, and with this exciting new Microsoft operating system comes a whole host of new devices that are maximizing this platform to its fullest potential. There’s a lot of fun machines being released right now, enough to make even the most hardened hardware ...
05-Nov-2012
8:00 AM PST
D3D9 Media Surface Sharing Between Intel® Quick Sync Video and OpenCL* on Intel® HD Graphics
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Download Article D3D9 Media Surface Sharing Between Intel® Quick Sync Video and OpenCL* on Intel® HD Graphics [PDF KB] Abstract Intel has defined an extension to OpenCL* v1.0 and later, allowing applications to directly access images ...
02-Nov-2012
2:51 PM PDT
Windows 8: Have You Developed Your Apps Yet?
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October 26 marks the official release of Windows 8, the hotly anticipated Microsoft operating system that (just like every other Microsoft OS release) is getting either rave reviews or a big thumbs down, depending on who you’re listening to. However, the developer community should be looking at ...
02-Nov-2012
10:22 AM PDT
Ultrabook and Windows 8
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Ultrabook and Windows 8 applicabilty The best way one can discover ultrabook is using touch with windows 8,it is amazing how we touch those tiles with our fingers and it responds fast Accelerometer usage,remeber that game in 2D (Pong i guess) where  a ball use to hit the wall and comeback to you ...
02-Nov-2012
10:19 AM PDT
20 Ways Developers Can Drive Customer Loyalty Through Ultrabook™ Apps: Part 2
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In the first article of this two-part series, we talked about ten things developers can do to drive customer loyalty through their Ultrabook™ apps. We’re going to continue with that discussion in this article, and look at ten more things developers can integrate into their overall app strategy to ...
02-Nov-2012
8:00 AM PDT
Case Study: Althea Takes on Ultimate Coder Challenge and Optimizes Shufflr* for the Ultrabook™
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By Karen Marcus Download Article Case Study: Althea Takes on Ultimate Coder Challenge and Optimizes Shufflr* for the Ultrabook™ (PDF 853KB) Althea Systems, creator of the Shufflr social video discovery app, recently updated ...
01-Nov-2012
12:43 PM PDT
Windows* Store App - Gyroscope Sample Whitepaper
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Lana N Lindberg, Software Applications Engineer for the Intel® Atom ™ Processor Download Article Windows* Store App - Gyroscope Sample (PDF 358KB) Introduction The Gyroscope sample of a Windows Store app described in this ...

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Case Study: 4tiitoo Constructs a Modern User Interface with Voice, Gesture, and Eye Tracking Input
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Download Article Download Case Study: 4tiitoo Constructs a Modern User Interface with Voice, Gesture, and Eye Tracking Input [PDF 1.1MB] By Karen Marcus In 2012, Intel held the Europe, Middle East, and Africa- . . .
26-Feb-2013
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Deeper Levels of Security with Intel® Identity Protection Technology - White paper
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White Paper: Deeper Levels of Security with Intel® Identity Protection Technology With the latest release in 2012 of Intel® Identity Protection Technology (Intel® IPT) introduced additional capabilities beyond the initial one-time password (OTP) solutions embedded in silicon and provided an . . .
26-Feb-2013
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Windows* 8 Desktop App - Low Power Audio Playback Whitepaper
By Jeff Horton (Intel)1
Download Article Windows* 8 Desktop App - Low Power Audio Playback (PDF) Introduction One of the use cases for tablets with Intel® Atom™ processors and Microsoft Windows 8* is low-power . . .
26-Feb-2013
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Windows* 8 Desktop App - Low Power Audio Playback
By Jeff Horton (Intel)0
Abstract One of the use cases for tablets with Intel® Atom™ processors and Microsoft Windows 8* is low-power audio playback. This capability allows users to continue listening to music after the device enters a low-power state commonly referred to as Connected Standby. Connected Standby is an . . .

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Focus on form factors: Developers and the “tablet first” strategy
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Is it a good idea for developers to focus on one form factor – and one form factor, only? One developer, Supercell, has done just this, calling it a “tablet first strategy”, and they plan to build all their projects from here on out focused purely on the tablet device: “The studio believes tablets ...
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Mohamed N.Thu, December 27th 2012 - 22:32
Reg problem while executing9
Hi to all           I am developing game for ultra book windows 8, I am using directX C++ technology, I have downloaded a sample code from windows and it worked fine.  Suddenly an error occured while compiling, The error is mentioned below Output 1>------ Build started: Project: DWriteHelloWorld ...
Matthieu O.Fri, December 21st 2012 - 2:12
Unity3D 4 and Windows 8 Ultrabook6
Hi, I am currently developing a touch application that uses Unity3D. I am trying to build it for Windows 8. But there's a problem, for the moment Unity3D doesn't handle touch for Windows 8. I found this great tutorial : ...
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Ultrabooks and Software Partners

As a Software Partner you and your company are provided the resources you need to develop, optimize, and market your Ultrabook applications faster, less expensively, and more competitively.

Become a Software Partner

We provides companies and individuals working with Ultrabooks the resources to effectively develop and market commercial applications optimized for Intel® Ultrabook Technologies. 

List Your Application

Gain visibility for your Ultrabook applications and for your company with customers, Intel experts, peers, and developers in the Ultrabook business and developer communities.

Optimize Your Application

Building optimized, competitive software requires the right tools, techniques, and support. Members get access to all the resources for optimization.

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The Software Business network is an online community focused on supporting the go-to-market and business development needs of Independent Software Vendor software partners as well as individual developers writing applications on Intel platforms.

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Use the Latest Intel Technologies

Your software has the potential to exceed user expectations! From intense 3-D gaming to remote BIOS management, you can unlock the power of the platform by optimizing your applications for the latest Intel technologies. You can deliver the best application performance for your customers, create power efficient applications, or take your software to the next level by incorporating Manageability remote detect, repair, and protect capabilities.

Learn More ›

Monetize Via AppUp

Distribute and sell your applications through the Intel AppUp® center.

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