Hi guys,

With my MSDN I got access to few dev centers and I recently published few apps on both Windows Store as well as Windows Phone Store. Some of them are basic stuff but you might find them bit useful. Feel free to try those. And rate them if you can :) 

And few of my Windows store apps were picked as Top rated apps and were awarded as "Editors pick" award as well as "100% clean" award by "BestWindows8Apps.com".

You can find out more on those award winning software on following links.

http://bestwindows8apps.net/lagna/
http://bestwindows8apps.net/star-of-soccer/
http://bestwindows8apps.net/moovie-finder/
http://bestwindows8apps.net/tutorial-center/
http://bestwindows8apps.net/pass-crypto/

You can find my apps on Windows Phone and  Windows Store on following links.

Windows Phone Apps

1. Awsome Puppy : http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=eb8a8794-93f3-4c54-bc27-90e4364dcb78
2. Cookies Delight : http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=b4da1809-7756-4323-b16e-1c875bd26119
3. Districs Of Sri Lanka : http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=0d952db4-c513-4c96-84b2-00fa00a8707b
4. Endemic Birds of Sri Lanka : http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/endemic-birds-of-sri-lanka/2b7bd4b6-d5f7-4096-930f-9a531e28fe7e
5. Feared Spiders : http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/feared-spiders/0f35fe94-c0a2-4b09-ab7f-5203ba0ec7da
6. Halloween : http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=b26466f3-00ca-4fa5-b0b6-e29da80f953e
7. La Liga News : http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/la-liga-news/8ee7a462-39a9-4d61-bb2e-4961ddd0ede1  
8. Most venemous snakes in Sri Lanka : http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/most-venemous-snakes-in-sri-lanka/a0879f9f-910f-463c-93e9-2ad6dc796476

Windows Store Apps

1. Top 10 Resturants in Colombo : http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/top-10-resturants-in-colombo/c7f3d3c4-64ae-4212-bcb1-0354a9909830
2. Star of Soccer : http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/star-of-soccer/2fd64ba2-8676-4998-a015-8deeb98e81de
3. Moovie Finder : http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/moovie-finder/4ab73f03-3b22-4754-9d45-a53156ebe290
4. Tutorial Center : http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/tutorial-center/29480720-513a-4175-8a92-8205d3c6d3e8
5. Pass Crypto : http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/pass-crypto/8ab69de4-340b-4359-9fc3-e588e947e888
6. NIC Analyser : http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/si-lk/app/nic-analyser/5c82026b-79df-4827-9873-4877ce1e9c8c
7. Passgeni : http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/passgeni/1490de29-40be-47b3-9049-26b695f9a519
8. Programming Legends : http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/programming-legends/01e3f22f-232b-4062-b30c-5de1aa3cadce

Hi Guys,

While I was going through my G+ page I found a link to a video. Actually it was one of my presentation at Microsoft Student Champs - Sri Lanka. In this video I am giving a simple introduction to S.P.A. Feel free to watch and comment. :)

(ah. I am the one who is in first half :P )

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Hi guys,

These days I am working with windows store apps. It is a cool platform with some creative stuff. But some people hate it, don't know why. After finish developing some apps, I wanted to publish them on the store. Before submit to the store, there is a tool to check your app for some issues. That tool is "Windows App Certification Kit" So far I was aware of the latest version 2.2 which ran smoothly on my windows 8 few weeks back. Recently I changed to Windows 8.1 and installed usual software set including Visual Studio Ultimate 2012 (Update 3) and many more development tools. And when I lunch WACK when creating app package, it gave me following error

"The Windows App Certification Kit experienced the 

following failure while validating your app

The {0} cannot continue testing since the specified 

Windows Store App was not found. Please verify that 

the packagefulname is correct."

 Then I launched the app certification kit separately so that I could select the app and check, And below image the result I got as the list of installed apps.

Pretty Creepy right?
Well the problem is this. Windows App Certification Kit 2.x Is not compatible with windows 8.1.

You will have to install windows app certification kit 3.0 to fix the error.

You can find the WACK 3.0 here.

After installing WACK 3.0 Everything went back to normal. Hope this helps for you.

Later guys.

This post is related with the question I made at StackOverflow.

PS : When I checked for updates for W.A.C.K. it said that it's on its latest version. But the site had 3.0 released.

Hi guys,

Out of thousands of programming languages, C# is one of the top ranked programming language. Not only C# but lot of technologies from Microsoft is rocking these days. Sharepoint, TFS, ALM and many more. These days Windows 8 Metro apps also a new trend. With the launch of windows 8.1(still under customer preview) it spreed like fire. Seriously I am beginning to love those areas. Combination out of the listed technologies can do many more things. So you also try that out.

What I am gonna give you today is a site, from Microsoft where you will find so many courses(Video). I tried this site and all day long I was watching videos of that site. Those are pretty amazing. The way of teaching is superb. From the beginning to very advanced topics has been covered. So you also get started today.

Microsoft Virtual Academy.

So far what I had in my mind about BIOS update was "STAY AWAY WITHOUT RUINING YOUR PC" because it was a bit difficult process(few years back it was done using only the command line). If you do even a simple mistake it might cause you to throw away your mother board. So I didn't even look at it.

But today when I was trying to install Windows 8.1 on my n5110 laptop it said "Windows 8.1 cannot install on your pc. Please update BIOS". So I had no option but to update BIOS.

 By default, n5110 comes with A09 BIOS version. And the updated version A11 is available for this laptop.

In order to flash BIOS you need to have the binary file (exe file) provided by Dell inc. To obtain that file go to this link .

Then select "Start Here" under "Support for Home"

 Then you will have to provide your service tag.

After that you will have to select Drivers & Downloads from the below screen. And under Operating system, make sure to select BIOS.

Then it will show the updates available, select the latest and download.


Now the scariest part. All you have to do is double click on the downloaded file and click next. Everything will be done automatically. Easy right??? Well I was so afraid to update BIOS, but I just got realized that with the time, even BIOS update got easier. And don't forget to plug your laptop into a power outlet as any power interruptions may cause DEATH to your laptop..

I hope you got everything. I'll try to capture a Screen-cast if I got a chance with one of my friends laptop. But till that, please bear with the post...