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The Microsoft Imagine Cup is back! Imagine Cup is Microsoft’s annual global student competition where you have a chance to get your tech project on the global stage for the chance to win free travel, cash prizes, networking opportunities, and expert mentorship. Find out more here. Submissions are now open until December 1st, 2019! Looking for a team? Want to improve your idea? Need tips and tricks to submit your best? Join the Microsoft Student Partners at the pre-competition bootcamp to get ready. Register today to save your seat! Event details below. ...

Introduction Stereoscopic 3D in VR works by rendering the scene twice; once with the camera on the left eye, and once on the right. This means that in order to produce a 3D effect, the scene has to be rendered twice – the draw calls for each frame doubles. This is why most games and applications will experience a significantly lower framerate in VR. The only difference between the left and right image is the slight shift in perspective. Culling and shadow computation for the game objects are identical in both, and can be optimized by drawing them in the same draw call. This way we can significantly improve the performance of VR applications. ...

You’ve just hooked your PC up to OneDrive, and perhaps you’re trying to download a large folder (or everything) off it. Halfway through, you get an error: “OneDrive can’t transfer files right now”. This is actually caused by your PC hitting a local transfer limit (not server sided) of about 500GB. Generally, you can wait a day and it’ll eventually start syncing again. Chances are though, you’d like to fix it immediately. Here’s how: The fix is relatively simple. ...

The Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform is a very powerful enterprise cloud. It does many things, from running websites to Virtual Machines to Machine Learning. As a student, you get $100 of Azure credits annually – no credit card required. Additionally, get access to over 25 always free services – including hosting up to 10 websites via the Azure App Service or even the Azure Face API to do facial recognition. We’ll start small for now, showing you how to claim your Azure for Students account and get a website running. ...

Few days ago, the Cloud & Enterprise team at Microsoft Singapore organized an event about developing modern applications on Microsoft Azure in their downtown office. As member from a young startup using Microsoft Azure services, I decided to join the event to find more about the tools that we have been using daily in our development journey. Hence, this article is to share what I had learnt in that 8-hour Azure event. [caption id=“attachment_media-36” align=“aligncenter” width=“1366”] Modern App Development with Azure event[/caption] ...

Join Singapore infocomm Technology Federation and Singapore Pools for a lunch briefing session on 14-Aug as Singapore Pools seek innovative ideas on how they can better utilize the space and resources of the branches. Ideas should go beyond Singapore Pools’ business operations and be aligned to their vision to be world-class socially responsible gaming company trusted by customers and valued by the community. Register for the session at https://goo.gl/forms/fXIZjfkzc7JxPFWz1

Have you ever wondered how a Singapore brand can successfully penetrate the Chinese market? This informative session will provide ideas on commercialization plans a Singapore brand can adopt and how AI could be leveraged to drive business growth. Date: 11th Aug, Friday, 11.45am - 2.00pm Venue: SiTF Office, 79 Ayer Rajah Crescent #02-05 S139955 Fee: FOC Register today at http://bit.ly/2vXp7bN

SQL Saturday Singapore | 26th August 2017 | Microsoft Singapore SQLSaturday is one of the most highly anticipated free one-day training event of the year, bringing over 200+ data platform professionals together annually to connect, share, and learn about the latest technologies and services about SQL Server, Business Intelligence and Analytics, through a series of extensive strategic and technical presentations delivered by some of the best speakers and sponsors from the SQL Industry across the globe. The event will be held on August 26th from 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM at Microsoft Singapore. For session information and to register, visit the SQLSATURDAY 646 website. Seating is limited and we recommend that you register early. Let your friends and colleagues know about the event, too or share on social media with #SQLSat646. Here’s a quick summary of what you can expect from SQLSaturday 2017: ...

Modern Application Development with Microsoft Azure August 2nd, 2017 | 0900 – 1730 (Registration begins at 8:30) Microsoft Singapore Level 21, Auditorium One Marina Boulevard Singapore 018989 The developer community is extremely important to Microsoft. The tools and methodologies developers use in their day-to-day work defines their efficiency and ability to deliver. At Microsoft, we aim to walk alongside developers and provide them with the right tools and empower them with relevant skillsets. Learn Microsoft’s holistic strategy for you, the developers of today; and see how our tools and services can remove blockers so you can focus on innovating and making what’s next. Set out with us on a journey of discovery through our compelling developer story. Agenda: Registration URL: https://www.microsoftevents.com/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x2253325517b

Join startup founders and business angels for the 2nd edition of Startup&Angels in Singapore! An exclusive and relaxed networking event between startups and angels hosted by GoExpat Group and supported by Australiance & Wombat Capital on Thursday, 24th August at LEVEL3 The Foundry (Unilever) from 6.30pm to 9.30pm. Meet entrepreneurs, business angels, investors and C-levels around 6 speakers coming to introduce their startups or give some insightful advice about how to develop successful businesses in Singapore. All of this around some wine, beer and food! You will have the chance to meet: ...