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Pro Windows Phone App Development

Falafel Software

Pro Windows Phone App Development

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About the Author

Falafel Software Inc., an 8-time Microsoft Gold Certified partner, has been providing custom software development, consultation, and training services worldwide since 2003. For over a decade, both large and small businesses have worked with our dynamic team of Microsoft MVPs, Microsoft Certified Professionals, and Nokia Developer Champions to deliver cutting-edge custom solutions.

We began consulting in the early days of .NET and have evolved with technology, self-publishing over a dozen books along the way and speaking at events all over the world, including the Windows Phone 7 Developer Launch in 2010. In 2011, Falafel Software won the Best of the Bay award given to the best Software Design Company in the Bay Area, and a year later was featured on the nationally televised Today in America with Terry Bradshaw.

Today, were focusing heavily on the latest cloud, mobile, and web development trends. Technologies for our current consulting customers range from simple ASP.NET MVC implementations to complex Windows Azure backed mobile solutions, complete with native mobile applications for Windows Phone, Windows 8, iOS, and Android.