In this month´s Windows Azure Insider column for MSDN Magazine, Bruno and I talk about Windows Azure Mobile Service, which abstracts many of the common tasks associated with developing solutions for device applications based on asynchronous calls. I hope that you enjoy it and find it helpful.
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