With recent updates to Xamarin Studio and the introduction of very affordable $25 per month Xamarin Indie subscriptions, more developers than ever are finding out just how fast, easy, and fun mobile development with Xamarin Studio can be. Submissions are needed by August 18, so don’t let this pass by with just 4 days left. Click on the Xamarin blog post below for more info on how to enter and some great prizes.
http://blog.xamarin.com/contest-favorite-feature-of-xamarin-studio/
![XamarinStudioDocumentWindow[1]](http://russtoolshe.web802.discountasp.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/XamarinStudioDocumentWindow1.png "XamarinStudioDocumentWindow[1]")
I had the great pleasure of chatting with Microsoft RD Patrick Hynds and I contributed a few quotes to his latest article in SD Times Magazine on Azure. We talked about how Xamarin fits nicely into this scenario. Xamarin has an Azure Mobile Services Component in the Xamarin Component Store.
Enjoy a good read at:
http://sdtimes.com/follow-azure-road-cloud/
Xamarin is specifically mentioned on page 9:
http://sdtimes.com/follow-azure-road-cloud/9/
Also, announcing Monthly payments for Indie!
