This week on Channel 9, Mark and Vlad discuss the week's top developer news, including; [00:22] Happy 25th Birthday, VB! [Anthony D. Green][02:10] Announcing general availability of Azure DevTest Labs [Xiaoying Guo][03:20] Fetch (or the undeniable limitations of XHR) [Ali Alabbas][05:40] Sideloading and enterprise distribution (Dev Center Tip #4), Publishing hidden apps (Dev Center Tip #5)[06:37] Changes to Project.json [Scott Hunter][09:04] Creating Better User Experiences with Microsoft Cognitive Services [Steve "Guggs" Guggenheimer][11:31] Why SQL 2016 rocks – the series (part 1 & part 2) [Ivan Donev] Bonus LinksA tour through tool improvements in SQL Server 2016 [Ayo Olubeko]Microsoft SQL Server Developer Edition is now free [Tiffany Wissner]Picks of the Week! Mark's Pick of the Week:[13:00] Microsoft, Facebook to lay trans-Atlantic undersea cableVlad's Pick of the Week:[14:14] NASA is building the next Mars rover in mixed reality [Mona Lalwani]Please leave a comment or email us at [email protected]. Follow @CH9 Follow @MarkDeFalco Follow @metulev Follow @vladkol Follow @gduncan411