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Itsdagram getting a free, ad-supported version in addition to paid option, new filters revealed

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By Daniel Rubino, Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 4:52 pm

Ain’t competition grand? In the race to have the most full featured Instagram client for Windows Phone, we now have a few developers working on various projects. While we told you Instagraph was updated today with Windows Phone 7.x support, Itsdagram is doing quite a few maneuvers too.

Daniel Gary, the developer behind the app, expects the paid version to go live this Friday. For those who paid for the early beta version, no worries as that carries over to this release so there will be no need to repurchase.

Instagraph now supports Windows Phone 7.x devices, gets new features in latest update

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By Daniel Rubino, Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 3:09 pm

It’s been awhile in the making but Instagraph, the first Instagram uploader for Windows Phone, has just received a pretty hefty update, which also brings support for Windows Phone 7.x users.

Version 1.4.3 is now live in the Store for all devices and has been dropped in price to just $0.99. We should also mention that there are no longer any limits on uploads anymore, making this a good option for many users who want a “legal” way to upload pics to Instagram.

Star Trek Almanac, giving it all she's got Captain!

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By George Ponder, Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 10:33 am

The latest Star Trek movie, Into Darkness, is about to hit theaters and while we have the official Star Trek app, we also have the Star Trek Almanac. The Star Trek Almanac is from the same developers of the Star Wars Almanac and contains enough Star Trek knowledge to satisfy a horde of tribbles in heat.

The Star Trek Almanac is spread out just like it's Star Wars counterpart. You have pages covering a featured subject, videos, a sections page with links to people, vehicles, races and planets, as well as pages highlighting updated, popular and seldom seen Star Trek subjects.

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BBC finally releases iPlayer for Windows Phone and it's a strong start

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By Rich Edmonds, Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 8:48 am

The British Broadcasting Corporation has released its catch-up service on Windows Phone with the iPlayer now available for Windows Phone 8 consumers. The app enables users to check out shows they may have missed the past seven days across the BBC channels. As we've covered previously, the BBC hasn't developed a native client as such, but has opted to start with a mobile web wrapper of its website.

Camera360 passes the 100 million user mark

By George Ponder, Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 8:02 am

We knew that Camera360 was a popular Windows Phone photography app but apparently it has become the first mobile photography app to pass 100 million global users.

Granted Windows Phone can't take claim to all these users with Camera360 being available over on iOS and Android devices. But still, 100 million is impressive.

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Now Available: Windows Phone Central app v4

By JayTBennett, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 1:40 pm

Over the weekend we gave you a sneak peak at version 4 of our official app for Windows Phone, and we're pleased to say it has now passed certification and is available on the marketplace right here.

So as always please download at your own leisure and enjoy the new features (which we've listed again below). Please note though that voice commands is a paid only feature and is currently only available in US and UK english, something which we're working to improve!

Nokia updates Creative Studio for Windows Phone 8, adds more editing tools

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By George Ponder, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 1:12 pm

Creative Studio is a very nice photo editing app exclusive to the Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices. Creative Studio was updated today to version 5.0 and adds four new editing tools to the mix.

You have two new features to blur images, Focus Object and Radial/Tilt Shift. These features allow you to select areas of your photos to keep in focus and the areas you want to blur.

EasyNotes for Windows Phone 8, a feature rich sticky notes app

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By George Ponder, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 9:02 am

EasyNotes is a fairly simple note app for your Windows Phone 8 device. EasyNotes isn't a note taking app per say but rather a feature rich app to create sticky notes or reminders.

Notes are highly customizable from fonts, background image, sharing and they can also be backed up/restored to Skydrive. EasyNotes is a nice app if your constantly creating reminders or notes for everything from grocery/shopping lists, to-do lists, or anything else a gentle reminder will keep you out of the doghouse.

#2InstaWithLove gets a new filter, "Pureview"

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By George Ponder, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 9:01 am

Nokia has updated their filter list on #2InstaWithLove app with the "Pureview" filter. Likely in honor of all the news coming out of London.

The app, exclusive to the Lumia Windows Phone lineup, allows you to take photos, apply one of a handful of creative filters and then automatically adds the hashtag #2InstaWithLove to the photo, for sharing on your favorite social network.

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Facebook Beta for Windows Phone updated

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By Seth Brodeur, Monday, May 13, 2013 at 4:37 pm

The slick new Facebook Beta app for Windows Phone, which was released at the end of April, and saw some bug fixes and minor improvements a few days later, has just received its second update. Version 5.0.1.2 doesn't seem to come with a change log at all, so it's not quite clear what exactly is new.

Skype updated for Windows Phone 8, stability improvements inbound

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By Sam Sabri, Monday, May 13, 2013 at 4:34 pm

Skype seems to get mixed responses from a lot of you. Microsoft bought the communication giant back in 2011. Since then Windows Phone users have dreamed of a seamless Skype experience on their devices. That hasn’t exactly happened, but it’s still nice to see the app get updates, like it did today.

Official GoPro app finally drops for Windows Phone 8

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By Sam Sabri, Monday, May 13, 2013 at 2:41 pm

We first saw the official GoPro app for Windows Phone back at CES. That was early January and at the time we were told to expect it about a month later. A month came and went. Then we saw the app on display with Nokia during Mobile World Congress. Then we learned we would see it during spring. Since today still counts as spring, they stayed true to their word. The app is now available for download.

Photo Timeline, full resolution uploads and more added to Skydrive

By George Ponder, Monday, May 13, 2013 at 2:24 pm

Microsoft has been busy polishing up Skydrive. Starting today Skydrive will offer a timeline view of your photos to help you navigate through all your images a little more efficiently.

Skydrive users will also see improvements with respect to upload performance (twice as fast) with the Skydrive desktop app and full resolution uploads from your Windows Phone has become available to all markets.

Official Man of Steel app exclusively available for Nokia Windows Phones

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By Rich Edmonds, Monday, May 13, 2013 at 12:37 pm

As fans eagerly await for the Warner Bros. film, Man of Steel to be released, they're now able to download the official app for Windows Phone. Nokia has struck yet another exclusive deal and Man of Steel is currently available on Lumia hardware only. So what's the app all about and should you be interested?

Official Box app gets updated with new features on Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8

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By Seth Brodeur, Monday, May 13, 2013 at 11:24 am

Cloud storage provider Box has updated their official apps for both Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 with new features geared toward security for both businesses and individuals. The new version adds not only versatility for end users, but the kind of security measures that IT administrators love to see in cloud-based apps.

Instagraph continues to improve its service, puts Windows Phone 8 app on sale

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By Rich Edmonds, Monday, May 13, 2013 at 10:26 am

Instagraph is an unofficial Instagram app for Windows Phone, which enables consumers to upload and share photos with other users. Utilising a workaround to get past restrictions with Instagram APIs, the team has gone from only allowing a limited number of submissions to no limits at all. The team has improved its service since launch and an update is planned for the near future.

Find fast food fast with Hungry Now for Windows Phone

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By George Ponder, Monday, May 13, 2013 at 8:40 am

Hungry Now is a simple fast food finding app for your Windows Phone. It's an app that can come in handy when you're traveling or when your stomach is growling and you need to find fast food fast.

Hungry Now will help you locate worldwide locations for McDonalds, Quick, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Starbucks, Subway, Taco Bell, In-N-Out Burger, Burger King, Carl's Jr., Dominos Pizza, Dunkin' Donuts, El Pollo Loco, Fatburger, Jack in the Box, Johnny Rockets, Pizza Hut and Wendys.

Hungry Now is designed fairly simple with your main view being a map of your current location with details about your preferred fast food restaurants along the bottom sides of the map. Along the bottom of the screen you can access the app's settings and view the about screen.

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Itsdagram beta now available for Windows Phone (Updated)

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By Rich Edmonds, Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 3:02 pm

We've been following the development of Itsdagram for a while now with the developer throwing out numerous updates for the private beta. The app has finally made it to the Windows Phone Store and now consumers can enjoy the Instagram experience.

Get social with your beats with JamTiles for Windows Phone

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By Rich Edmonds, Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 2:23 pm

Liquid Daffodil has released another app for Windows Phone, titled JamTiles. So what's it all about? JamTiles essentially enables users to share music and tastes with other Windows Phone owners around the world. Each song (or "Jam" in this case) can be published online with notes to share thoughts on that particular track. That's the basics of the app, but there's slightly more to it than that.

Star Wars Almanac brings the Force to your Windows Phone

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By George Ponder, Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 2:02 pm

While Trekkies will have the Star Trek App, those who prefer the Force over the Vulcan Mind Meld can dig into everything Star Wars with the Star Wars Almanac.

The Star Wars Almanac delivers a ton of Star Wars information to your Windows Phone 8 and 7.x devices. The app covers the main characters as well as those not so well known tid bits.