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by Tim S
Nov 07, 2011
If you're one of the lucky ones to be getting a Nokia Lumia 800 or 710, you'll also be one of the first to get the new Nokia Maps application, as well as Nokia Drive, for Windows Phone 7.5. The new...
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by Tim S
Nov 04, 2011
Hang on to your pants WP fans, because an HTML 5 version of Bing Mobile is right around the corner, and it's bringing some neat new functionality along with it. While the Bing team is currently...
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by Tim S
Oct 20, 2011
Microsoft Gulf, a division of the company that is based in the Middle East, is increasing its efforts to make WP7 more accessible and usable to their customers who live in the region. By...
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by Rich Edmonds
Oct 11, 2011
In the world of job hunting, producing an effective curriculum vitae (CV) aka resume for you yanks, is your best chance to differentiate yourself from other applicants. Uploading the finished...
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by Rich Edmonds
Oct 05, 2011
Cocktail Flow is an app that allows users to find and try new cocktails with combinations of alcoholic beverages. You can input into the app what ingredients you have in your bar and cocktails are...
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by Tim S
Oct 05, 2011
Core77, an industrial design and development magazine out of New York City, has teamed up with the Windows Phone 7 people at Microsoft to host a new contest for the WP7 developer community....
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by Rich Edmonds
Sep 29, 2011
Microsoft is developing an application for adCenter to be used while on the go. In an article on the adCenter blog published by Amit Goel, Senior Product Manager, he has asked for help in testing...
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by Seth Brodeur
Sep 27, 2011
In an email sent out to registered developers, Microsoft introduced overlay badges that can be added to screenshots of their apps to show that they are Mango-ready. The "New for 7.5" icons will...
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by Seth Brodeur
Sep 25, 2011
As far as RSS readers go, Pulse set the standard a few years ago by releasing their award-winning app for the iPad. Since then, the app has gone to the iPhone and Android as well, bringing it's...
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Sep 20, 2011
With WP 7.5 Mango devices already rolling out around the world, like in Japan, Russia and France, it was only a matter of time before developers would be able to submit an update to their apps to...
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by Rich Edmonds
Sep 19, 2011
This is a little something for bloggers and web developers who use WordPress as a CMS. Should you not have the necessary knowledge and experience to confidently develop an app to compliment your...
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by Seth Brodeur
Sep 15, 2011
In a press release today, Directed Electronics announced that it has been working with Microsoft to bring its Viper SmartStart automotive app, which allows users to lock/unlock, and of course,...
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by Rich Edmonds
Sep 14, 2011
Breaking into a strange, yet interesting story. We have Connectivity Shortcuts by Oliver Ulm for Windows Phone Mango. It's a free Mango-only app that grants the user easy access to Wifi toggle,...
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by Rich Edmonds
Sep 10, 2011
A while ago Alan Mendelevich, Founder of AdDuplex, published an interesting article about apps in the Marketplace. Much like a previous Marketplace analysis by Justin Angel we take a look at a...
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by Rich Edmonds
Sep 10, 2011
BSkyB has released an app in the Marketplace that provides a new platform for news to be delivered to Windows Phone users. What makes this app so special is that you can stream the channel for...
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by Rich Edmonds
Sep 08, 2011
This is an interesting calculation, Research2Guidance has published a report that features a chart which illustrates the comparison of average downloads per app on a number of platforms to iOS....
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by Rich Edmonds
Sep 08, 2011
Microsoft MVPs Rob Miles and Andy Wigley have kicked off a Mango developer focused course that features some handy and helpful pointers for those who are starting out on the platform. The...
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by Rich Edmonds
Sep 06, 2011
Justin Angel, former Microsoft Silverlight Program Manager, has downloaded all Windows Phone Marketplace XAPs and analysed them. He's then gone on to provide some insightful graphs for us all to...
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by Rich Edmonds
Sep 06, 2011
An insightful article has been published over at PCWorld that covers possible reasons as to why indie developers are bothering with Windows Phone at all. Even though Microsoft's platform may...
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by Rich Edmonds
Aug 31, 2011
App.net is a service offered to developers on iOS (iPhone/iPad) and Android that helps monetise and distribute applications cross-platform style. Developers are able to use analytics to track...
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by Rich Edmonds
Aug 24, 2011
London Travel, the saviour for any Londoner, has been updated to 2.6 and brings with it some fixes and alterations. The changelog is as follows:
An application bar button to swap locations in the...
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by Rich Edmonds
Aug 23, 2011
This is interesting to say the least. The Japanese version of the Windows Phone SDK 7.1 RC is now available to download for developers based in the country of the upcoming IS12T handset from...
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by Rich Edmonds
Aug 23, 2011
We were told not so long ago by the software giant that app submissions would be turned on for "Mango" late August. Well, it's now late August and Todd Brix has published an update on the Windows...
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Aug 08, 2011
Augmented reality apps have always been something of an amazing concept for mobile device owners. Well executed apps that take advantage of the Windows Phone 7 Mango APIs to create cool experiences...
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by Rich Edmonds
Jul 29, 2011
Looks like we've experienced some kind of problem on the Windows Phone app count line shown in the above graph measuring the amount of newly added apps. It's shown to be pretty much halted. But...
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by Rich Edmonds
Jul 26, 2011
YallaApps recently added paid app support (to complement free submissions), as well as setting up a new payment gateway with MoneyBookers enabling an easy way for developers to pay (and be paid...
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by Rich Edmonds
Jul 20, 2011
How quickly do you think someone could take an idea, build a Windows Phone 7 app, submit it to the Marketplace and the download...
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by Rich Edmonds
Jul 16, 2011
So you've created your Windows Phone app and you now have some presence building in the Marketplace, what happens now? Are there ways for developers to market and promote their app to users? You...
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by Rich Edmonds
Jul 12, 2011
The App Exchange is a service which focuses on developers who reside outside the realm of supported countries for application submission into the Windows Phone Marketplace. They allow these...
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by Rich Edmonds
Jul 10, 2011
Imagine Cup is an incredible event where a number of teams battle it out with ideas that use technology to help make the world a better place. This is the first time it has been held in the US...
