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by Rich Edmonds
May 24, 2012
Microsoft has released version 2.5 of the official Facebook app for Windows Phone. The update brings many features requested by the community, including threaded messaging (much like messaging on...
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by Rich Edmonds
May 23, 2012
We previously covered the Crunchyroll Windows Phone app when it was released last month, but the app has been recently updated that enables guest access. When the app was released access was...
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by Rich Edmonds
May 23, 2012
The premium version of Rowi has been updated today, which introduces features implemented in the recent Rowi "Lite" release. Without repeating ourselves too much, this update to both...
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by Rich Edmonds
May 22, 2012
What? "Birdsong is still alive" you say? It seems the team at Red Badger have been busy pumping life into the old girl, who has been dormant since she was updated to Mango. We last spoke...
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by Paul Acevedo
May 20, 2012
It’s been a while since we’ve had occasion to mention Hasta la Muerte, a December 2011 Xbox Live release from French developer Pohlm Studio. Thought we could not stop for the game, the...
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by Daniel Rubino
May 19, 2012
It's been awhile since we've seen an update to the popular messaging program WhatsApp (okay, well just over 30 days, not bad) so we're curious to see what could version 2.0 bring that...
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by Daniel Rubino
May 18, 2012
New Twitter integration with Live and the People Hub. Left (New) and Right (Old).
Microsoft has evidently updated how Twitter interacts with Live services on Windows Phone by automatically pulling...
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by Daniel Rubino
May 16, 2012
We showed you what the Aviary photo SDK was capable of doing the other day in Rowi version 2.1 and now that update is live, at least for the free "Lite" version of the app.
That's...
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by Daniel Rubino
May 12, 2012
While details are scarce, we're getting a lot of reports that the official SkyDrive app for Windows Phone received an update tonight.
Indeed, the app has a version 2.1 stamp on it now, shortly...
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by Daniel Rubino
May 11, 2012
A lot of hay has been made over Windows Phone "Tango" aka CR3/build 8773 of Microsoft's mobile OS. The update contains a lot of minor things and is mostly focused on compatibility...
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by Paul Acevedo
May 10, 2012
When Miniclip’s latest Xbox Live game Monster Island debuted four weeks ago, we were at once pleased and dismayed. On the one hand, Monster Island is easily the best Angry Birds-style game on...
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by Daniel Rubino
May 09, 2012
We covered the fish-feeding game Grow which came out about two weeks ago for Windows Phone and brought the great artwork and fun from Epic Pixel. The game has quickly racked up some outstanding...
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by Rich Edmonds
May 05, 2012
The popular (and rather unique) Twitter client for Windows Phone glƏƏk! (see our review) has been recently updated to version 1.5, which introduces a number of new features. The functionality that...
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by Daniel Rubino
May 01, 2012
Although Nokia's ESPN app available in the Nokia Collection gets some mixed reviews partially because it relies on Internet Explorer for some advanced stats, overall fans seem to like the co-...
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by Daniel Rubino
Apr 24, 2012
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In a surprising move, Microsoft announced today on the Windows Phone blog that in the near future starting today you, won't be able to purchase or browse apps using the Zune Desktop software. (...
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by Paul Acevedo
Apr 24, 2012
One week ago, the Wordament at Microsoft announced that their word-finding game would become an Xbox Live title on Wednesday, April 25. That’s a long time to wait though, and thus somebody...
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by Daniel Rubino
Apr 24, 2012
Fantastic news for all of you users who use the official (and sometimes panned) Facebook app for Windows Phone: Version 2.5 is nearly complete and getting ready for release.
What's more, the...
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by Daniel Rubino
Apr 23, 2012
Saturday when we picked up our Glossy-white Lumia 900, we were surprised to see that it did not have the latest firmware installed, despite having the green-dot on the box indicating that the data-...
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by Daniel Rubino
Apr 23, 2012
We've reported twice on Nokia getting ready to serve up some Tango ROM updates along with new firmware for the Lumia 710. First was a planned update for China and it was followed by an update...
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by Daniel Rubino
Apr 21, 2012
We heard rumblings that the some Lumia 900s are shipping with an earlier firmware than the data-fix one pushed out last Friday. Our Glossy-White Lumia 900 came with a green-dot on the box, meaning...
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by Daniel Rubino
Apr 18, 2012
Speaking of Windows Phone updates and rumors, our friends over at Mi Movil Windows have confirmed with two sources that Windows Phone Tango (finalized as OS build 8773) will be released...
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by Daniel Rubino
Apr 17, 2012
Just yesterday we reported that China was destined for some Tango ROM goodness for the Nokia Lumia 710. This was verified by peeking in on Nokia's own servers where they like to toss up the ROMs...
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by Daniel Rubino
Apr 16, 2012
Look what just popped up on Nokia's Care Suite servers. Why it's Windows Phone 7.5 Consumer Release (CR) 3 aka "Tango" for the Nokia Lumia 710 in China. Specifically the ROM build...
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by Rich Edmonds
Apr 16, 2012
Microsoft has recently updated the official Bing Translator app for Windows Phone, which reportedly adds functionality enabling users to translate from speech, via the camera or through keyboard...
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by Rich Edmonds
Apr 13, 2012
The team behind Carbon for Windows Phone, the popular Twitter client which was born on webOS, has just released version 1.3 and the update has gone live on the Marketplace. This latest version is...
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by Daniel Rubino
Apr 12, 2012
We broke the news the other night that Verizon Wireless was set to roll out the latest (or nearly the latest) Windows Phone OS update, version 8107, to HTC Trophy users on its network. That update...
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by Rich Edmonds
Apr 12, 2012
T-Mobile UK are rolling out the Lumia 800 12070 firmware update, according to customers who have received the notification. We received a few comments on our article covering the Three UK roll out...
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by Rich Edmonds
Apr 11, 2012
Netflix, the popular movie streaming service, has updated their Windows Phone app to version 2.0. Using the app subscribers will be able to stream movies and TV programmes to the big screen and now...
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by Rich Edmonds
Apr 11, 2012
It has been little over a month since WhatsApp for Windows Phone received an update with 1.8 rolling out, but the popular IM app has been bumped to 1.9 as of today. As well as sporting video...
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by Daniel Rubino
Apr 11, 2012
A few weeks ago we spoke with AT&T about the lack of OS updates for current Windows Phones, specifically the 8107 update which fixes the disappearing keyboard and applies various security fixes...