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by Daniel Rubino
May 02, 2012
Microsoft may not be dominating in the United Sates or Europe but that isn't stopping them from expanding to the rest of the planet. In their continued expansion of the web Marketplace, which we...
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by George Ponder
Apr 26, 2012
Whatever the reason for the Windows Phone Marketplace had for not playing nice earlier, the problems appeasr to have been resolved. We've been able to access the Marketplace online as well as...
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by George Ponder
Apr 26, 2012
Microsoft Advertising is one way developers can earn revenue from Windows Phones. It looks like the Windows Phone game Shuriken Ninja and Taptitude have done rather well with the Microsoft...
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by Daniel Rubino
Apr 25, 2012
Although we're of the camp that doesn't mind that the Windows Phone Marketplace for apps has been retired from Zune Desktop, we imagine some of you think otherwise.
Luckily, Windows Phone...
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by George Ponder
Apr 25, 2012
The other day we made mention of the upcoming Windows Phone game, Grow. Grow is an fish-eat-fish game that offers 78 levels of play that crosses seven environments. The game is due to launch on...
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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 Daniel Rubino
Apr 12, 2012
We reported a few days ago that Microsoft was experiencing a unique problem: the Windows Phone Marketplace has grown so much, so fast that their servers and backend getting hammered, resulting in...
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by George Ponder
Apr 12, 2012
WPCentral's list of the best free apps for Windows Phone
We've taken a look at must have games and must have apps for your Windows Phone, now we turn our sights on the best free apps that...
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by George Ponder
Mar 28, 2012
Looks like the Windows Phone Marketplace is still working its way around the globe.
Over the next few days Microsoft will be expanding the reach of the Windows Phone Marketplace to thirteen more...
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by Daniel Rubino
Jan 23, 2012
We saw this before with a fake Spotify app that was being sold on the Windows Phone Marketplace and now we're seeing it again. Scam artist Manikandan S is selling for $1.99 (with no trial)...
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by Daniel Rubino
Sep 27, 2011
We're getting reports that the much anticipated web version of the Marketplace, which will allow you to try and buy apps and have them sent directly to your Mango phone, is going live.
The site...
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by Seth Brodeur
Jan 10, 2011
A new advertisement exchange service, called AdDuplex, has recently surfaced. Its purpose is to help fledgling developers get word of their applications out to Marketplace users. Here's how it...
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by Rich Edmonds
Jan 04, 2011
Justin Williams, owner and developer at Second Gear LLC, is an experienced OS X and iOS developer who has ventured over to Android for a week to see how he rated day-to-day usage in comparison to...
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by Daniel Rubino
Dec 29, 2010
Disclosure: Well before the publication of this article, WPCentral contacted Microsoft's Brandon Watson directly about the breach and we are cooperating with Microsoft in any way we can. Microsoft...
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by Daniel Rubino
Dec 01, 2010
Yup, just a small but significant mention here: the Marketplace just hit over 3,000 apps this morning. Not bad 7 weeks out from the official launch and we suppose a great way to start off December....
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by Daniel Rubino
Nov 29, 2010
The Windows Phone 7 launch has mostly gone off with few if any hitches for developers, but there will always be something bothering them and in this case, it appears to be a legitimate concern.
Two...
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by Daniel Rubino
Nov 29, 2010
A few sites have sprung up of late offering an easy web-view of the Windows Phone Marketplace. Such was the case with MarketplaceBrowser, which indexed and gave quick links to all the software in...
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by Daniel Rubino
Nov 10, 2010
It's already rough enough for a lot of our international readers who will read about an app only to find it's not listed in their localized Marketplace. Or even worse, they don't have a Marketplace...
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by Daniel Rubino
Nov 08, 2010
Yeah, we know, it's quality not quantity and we agree with that 100%. On the other hand, this number helps give an idea of rates of adoption and growth of the platform. We always thought Microsoft...
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by Daniel Rubino
Nov 04, 2010
Back a few weeks ago, Microsoft opened the Marketplace to developers for a pre-approval process. They intended to accept "a few thousand" participating early certification developers during this...
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by Daniel Rubino
Nov 02, 2010
Some more good news, we suppose, coming from Microsoft suggests that many developers have taken an interest in the Windows Phone Marketplace, launched just last month. Evidently, Microsoft has seen...
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by George Ponder
Oct 27, 2010
Windows Phone 7 is right around the corner and the Marketplace is already full of 1,000+ apps to choose from. But what do you choose first? Do you go with titles that have carried over from...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 25, 2010
Well that didn't take too long at all. Just the other day we hit 777 apps in the marketplace and today, just two weeks after Windows Phone 7 went "live" to the world we have hit 1,000.
We still have...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 24, 2010
While the Windows Phone Marketplace is available in many countries at launch--17 in all to be exact--last we checked the world is still a bit larger. If you're one of those with no access to the...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 22, 2010
The Windows Phone Marketplace has been steadily adding apps for the last few days (see yesterday's flood) and to quantify that, Microsoft's Joe Belfiore Tweeted that they hit a whopping 777 apps...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 21, 2010
Windows Phone 7 day is ON!
We're waking up to a ton of new apps flooding the store as we speak (we checked yesterday and there were over 160 games available, including 15 LIVE titles). Some of the...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 15, 2010
We've heard that with Microsoft's new Marketplace they were going to be different than Apple. Specifically, they want to add transparency to the process so that if your app is rejected, you'll know...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 04, 2010
On the Windows Phone Blog, Microsoft gives all the info on the upcoming launch of the Windows Phone Marketplace. While geared mostly towards developers, there's a few interesting things mentioned...
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by George Ponder
Jun 08, 2010
Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace polices have been updated. These policies govern the application submission and certification process. According to Microsoft, the changes are to "attract a...
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by Dieter Bohn
Mar 17, 2010
We were hoping to have all our questions answered about Windows Phone Marketplace today - especially since it's clearer than ever that Marketplace is really going to be the only way for...
