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Microsoft Publishes ‘Why Microsoft’ App on WP7 Marketplace

July 21, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft launches another app into the WP7 marketplace. This time around it is an app that acts as a mobile hub to their Why Microsoft blog. Anything going on in the world of tech that is a positive for Microsoft and/or and negative for Google and Apple is spoken about on that blog. You can […]

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WP7 Xbox Live Deal of the Week: Sims 3

July 20, 2011 No Comments

Just yesterday and ever since it first launched last year, Sims 3 has cost a whopping $6.99. Now for a week only the price has been dropped to $4.99 as it is the Xbox Live deal of the week. Anyone that wanted to buy this game before but wasn’t going to pony up all that […]

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Tentacles: New WP7 Xbox Live game

July 20, 2011 No Comments

The WP7 Xbox Live game this week is none other than Tentacles. One of the games that was shown off at E3. In the game you play as (you guessed it) a creature named Tentacles. It is a platformer of sorts that has you playing as that creature inside your enemy. That is a pretty […]

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Blackberry App Available to Mimic Look of WP7

July 19, 2011 No Comments

A couple of years ago, anyone who was anyone owned a Blackberry, it didn’t get the moniker crackberry for nothing. The tides as we know have changed and Blackberries do not carry the prestige they once held. People looking to update their Blackberry can now download an application by drkapprentice designs that can change the Blackberry […]

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AppHub is Back Up, Private Beta Marketplace Added

July 19, 2011 No Comments

The AppHub website was temporarily disabled yesterday in order for some updates and new features to be added. The AppHub was back online last night and some changes worth noting were: Updated layout New crash reports Export of download/purchase details Private beta Marketplace Edit application details Developers in the AppHub forums for the most part […]

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IM+ (Plus) Gets Updated to IM+ Pro Then Releases IM+ Free

July 19, 2011 No Comments

IM+ Received another update today and has evolved to IM+ Pro packed in with all the usual Instant Messaging services Yahoo!® GTalk™ AIM® MySpace™ Jabber ICQ® Facebook® Skype Windows Live Messenger/ MSN and Push Notifications with Live Tile (couldn’t get mine working while out of the app itself). It also has just released a free […]

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Star Ninja: Bounce Throwing Stars to Get the Pirates

July 18, 2011 No Comments

A fun game landed on the Windows Phone marketplace this month called Star Ninja. In the main game mode you have to throw ninja stars and bounce them against walls or other obstacles to knock out the pirates in order. Star Ninja was developed by Bounding Box Games which was founded by Eric Cosky who […]

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Dotastic: Microsoft Publishes Social To Do List on WP7

July 17, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft just published a very forward thinking to do list on steroids. It’s called Dotastic. It is an app that motivates you to get things done by making it social and adding a points system to it. The app doesn’t seem however to be live yet as it forwards you to a web page after Facebook […]

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BBC Reports on “Love Clean London” App – Features Windows Phone (video)

July 17, 2011 No Comments

Windows Phone just recieved a load of really good free publicity. BBC News reported on the Love Clean London app and featured Windows Phone to do it. The app itself is used to report any garbage or graffiti on the streets. It     App Info: Love Clean London is a ‘call to arms’ for […]

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Wikipedia Reader Available Now

July 16, 2011 No Comments

Wikipedia has become an indespensible convenience of our time. It certainly makes life easy when you want to know anything about anything and you can simply perform a search on Wikipedia. There are more than one Wikipedia application for Windows Phone 7 but Wikipedia Reader is probably one of the better ones. A couple of […]

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ZTE Tania: ZTE Officially Shows Off Their First Windows Phone 7.5 Device

At an event in China yesterday, ZTE officially pulled the curtains aside on their first Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” device. The...

Leaked: Samsung Focus S Uncovered in the Wild (pic)

When it rains it pours… Even though we have seen its face before. A close up image of the...