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Axiom 3D Rendering Engine Running on HTC HD7 – YVision Coming to Windows Phone

November 30, 2011 3 Comments

A port of the popular Ogre render engine called Axiom is being worked on for Windows Phone. Above is the latest Axiom build which is open-source is being helped out by a company called YDreams. YDreams also currently has a product out called YVision that is currently available for Windows and Mac. YVision has been used for interactive projections, digital art […]

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Windows Phone Leads All Other Platforms in Click Through Rate

November 30, 2011 No Comments

Even though Microsoft’s relativly new Windows Phone platform is trailing mobile giants like Apple’s iPhone and Google Android in sales. Windows Phone has already gained a top spot in a pretty important category, which is ad click through rate.   This shows that even thuogh the Windows Phone platform is new and still growing, developers […]

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Skydrive Gets Major Update: File Management, HTML5 & More

November 29, 2011 No Comments

Skydrive has recieved a HUGE update today as it now includes a more powerful file management system, HTML5, new sharing options and much much more. New Powerful File Management & Sharing Sharing Share via email. Enter any name from your address book, including contacts from LinkedIn, Facebook and Gmail. (If you want to import the […]

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Office 365 Updated: Adds 22 Additional Markets – New Features

November 29, 2011 No Comments

With Lync’s impending arrival to the Windows Phone Marketplace, Microsoft has announced an update to Office 365. Not only does this update include new features but it introduces Office 365 to 22 additional markets. New Markets: Argentina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, Estonia, Iceland, Indonesia, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South […]

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CNET Writer Turns Back on His iPhone – Calls Windows Phone & Nokia Lumia 800 King

November 29, 2011 No Comments

Slowly but surely Windows Phone is turning heads and making people switch over from Android and IOS. I have said it time and time again, after using Windows Phone – icons just do not make sense anymore. Now people are starting to understand. CNET write Rich Trenholm has just written an article titled “Why I […]

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Nokia Lumia Live Featuring deadmau5 at Millbank Tower – Videos

November 29, 2011 No Comments

The show that Nokia and deadmau5 put on yesterday at Millbank Tower was amazing. Just the sheer size of the whole event was just breathtaking. If you missed it live and also missed the live streaming your in luck because Nokia has just posted a YouTube video of the event. Check it out below and then you can […]

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Try Out Windows Phone On Your Android or IOS Device

November 29, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft has created a mobile webpage that re-enacts the Windows Phone experience right on your Android or IOS device. The demo on the other mobile platforms may not run as fast as on an actual Windows Phone but I guess the whole point of it is that at-least they have the ability to try it […]

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Concept Art: Nokia Lumia 802 Running Windows Phone 8

November 28, 2011 No Comments

Technology moves at such a high pace but for techies like us, it could be moving faster. That’s one of the reasons I love looking at concept art. Take a look at the concept art for a futuristic Nokia 802 running Windows 8 ( Apollo ) by Mohammed Shihuzaan and posted by MyNokiaBlog WP8 3.7″-inch […]

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Kinect 2: To Read Lips & Emotions (Maybe Snatch Souls?)

November 28, 2011 No Comments

The Kinect by Microsoft is already a sophisticated piece of hardware that translates your body’s movements into actual gameplay. It even understands you when you speak during a few Kinect enabled games and when searching with Bing on the Xbox’s new dashboard which is coming soon. Now, Eurogameris reporting that Microsoft’s next Kinect (Kinect 2) […]

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600,000 New Windows Phones Sold In 2 weeks?

November 28, 2011 5 Comments

Sales figures have become hard to come by, even when your trying to track down sales figures from products that have the most market-share. Take Google for instance, they boast about how many Android devices have been activated but not how many sold. Which could be anything from updating your device to flashing new ROMS. […]

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Nokia Lumia 900 Launching Early 2012 in the US With Tango (Specs)

  BGR has inside information regarding Nokia’s launch of Windows Phones in the US. With this comes new that...

Early Cyber Monday Deal: HTC Titan at Best Buy For Free

Trying to get your hands on an HTC Titan? Best buy has it right now for $0 – thats...