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Google Search Customized For Windows Phone

December 2, 2011 No Comments

Google is almost none existent on Windows Phone, official apps or lack there of (since there is just 1) is completely horrible. Google Inc. might be starting to come around though as their homepage as been transformed for Windows Phone. If you go to google.com on your Windows Phone, you get a customized experience just for Windows […]

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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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Say it Ain’t So Joe!? Ex-Windows Phone Manager Joe Marini Now At Google

November 23, 2011 No Comments

Say it Ain’t So Joe!? It has been only about 2 months since Joe Marini was a Windows Phone manager at Microsoft and was under fire when he tweeted about the Nokia 800, a future unofficial device at the time. The rumor was that he left the company before Microsoft could fire him.  He is […]

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Mango Apps: gMaps Updated – New Features

November 14, 2011 No Comments

The popular mapping app gMaps on Windows Phone by Alexey Strakh has gone Mango. Yes it has your regular fast app switching which we have grown to love on all Mango infused apps but it also packs a huge list of new features. New features: Compass Latitude background agent New bicycle layer Ability to hide […]

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Google+ Hits the Windows Phone Marketplace (un-official)

November 11, 2011 3 Comments

Google has yet to make their app for Google+ available on Windows Phone so publisher  jacob.bearce.me had to take matters into his own hands. The app works as a wrap around for the web version. Im usually not a fan of these types of apps but this one has been done pretty well. This should […]

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OctroTalk: Gtalk Client Already Cuts Price in Half

October 31, 2011 6 Comments

OctroTalk is a Google Talk client that recently hit the Windows Phone marketplace at a price of $4.99. I said that the price would probbaly fall shortly since $4.99 is a bit much for a standalone Gtalk client, eventhough it seems as though it may be a very good one. One of our readers (Mukatd) […]

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Apps: OctroTalk (Google Talk client)

October 24, 2011 2 Comments

OctroTalk is a Google Talk client that has recently hit the Windows Phone marketplace. Its a standalone app and from my brief handling of Octrotalk it seems to work really well. For those of you that really need a great Google Talk client on Windows Phone, this may be it. Remember though that it only […]

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Steve Ballmer Rips Into Android – Compliments iPhone

October 21, 2011 1 Comment

Recently, Google’s User Experience Director for Android, Matias Duarte lashed out at Windows Phones user interface. “There’s this thing that’s happening right now in user interface design that I find kind of shackling. The faux wood paneling trend, and the airport lavatory signage trend.” He laughs when he says this and pulls up a slide […]

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Microsoft to Get $444 Million From Android Patent Deals

September 29, 2011 No Comments

Now who could of even dreamt something like this up. Microsoft, who is battling to grab one of the top spot in the mobile industry is making tons of cash off of the one holding 1st place (for now). Recently Microsoft announced that they had cut a deal with Samsung, the largest supplier of Android devices. […]

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Microsoft Signs Samsung to Android Patent Deal

September 28, 2011 1 Comment

 Microsoft announced today that Samsung has finalized a patent deal with the tech giant. They both join the ranks of HTC, Acer, Viewsonic and many others in licensing the proper patents from Microsoft in order to avoid lawsuits from them in the future. It is being reported that Samsung will have to pay Microsoft $10 […]

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Nokia Begins to Advertise the Lumia 710 – Welcome to the Amazing Everyday (video)

With the Lumia 800 being Nokia’s flagship Windows Phone at the moment, its no wonder that it has been getting...

Lenovo LePhone S2 Running Windows Phone Coming 2012

Lenovo announced yesterday its LePhone S2 running Android which seemed to kill any chance of them making a Windows...