When Microsoft debuted the App Wall at Mix11, some people were enthusiastic, others were grumbling about how the tiles should have been live. Well apparently Microsoft was listening because in an upcoming ‘Mango’ event Microsoft will feature a Live Tile app wall. I am reaching out to you to gauge your interest in having your […]
NewsWhile visiting Finnish television program A-Plus, Stephen Elop CEO of Nokia was asked about the possibility of a Nokia tablet. Elop emphasized that Nokia would not be joining the tablet market if they could not differentiate themselves from other tablet makers. “There are now over 200 different tablets on the marketplace and only one of them is […]
NewsAs exciting as the Microsoft – Nokia deal was and still is. The ugly parts of such deals are coming to light. The biggest issue with partnership like these is that one company needs to shed its workforce. By the end of 2012 Nokia plans to cut it’s global workforce by 4,000 employees, with the […]
NewsAvatar Gadgets which is an app that uses your phone and your XBL avatar to perform different functions such as becomes a level where if your phone isn’t on a level surface your avatar will appear to be off balance. Other functions include a coin toss, lighter gadget, flashlight and a few more. Avatar Gadgets […]
AppsMicrosoft is apparently working on a check in service to go along with apps like Fourquare and Facebook and it looks like it will be using your Windows Live account. Ken Dacey and others have been testing the service via Twitter. It’s about time that they integrate more of the programs. We will likely get […]
NewsThere is already a tremendous amount of information that is available online on how to create Windows Phone 7 applications. Before WP7 even was out we heard the screams coming out of Redmond – developers, developers, developers!!! So if you want to create WP7 apps there is no shortage of the amount of tutorials and […]
How To, NewsMicrosoft hasn’t been releasing nearly enough Windows Phone 7 devices as they probably should. So far there are only a handful of devices available for consumers. If Dan Novak, Qualcomm’s vice-president of global marketing is correct then we could be looking at 9 new Windows Phone 7 devices by the end of the year. While […]
News, PhonesThe Mango update that is scheduled to be released this Fall will be Windows Phone version 7.5 at least according to one Microsoft website. While that may not be a surprise at all it is interesting to see that our beloved OS will be halfway towards graduating into the next version of itself. Windows Phone […]
NewsMicrosoft is offering free learn and build hands on sessions in and around the US. These sessions are free and open to anyone with a Live ID. In the Morning they go through tons of beginner classes on how to build apps. In the afternoons they will be holding an open lab where you can […]
NewsMicrosoft recently received some more patent muscle as they just got granted their 2004 filing for apps that sell the user stuff. That ‘stuff’ can either be products from amazon, eBooks, pretty much anything you can think of. The patent is pretty broad so it should hold with anything you throw at it. Wonder what […]
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