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Deal of the Week: Bubble Town 2

July 6, 2011 No Comments

This weeks deal of the week is the Xbox Live game Bubble Town 2. It’s regular price is $2.99 and for the next week it will be priced at $1.99. It is an for those of you who were on the fence about purchasing the game before. Game Info: Millions of fans can’t be wrong! Based on […]

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Creators of Timedancer Trying to Raise Money to Continue the Series

July 5, 2011 No Comments

Timedancer by Chaos Created, an episodic interactive television show that lets you choose what happens next, has been on the Marketplace for a bit now. Currently the show only has two episodes available and the creators are asking the players of the game to help them make more episodes by giving a contribution. They are […]

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App Review: Toshl

July 5, 2011 11 Comments

For many of us trying to run an efficient household, a main component in that efficiency is budgeting. Windows Phone 7 has a decent amount of applications to assist with setting up different budgets for your household, one such application is Toshl by SLOWP7APPS. Toshl is an expense tracker. With Toshl you can set up […]

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Microsoft Signs Another Patent Deal With a Android Manufacturer (That’s 4 in 9 Days)

July 5, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft announced today that it has signed a patent deal with the manufacturing company Wistron. That makes 4 patent deals in nine days. Recently Microsoft also made similar deals with General Dynamics Itronix, Velocity Micro and Onkyo. Just late last year Microsoft also made a deal with HTC that brings home a reportedly $5 per Android […]

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App Review: KIK Messenger

July 5, 2011 No Comments

We wrote about the KIK Messenger app coming to Windows Phone months ago. It took awhile for the app to launch on the WP7 marketplace but it is finally here. What’s KIK you ask? Well, it’s the equivalent of  BBM (blackberry messenger) except that it isn’t confined to just one platform. Just about anyone can […]

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Arcane’s Tower Defense: Will be Available Soon (Demo Video)

July 5, 2011 No Comments

I am very into Tower defense games and Arcane’s Tower Defense might be just what the doctor ordered. The game is visually stunning and it seems to be packed with alot of features. Check out some of the details and video’s below: 5 ages to unlock towers, talents, spells and improve their powers. 6 different […]

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TripIt Travel Organizer: Official App is Available on WP7

July 5, 2011 No Comments

The official apps continue to hit the WP7 Marketplace as Concur Technologies brings its TripIt app to Windows Phone. Although with minor glitches and some features missing, TripIt has had a rough start as it is already averaging only 2 stars from users on the marketplace. If you are a past/ current TripIt user, you […]

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Switchboard: Microsoft Research Working on Matchmaking System for Multiplayer Mobile Games

July 5, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft Research is working on a system called Switchboard for mobile devices.  It’s a matchmaking system for multi-player mobile games. The way Switchboard works is as a matchmaker tool, finding potential game players and assigning them to a group most similar for each player’s phone and network connection. Victor Bahl, director of the Mobile Computing Research […]

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Great Cooking Apps to Have Available for Independance Day Celebrations

July 4, 2011 No Comments

It is the Fourth of July today and that means that most of us are preparing to have people over to celebrate Independence Day. That equals tons of cooking/ BBQ and we have a few apps here that can help you out with your food preparations today.   Foodspotting App info: We created Foodspotting to make […]

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App Review: IM+ (Plus)

July 4, 2011 1 Comment

IM+ (plus) came to us at a time when us Windows Phone users were in dire need of an Instant Messeging app for WP7. The few we had were very buggy and not very useful. Even the mighty Flory that we touted as the IM app so save us all – failed us horribly. \ […]

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HTC Surround: It Was Fun While it Lasted (Discontinued)

It was really fun while it lasted, but the HTC Surround is no longer available on AT&T and Telus....

Mango: Windows Phone Officially Launches in India

Windows Phone has officially landed in India. It is really great to see the Windows Phone platform expanding to...