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Two New Free Xbox Live Games Next Week (August 10th) – Sudoku & Minesweeper

August 4, 2011 No Comments

Yes, you read the title correctly. Microsoft will be releasing two new Xbox Live games on Windows Phone on August 10th. Metro UI infused Sudoku and Minesweeper will be available to download next week. To top it off, these games will be completely free and heavily promoted by Bing. It will have the regular 200 […]

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Monkey Mini Golf Now Available on WP7 Marketplace

August 4, 2011 No Comments

A few days ago we posted a video from a very impressive looking golf game that was coming to Windows Phone. Monkey Mini Golf has landed on the WP7 marketplace and it looks as beautiful as the video that teased us back on Tuesday. There is a free trial version of the game available The […]

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Microsoft Publishes MapStalt App – Add or Modify Places on Open Street Maps

August 3, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft has published a pretty cool new app to the marketplace. It is called MapStalt and with the app you can essentially add new places to  a map if it is missing a business, details, etc. It is a pretty clever way to get users to do alot of the dirty work when it comes […]

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Windows Phone & Kinect Grow Closer Together Thanks to Mango (video)

August 3, 2011 No Comments

Welcome to the future and Microsoft’s vision, all their products and services playing nicely together. As you can see in the video above, Kinect is now able to be intergrated with Windows Phone in a way that it will also calculate and show your movements on the phone from the Kinect.  Small projects like these are […]

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Skype Working on Video Engine for Windows Phone

August 3, 2011 No Comments

If there was ever any doubt that Skype would be integrated into Windows Phone, those doubts should all be gone. A job posting was discovered on Skype Careers and apparently Skype is on the search for someone to help bring Skype to Windows Phone. As an Engineer in the Microsoft Platforms team, you are responsible for […]

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WordPress Gets Updated to V1.2 – Landscape Support

August 3, 2011 No Comments

WordPress just received an update and now you can get V1.2 for free on the WP7 Marketplace. The layout is a bit different now with refresh tile now gone. It replaces it with small sync icons on each page (which makes way more sense). The biggest change I have noticed so far though is the […]

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WP7 Deal of the Week: Ilomilo

August 3, 2011 No Comments

Ilomilo is this weeks Deal of the Week! It hasn’t been made official yet but Parachute Panics price just went back up and now instead of the S4.99 price tag for Ilomilo – you can purchase this incredible game for only $2.99. No word yet of the new Windows Phone Xbox Live game that is […]

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Viadeo App Lands on WP7 Marketplace (Again?)

August 3, 2011 No Comments

Viadeo the world’s second-largest professional network has released an app on the WP7 Marketplace. The app keeps you in touch with all your contacts from the popular social network and also get updates from your social circle. The odd thing is that this looks like the apps 2nd go around on the Windows Phone. It was […]

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Nokia Making it Just a Little Easier to Differentiate Phones

August 2, 2011 1 Comment

Usually cell phones are given a name and model number to make it sound as cool and appealing as possible, but in reality they convey almost nothing about the actual device. Nokia is taking a step to help consumers know a little bit of what to expect from a Nokia device simply by knowing the […]

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Student’s Unofficial WP7 Commercial Gets Him a Job at Microsoft

August 2, 2011 No Comments

The name Brandon Foy might not ring a bell for many. Brandon Foy is a student who created a Windows Phone ad concept in February. His concept was so well liked it caught wind and people really took notice, including Microsoft themselves. Brandon Foy was even invited to Microsoft’s Mix 11 in Vegas where he […]

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Windows Phone Toshiba-Fujitsu IS12T Shown Off in Video (Submerged in Water)

Want to see more of the Toshiba-Fujitsu IS12T in action? How about just wanting to see it submerged in...

Samsung SGH-i677: Another Mango Device Leaked (Keyboard?)

With  Bluetooth authentication and WiFi certification and UAProf the Samsung SGH-i677 has officially leaked onto the Internet. Judging from...