July 6, 2011
Yesterday we detailed how Microsoft is after patent licensing for every Android and Chrome manufacturer. Recently they have successfully signed four Android manufacturers to licensing agreements for the use of Android. Now Microsoft sets it’s eyes on the biggest Android manufacturer of them all… Samsung. Reuter reports that Microsoft is looking for $15 per Android handset that […]
Tags: Android, Apple, Google, IP, lawsuit, Microsoft, Patents, samsung, US Patent, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7News
July 6, 2011
IM+ (plus) has received it’s first update and now supports Windows Live Messenger/ MSN. The list of services supported now look like this: Yahoo!® GTalk™ AIM® MySpace™ Jabber ICQ® Facebook® Skype Windows Live Messenger/ MSN When I saw the update, I was hoping for something different like a much needed speed boost. The slow start-up from […]
Tags: Aim, Facebook, gtalk, ICQ, IM, IMplus, instant messaging, Instant Messenger, Jabber, MSN, Myspace, Skype, Twitter, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7, Yahoo!Apps
July 6, 2011
A few month’s ago, an xml file leaked on the Internet showing a mall bit of information on a future LG phone dubbed the LG E700. Now we get a look at a WiFi Interoperbilitly certifification from earlier this year for an LG E906. Also included was another XML file containing a few specs for the […]
Tags: IE9, Leaked, LG E700, LG E906, Mango, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7News, Phones
July 5, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Android, Apple, General Dynamics Itronix, Google, HTC, intellectual properties, IP, lawsuit, Microsoft, Onkyo, Patents, US Patent, Velocity Micro, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, Wistron, WP7News
July 5, 2011
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 […]
Tags: app review, conversation, kik, kik messenger, messenger, Review, social, Texts, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7, WP7 kikApps, Reviews
July 5, 2011
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 […]
Tags: 3d, Arcanes Tower Defense, Games, Tower Defense, Video, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7Apps, Games
July 5, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Concur Technologies, Travel, Trip Planning, Tripit, TripIt Travel Organizer, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7Apps
July 5, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Games, Matchmaking System, Microsoft Research, Multiplayer, Multiplayer Mobile Games, Switchboard, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7Games, News
July 4, 2011
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 […]
Tags: allrecipes, Apps, big oven, cooking, Dishes, food, FoodSpotting, Free Apps, independence day, Marketplace, recipes, restaurants, Sharing, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7Apps