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After 4 Recent Successful Patent Deals – Microsoft Focuses on Samsung

July 6, 2011 1 Comment

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 […]

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IM+ (Plus) Gets Updated: Now Supports Live Messenger

July 6, 2011 1 Comment

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 […]

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LG E906: Another LG Device For Mango Launch?

July 6, 2011 No Comments

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 […]

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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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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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Samsung Working on Galaxy S II Clone for WP7 Mango?

With the Mango update only 3 or 4 months away, WP7 mango flavored devices are starting to leak on...

Leaked Photos of New Windows Phone 7 Device, HTC Eternity

Photos and specs have surfaced on German site HTCInside of a new Windows Phone 7 device called the HTC Eternity....