Remember early last month when Microsoft and Yahoo were taking turns pointing the finger at eachother? Someone uncovered that Windows Phone 7 was transmitting too much data and it turned out to be Yahoo’s fault. Well in a very sneaky move, Yahoo has upgraded their IMAP implemintation and the Data usage problem has been fixed! This ofcourse […]
NewsThe recently released Flickr app now has an update available. This update gives you the ability to upload your saved and camera roll pictures directly to Flickr without ever having to launch the app. Also with this update you can post tags on your pictures, a big plus for those of you who put up […]
AppsYesterday Yahoo released a statement pretty much putting blame on Microsoft for the problems with Yahoo Mail using a high amount of data (article can be read here). In a twisted turn of events Rafael Rivera has uncovered that Windows Phone 7 isn't the only platform experiencing this problem with Yahoo Mail. In fact the […]
NewsI saw this coming a mile away. No one likes bad press so Yahoo has issued 2 separate statements surrounding the whole data issue. Tens of millions of people check their Yahoo! Mail from their mobile device each day and we know they want their mobile mail experience to be fast, rich, and real-time. […]
NewsAs everyone knows some WP7 devices have been using an excessive amount of data (see article here). There was many reasons to think that the cause was Yahoo Mail. Well now Microsoft themselves have confirmed that the problem is in fact Yahoo Mail. Paul Thurrot posted on his blog this statement from Microsoft regarding the issue: We […]
NewsPaul Thurrott has confirmed that Yahoo! mail was the culprit behind the high data usage on some Windows Phone 7 devices. What I discovered was shocking, although not surprising. Yahoo’s IMAP server (winmo.imap.mail.yahoo.com) does not respond to FETCH requests correctly. Yahoo is sending ~25 times as much data as it needs to. (This can also […]
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