David K 
Publisher Condé Nast jut released their first Windows Phone app. It’s a free app for Glamour. The description is just “Get the latest celebrity news, fashion and photos, direct from the GLAMOUR news desk at your fingertips.” You can check it out here.
There’s a 3rd party Grooveshark app available in the Marketplace now and it’s free. Truthfully, it’s nothing special. In fact, it’s just the Grooveshark HTML5 site wrapped in an app (which works in browser on WP – if the tabs are finicky just tap and hold to open in a new tab and they all … Read more
Microsoft has just been owning the headlines in recent weeks. Yammer was nothing relative to the Surface headlines, some Office beta love, RTM for Windows 8 and Windows Server and of course, Outlook.com from left field. They’re not done yet though. The SDK for Windows Phone 8 was recently ‘leaked’ and Microsoft’s PR has noted … Read more
Even as a beta Microsoft’s newly RTM’d operating system is being used more widely than Apple’s latest OS. In a post today Microsoft noted that the Windows 8 previews have been run on over 16 million PCs. That’s pretty impressive for a beta operating system. Meanwhile Mountain Lion (which was only $20) set its own … Read more
Srsly: And while we’re at it: OK proceed with what you were doing…
You’re probably all familiar with Wordament – it’s the ‘Boggle’ type game you play against others in real time, all using the same board. And you must know Taptitude – it’s the collection of 60+ minigames that has crazy download stats. Well what if they met? GamesWithFriends is a series of minigames where you play … Read more
Why read when we can watch, right? Here are screenshots taken from the Windows Phone 8 emulator. And yes, there’s some Hungarian in there but it’s still awesomesauce.
So a revenue increase of 32% and beating analyst estimates…sounds good? Nope. Facebook didn’t give investors much reason to cheer even though the social network beat analysts’ revenues expectations in its first report as a publicly traded company. Profits were merely in line with forecasts. Shares of Facebook fell more than 3% in after hours … Read more
Anyone shocked? Really? I mean Microsoft said “Both will be sold in the Microsoft Store locations in the U.S. and available through select online Microsoft Stores.” and then this Swedish retailer pops up with a crazy price and anyone thought it had validity? Didn’t we learn from the iPhone 4S case manufacturers (if you recall … Read more
This one must have slipped through the cracks as it still has no reviews. “My Server (codename) for Windows Server 2012 Essentials enables server status monitoring, users and devices management, and media consuming on Windows Phone.” it seems rather basic but could be worth checking out in hopes it gets a significant update. It’s here … Read more
We’ve seen some pictures of Windows Phone 8’s start screen (yeah WP7.8 for us pre-existing owners) but that’s not the same as taking it for a spin. A new free app called W Phone 8 lets you play around with a simulated Windows Phone 8 start screen and you can add apps, move them and … Read more
Let’s quote the NY Times: The Nokia chief executive, Stephen Elop, said the coming release of Windows Phone 8 software in October, which promises better coordination and more features for computers and smartphones running Microsoft software, would further lift sales of Lumia devices. This October date has been floated in the past by other manufacturers … Read more