Talking Rapper (with over 2m users) available for Windows Phones

It’s free and I’ll let the description speak for itself: FINALLY ON YOUR WINDOWS PHONE COMES “TALKING RAPPER,” THE FUNNIEST, HIPPEST RAPPER YOU’VE EVER SEEN! ★★★★ Over 2.000.000 users! ★★★★ TALKING RAPPER has achieved the No. 1 spot "overall" and "entertainment category" in UK, France and Spain, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Tunisia, Colombia, and … Read more

Microsoft confirms Silverlight 6 in a Windows 8 binary

Yesterday Windows 8 code was revealed to have “IsAppEarlierThanWindowsPhone8” code and today “TargetsAtLeast_ Silverlight _v6”. Of course, Silverlight v6 doesn’t exist and its place in Windows 8 is unknown. It’s not even embedded in the browser like Flash (and you’re forced to the desktop IE and installing the plugin). to be continued… via JoseJose Fajardo

XBL title Battleship available for Windows Phones

You sank my battleship! Sorry, but I had to get that out of my system. As expected, this week’s Xbox Live title is available for $3 with a trial: IT’S A HIT – ON YOUR WINDOWS PHONE 7! The all-time favorite naval battle game, BATTLESHIP reloads with all-new unlockable achievements, asynchronous multiplayer modes and XBLA … Read more

Windows 8 .NET code contains “IsAppEarlierThanWindowsPhone8” code – hints at WP apps on W8

Looks like there is more evidence that Windows Phone apps will run on Windows 8. In mscorlib.dll  NaiveUser  found the following code: // System.CompatibilitySwitches public static bool IsAppEarlierThanWindowsPhone8 { [TargetedPatchingOptOut("Performance critical to inline across NGen image boundaries")] get { return false; } } // System.ObjectDisposedException [__DynamicallyInvokable] public string ObjectName { [__DynamicallyInvokable] get { if (this.objectName … Read more

Hotmail releases augmented realty WP and iOS game–Greymail Inboxer

Smart advertising from Hotmail. They’ve released a new free game for Windows phone and iPhone that’s an augmented reality game. This is part of a marketing scheme to remind you of an ongoing campaign about how good Hotmail is at removing greymail (you know, those newsletters and promotions that fill your inbox). Anyway, it’s a … Read more