David K 
What better way to get in the Cinco de Mayo spirit than with some photo fun. I saw a new app in the Marketplace called Cinco De Mayo that’s free and let’s you add a sombrero and mustache to a photo and it’s got a theme Cinco de Mayo frame to match. But it reminded … Read more
Interesting training app for Windows Phones which could set the ground work for doing this in other languages as well (but Chinese is notoriously difficult for it’s subtleties). Tip Tap Tones for Windows Phone 7 helps language learners to identify the sounds and tones of Mandarin Chinese in a way that is fast, fun, and … Read more
Who would have thought that Skype would be a point of contention to carriers who want to carry Windows Phones? It’s already available for the iPhone and Android, but carriers know that Windows Phones will have integration in the future and making it that easy to use is something Nokia says is a big issue … Read more
Dell’s XPS 13 Ultrabook is a hot commodity and they’re sweetening the deal by throwing in a T-Mobile 4G hotspot with 6 months of free service (no contract required). They state that this is an exclusive for Twitter followers. Here’s the link.
Always great to get a big title. Free Audiobooks from Spreadsong is now available in the Windows Phone Marketplace and it does what its name states. It’s already available for the iPhone where the current version has 4.5 stars. For WP it’s free to try and $2 to buy. here’s the description: Ah to describe … Read more
Microsoft now has a lengthy blog post talking about Windows Media Center and how it fits into Windows 8. It’s pretty simple in the end though. Regardless of what version of Windows 8 you get, it won’t have Media Center and it won’t play DVDs out of the box. But you can buy the Media … Read more
It was April 18, 2011 when Microsoft released the Photosynth app for iOS. At the time we heard that the lack of support for Windows Phones was related to lack of low level support (which was nonsense) and should have been resolved with Mango in any event. Regardless, we have no new news. No noise … Read more
It’s simply an eye for an eye – you take my business I’ll take yours. Target will not be carrying the Kindle but it’s not because of an exclusive with Apple. It’s because Target it pissed that Amazon is taking their retail business and encouraging people to go to retail stores (like Target) and use … Read more
There’s a Lumia tie-in here I think. Apparently since the horse “Hansen” is ‘beautifully different’ Microsoft is going to saddle up and sponsor Hansen. Add to that a Twitter Lumia giveaway and it almost feels like a promotion. Here’s their blog post on it: The Kentucky Derby—first leg of the famous Triple Crown of horse … Read more
Anyone see the bottom? Despite Kindle representing over 50% of the Android tablet market, according to IDC sales of the Kindle Fire went from 4.8m units in Q4 2011 to 750k units in Q1 2012. Tablet sales are expected to be down in Q1 over Q4 because of the holidays but this is a huge … Read more
NPD DisplaySearch has released their latest figures for Windows 8 on tablets and it’s not pretty. While they acknowledge that they are conservative on Windows 8, it’s reports like this that are a problem for Microsoft both in terms of perception to potential buyers and more importantly potential developers. This is the same vicious cycle … Read more
When I saw the $99 Xbox with Kinect bundle that the Verge talked about my eyes lit up…well I’m sure as wide as yours did. The deal is that for just $99 now you get an Xbox with Kinect. Then you need to pay $15 per month for 2 years but that also gives you … Read more