David K 
When Windows Phones first went on the market, despite the expensive ad campaign, it was always known to be a ‘soft’ release. In other words, they needed to get in the game and release phones to start to build a platform but they knew that they weren’t going to takeover the market on day one. … Read more
There have been a bunch of legit games that hit the Windows Phone Marketplace in the last few days so let’s give you a Friday special and do it up in one post. Let’s start this off with a follow up game to Shiruken Ninja (the #5 app in Marketplace and #2 game overall) called … Read more
Halfbrick, the makers of Fruit Ninja, have just released Age of Zombies for Android. This game has previously been available for iPhone and PSP and now an Android port is available. This is a straight high-end addictive shooter. Just check it out in action: And to give you a sense of it’s quality is has … Read more
Glympse is a highly acclaimed app that lets you send a link to share your location in real time to a person or group for a limited period of time (for free). It’s already available for Android and iPhone and it’s received some great reviews. Here’s the official description for Windows Phones: Glympse is the … Read more
Microsoft just provided a blog post about the changes to the video and music hub. Some of these have been known and some of the smaller refinements are new but it’s still an interesting read to see how much attention to detail and user feedback has gone into the Mango update. Here is their text … Read more
SurfCube is an alternative web browser for Windows Phones. It’s actually using Internet Explorer under the hood for all of its rendering so you can expect sites to still load and look the same but you get the SurfCube frame and additions. I’ll get more into the extras you get (for those of you who … Read more
So not only is the Marketplace getting filled with garbage left and right but it turns out that Microsoft has denied app certification for a port of a popular iPhone entertainment app called Finger Cut. The iPhone version of the app is simple enough – there’s a spinning blade on the screen and tapping the … Read more
You know, Marketplace was going all fine and dandy and then bam – it’s loaded with tons of shit now. I mean, there’s a real estate app for every city with more than 5 people in it and about 1,000 apps that are in German or something in the Marketplace. I know Microsoft doesn’t want … Read more
Today Microsoft’s official blog hosted a post titled “Xbox: Now That’s Entertainment” where they talk about how the Xbox has moved from a strictly gaming machine to a full time entertainment and media device. In fact, they note that 40% of all Xbox activity is unrelated to video games. Here’s how they talk about it … Read more
Microsoft was showing off the British Airways app as part of its Mango announcements and while some of the neat features of that app are not available yet (since we’re Mangoless still) you can get the British Airways app that still has most of the features. Here’s their description: The British Airways app guides you … Read more
If you’re a New Yorker or just visiting New York then you probably know about tkts which is the source of discount Broadway (and off Broadway) tickets in Times Square. For those that don’t know, it’s a booth in Times Square and prior to shows you can buy discounted seats and sometimes you can find … Read more
You’ve probably heard of those hundred pushup programs that aim to get you to be able to do one hundred pushups in six weeks regardless of your current capabilities. It’s a simple three day a week workout of just about five minutes per workout to help increase your strength to get to your goal. This … Read more