Because my parents were both Reserve officers, I’ve had USAA auto insurance all my life. They have been good and fair to me, regardless of the at-fault driver. When I had my WP7 Surround, I was happy when Mobility Digest reported that USAA had joined the (then recent) run of banking apps to come to … Read more
Today is another great day for Windows Phone. Instagram has now launched their increasingly popular and dominant social sharing platform Instagram on Windows Phone. The standard features are all included and the team has pledged to deliver newer features as soon as possible. Now that the Windows Phone community numbers in the tens of millions … Read more
Oh how nice of a Tech Tuesday surprise. Thanks to WinBeta we get a glimpse of a store link for the official Instagram for Windows Phone 8 app. The link isn’t active yet but the appearance points to a close release. The nice feather in the cap for Windows Phone isn’t too far from being … Read more
It was announced with some fanfare earlier this week that Microsoft has released APIs which will allow Windows 8 / Windows Phone 8 apps to use Facebook/Twitter credentials to login. Many apps like; Foursquare, iHeart Radio and Adobe will start to make use of these APIs. I am sure this makes many developers happy. And … Read more
Not familiar with Vine? It is the short run video platform that has taken the social media world by storm and forced creative types to get creative. The official app was announced as far back as BUILD 2013 but Nokia announced that the release was near during the Nokia World 2013 keynote last month. Today, … Read more
Say what you will but long term vision matters. Microsoft has chosen to develop the Xbox One device as a platform for gaming and media. Microsoft has taken to its blog to show off how the power of SkyDrive being integrated into the platform can make your media experience better. Android and iPhone users can … Read more
Just in time for gamers to do a deep dive into the latest in the stellar Call of Duty franchise Microsoft has released a companion app for Call of Duty: Ghosts for Windows Phone 8. Call of Duty: Ghosts has been released today and millions of gamers have already made the trek to their local … Read more
The Short of it: Foundbite is an app that combines the ability to take photos while also capturing audio that is taking place at the same time. I’ve been lucky enough to take part in the beta and have enjoyed the app a lot. The most recent use case for Foundbite for me was when … Read more
I live in a very small town and finally reached the end of my patience with AT&T’s DSL service and made the switch to Comcast. As a matter if fact, I switched just about everything. To Comcast including TV, Phone (landline) as well as their Comcast Home security system. The only thing left in my … Read more
So, it looks like Google is fighting back. The company on Thursday announced that its Quickoffice mobile app, for viewing and editing Microsoft Office files, is now free to anyone with a Google account. Previously, the app was only free to Google Apps for Business subscribers — everyone else had to shell out $14.99 … Read more