Microsoft was holding back updates to have a staggered update process so only 50% of the phones that were ready to get updates were being triggered. That wall is now down. If the phone is ready, all phones will now receive update notifications. Of course, in the US that still leaves the Dell Venue Pro … Read more
You have to watch this video. There’s 3D interactions here and as soon as you see it you can start to think of a million ways this can be implemented. Not just in games and prototyping but also if you were triggering real time actions, like a surgeon for example. Here’s how they describe it: … Read more
True to their word Microsoft is continuing to expand the reach or its Windows Phone marketplace and services. This time around its China & India who get to experience the joy of selection. In addition, Microsoft also announced improvements to search and app update options for both 7.0 & 7.5 app submissions. Expansion in China … Read more
Say what you will about Microsoft’s own marketing and the lack of mentioning of any upcoming Windows Phone but Microsoft’s recent decision to invest heavily in the OEMs that have pledged additional support for the platform seems to be paying off. For a few years I’ve long since held the belief that HTC was the … Read more
Arcane’s Tower Defense is a top notch 3D tower defense game for Windows Phones that very popular in the existing paid version (which is only $2). Now there’s a free version of the game that is the same except it has ads. So once you get really into the game and sick of the ads … Read more
Microsoft has some new spots airing tonight (turn on the SNF game and you’ll definitely see it a few times). This ad shows an Xbox with Kinect, beings filmed with a windows phone and then edited on a PC with Windows 7. Of course, on YouTube Microsoft describes it as “http://microsoft.com/family – While dad is … Read more
So Microsoft and Skype have made it official. There are a few countries that still require regulatory approval and as to those limited countries the deal is open but on the whole the deal is done. That means integration can move ahead full speed. In fact, the first thing they did was update Skype to … Read more
This app is awesome. It uses Mango’s ability to use the camera in real time and face detection and then you can do all sorts of funny things. Like it will throw a mustache on any person it sees and it places it in the right location and resizes it too. It’s one of those … Read more
There’s a lot of noise over use of Windows Phones in corporate environments. That’s not what this is about though. Where I work we have lax corporate policies regarding our mobile devices and I don’t have any issues connecting and syncing through our exchange server. What I have more of a problem with are the … Read more
Just two weeks ago Microsoft announced new app publishing limitations. Effective Friday 9/30 we are limiting the number of apps that can be published in a single day without prior agreement to 10. This means that no more than 10 apps by the same developer will be certified per day (down from 20). In addition … Read more