Microsoft Advertising has a new case study about Richard Foster who is behind Edgeway Software. Edgeway has titles for WP7 including the game Rocket21 (which is great) stop[ watches and a ton of amusing apps. Well turns out those little apps have already netted him almost $30,000 in advertising revenue in 4 months. He also … Read more
Every game that Elbert Perez has released has climbed to the top of the charts and his latest free offering for Windows Phones is called Microchip Rush. By the way, he’s now made enough off of his games that he’s a full time Indie developer. Anyway this is a take on a matching game. Just … Read more
Herm’s Software has another free release for you to add to its arsenal of Windows Phone apps (which includes Paper Toss that’s ranker 11th overall in the Marketplace (before the inexplicable MS shuffle that now places it as #2 overall)). It contains virtual items for playing around with and is a nice release in anticipation … Read more
Microsoft’s general counsel has announced that Microsoft is filing a formal complaint with the European Commission as part of an anti-competitive claim. I’ll provide the entirety of the post below because it’s actually a very interesting read, but start with the irony in all of this, which is that the same action against Microsoft is … Read more
Today is the day for official apps I guess. XDA’s official app is in the Marketplace. It seems very very full featured but it’s only available to buy for $.99 and there’s no trial or ad based version which seems a bit unusual for an app of this nature. Anyway, here’s the feature list: This … Read more
Just received the official email “Watch for “Super Monkey Ball,” available in the Games marketplace next week!”. We knew this was eventually coming, just not when. We’ll fill you in on more details as we have it but we expect this one to rapidly climb through Marketplace once it’s released.
ESPN just released their official ESPN ScoreCenter app for Windows Phones (for free in the Sport category): ESPN ScoreCenter brings you scores, news, and standings from hundreds of sports leagues around the world. Never miss another goal, pitch, basket, try, touchdown or wicket. Whether you follow the NFL or the Premier League, the Ashes or … Read more
So as expected this week’s Windows Phone Xbox Live title is Fable: Coin Golf for $5 with a trial. here’s the description: Fable: Coin Golf draws upon the wealth of traditional British pub games like Shove Ha’Penny, Bar Billiards, and Skittles, and combines them with elements from very popular modern puzzle games to create an … Read more
After connecting my Venue Pro to the Zune player to sync some media files, I was prompted to apply the February update. Turns out both the Dell Venue Pro and HTC HD7 for T-Mobile USA have began receiving official updates. It’s not the NoDo update, but it’s a start. Estimated update time was 20 minutes … Read more
Having a developer unlocked Focus should put me in the driver’s seat to an early NoDo update but instead, I’ve got myself an error code. And I’m not alone as Patrick is having the same exact issue. So, what I can I do resolve the timeout error? According to MS (just updated March 12): 1.Delete … Read more