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 Sure, Windows Phone is still but a baby alongside Android and iOS, but the platform shows promise. Woz likes it. And the fact that it’s backed by hardware partners like Samsung and Nokia says good things, as well. . . . → Read More: LG To Pull Away From Windows Phone’s Loving Embrace, Refocus On Android  Barnes & Noble has found a new, major partner in its fight to get an edge over Amazon and Apple in the market for e-books and the devices being used to consume them: it is teaming up with Microsoft in what the two are calling a strategic partnership, name yet to be determined. It will come in the form of a new subsidiary of B&N that will include all of its Nook business as well as its educational College business. . . . → Read More: Microsoft Makes $300M Investment In New Barnes & Noble Subsidiary To Battle With Amazon And Apple In E-books  Are you missing Zune and looking for a Microsoft flavored replacement? According to . . . → Read More: Microsoft to announce ‘Woodstock’ cross-platform music service at E3?  Microsoft’s Windows Phone team is making a few changes to how users are able to acquire apps on their devices but luckily, they probably won’t affect most of you. Starting today, users can no longer get apps from the Zune desktop software (the app store will remain for the Zune HD , as shown above), so they’ll need to browse via the website or directly on their phones, which Microsoft says the majority of users were already doing . . . → Read More: Microsoft cuts pre-Mango holdouts, Zune desktop software off from WP7 app purchases Remember the unfortunate news that Skype’s new Windows Phone app wasn’t compatible with low-memory devices? Well, the app is now working fine with the incoming Nokia Lumia 610 . . . → Read More: Skype for Windows Phone working on Nokia Lumia 610, scoffs at memory restrictions  Skype’s fledgling Windows Phone app broke out of beta today, adding contact searching and landline calling to it’s VOIP repertoire. The update comes just shy of two months of the Beta’s introduction in February, and boasts a handful of minor improvements that should keep your calls connected. . . . → Read More: Skype for Windows Phone sheds beta title, graduates to v1.0  This is why companies have to be careful in their external communication: if a spokesperson reveals relevant details about an anticipated product, the news is going to be reported. Such a situation happened just two days ago, when Microsoft employee Nuno Silva went on the record — on video, nonetheless — to say that all current Windows Phone handsets would receive the upgrade to Apollo . Not so fast. . . . → Read More: Microsoft evangelist admits he misspoke regarding Windows Phone 8 updates The Lumia 610 is a colorful thing, going on sale, in the Firery Ring. Bound by tepid desire, it’s about to launch in the Ring of Fire. It’s about to launch in the burning Ring of Fire. . . . → Read More: Nokia Lumia 610 headed to the (Pacific) ‘Ring of Fire’ in coming months for €189  There’s no shortage of apps that let you use your mobile phone as a touchpad for your computer, but Touchpad Free is the first we’ve heard of that adds explicit support for Windows 8 gestures. The remote pointer app should allow your Mango-powered device to play nice with that preview copy of Win 8 you’ve been running since it hit the web, complete with the multitouch gestures that are key to navigating the metro interface. To get it up and running you’ll have to install a small server app on your PC which you can find at the source . . . → Read More: Touchpad Free adds Windows 8 gestures to its WP7 app  Microsoft Research has revealed some of its latest work into mobile app optimization — and it’s called the contextual solution, Falcon. Fast App Launching with Context aims to improve “key OS services” including memory management, scheduling and security . . . → Read More: Windows Phone OS mod speeds up app load times, knows you’ll play Monopoly on your break (video) |
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