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Age of Empires Series Returns on Windows 8
Microsoft has far from abandoned their child Age of Empires and is readying a new version of the game. It will be fully presented at the PAX Prime 2014 that starts in a couple of days. Age of Empires: Castle Siege will be a Windows 8 exclusive and is a joint…
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Microsoft Bringing 40 Xbox Live Games To Windows Phone 8 Devices
Running Windows Phone 8 or 8.1? Well Microsoft has just updated the list of available Xbox Live games that are available for Windows Phone 8 users. The list of Xbox Games from Microsoft Studios that are being updated to support Windows Phone 8.X is rather long, as shown below. The…
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Microsoft Mistakenly Presents WhatsApp For Windows 8
Microsoft unintentionally revealed some never-before-seen Windows 8.X apps at its Worldwide Partner Conference yesterday. In a presentation given by marketing executive Tony Prophet Microsoft discussed the progress they have been making with their Windows 8 Apps and their Windows App Store. Upon the demonstration system running desktop Windows 8 Microsoft…
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Nokia Lumia 520 Is Best Selling Windows Phone Of All Time – 12 Million Units
We’ve already heard from Microsoft that Windows Phone has grown a staggering 91% year on year. This explosive growth has been fuelled largely by budget Windows Phones like the Nokia Lumia 520 pictured above. The Lumia 520 is the best selling Windows Smartphone having shifted a whopping 12 million units…
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Windows Phone Store Reaches 255,000 Apps, 10 Million Downloads Per Day
It has been a long journey for Microsoft in the smartphone market but it finally looks like things are on the up for them since they acquired Nokia who have become increasingly popular. The latest indicator of Microsoft’s growing success in the smartphone market comes from their own Windows Phone…
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Windows 8 Usage Growing Rapidly In Canada
It isn’t news to say that Windows 8 has had a tough time in many markets and uptake had been fairly slow. However, in the last year Microsoft’s newest OS has gained significant traction and new data from the Sage Group suggests that in the last year Windows 8 uptake has…
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Windows Phone 8.1 Expected In June-August, Developer Preview In April
WMPowerUser report that the Windows Phone 8.1 update is going to be happening much later than anticipated. Apparently the developer preview release of Windows Phone 8.1 will not be arriving until April with the official release coming about two months after that. This means consumers with Windows Phone 8.1 upgradeable…
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Windows Phone 8.1 “Action Center” Notification Area Revealed
At April’s BUILD conference Microsoft is expected to unveil its newest mobile OS, Windows Phone 8.1. Ahead of that conference some leaked images about the update have been revealed showing what Microsoft is calling the “Action Center” which is essence the centralised area for viewing and managing notifications within Windows…
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Archos Confirms Plans to Release Windows Phone 8 Handset
Other OEMs are rumored to not be happy with Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s hardware and services division, which happens to be the largest OEM manufacturer in the world. Nokia’s Windows Phone has accounted for 92% of the entire markets share last year, though not a lot of OEMs made Windows…
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Lumia 1320 Battery Test Show It Beats Nearly All Android Competitors In Web Surfing
The Lumia smartphone has its appeal, and together with the Windows Phone 8 tiles, it really does brighten your day. And the mid-end Lumia 1320 looks to be one of the best budget phones so far. It has a great design, big screen, light-weight and fair specifications. Latest news also…
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Microsoft Confirms That Windows Phone 8 Will Be Upgradeable to Windows Phone 8.1
When Microsoft has announced that Windows Phone 7 could not be upgraded to Windows Phone 8 when it first got released, WP7 users were not too happy about it. Some have even wondered if the same fate will be seen for Windows Phone 8 users when 8.1 comes along. However,…
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HP Reportedly May Launch New Smartphones Next Year
Hewlett-Packard is reportedly planning to introduce a few phablets with screen sizes of six and seven-inches. The news comes from The Information (via T3). According to the report, the devices will be aimed at developing markets and cost between £125 to £150 without a contract. The company pulled out of…
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Windows Phone Users To Be Given 20 GB of Free Skydrive Storage
Microsoft made a move and made available 20 GB of free storage to all Windows Phone users, as a holiday season Christmas Special. All Windows Phone users will be able to claim 20 GB of free SkyDrive storage that’s active for a year, so long as you click the link…
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Nokia Adds Bluetooth LE To All Windows Phone 8 Lumia Handsets
Nokia is going to release an update which will add the latest low-energy version of Bluetooth to all Lumia phones running Windows Phone 8. It was released for the Lumia 520, Lumia 620, Lumia 625 and Lumia 720, and now will arrive for the rest of the Lumia smartphones through…
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Nokia Lumia 525 Specifications Leak Head Of Launch
MyNokiaBlog has managed to get access to the full specifications of the Nokia Lumia 525 ahead of its launch. The Nokia Lumia 525 will be the successor to the exceedingly popular Nokia Lumia 520, which along with the Lumia 620, led Nokia’s charge towards increasing their market share by capturing…
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