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Windows Phone 8.1 Update 2 (GDR2) Due Before Windows 10 for Lumia
Windows Phone 8.1 Update 2 (GDR2) for Microsoft Lumia devices will be released within the next few months, it has been revealed, meaning that it will arrive before the release of Windows 10, due later this year. Unfortunately, the incomplete changelist made available makes no mention of any revisions to…
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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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Windows Phone Grows A Staggering 91% Year-On-Year
While the smartphone market has long been dominated by Android and iOS Windows Phone has been making strides in recent years. Between July 2014 and June 2014 Microsoft’s Windows Phone grew by a staggering 91% making it the fastest growing mobile platform right now. Microsoft also has the number two…
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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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Brief View Of The Upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 Action Center leaked in Video
A lot of rumors are building up about the upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 update due in a couple of months, namely in April. The update has been stated numerous times to bring a lot of features, such as the Notification Center which most people are talking about. The Notification Center…
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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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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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Windows Phone Excessive Data Use Caused By Built-In Twitter Feature
Microsoft has indeed confirmed that there’s an issue with its built-in Twitter feature and that could result in unexpected data usage. The issue is said to originate from a Twitter back-end change that has caused Windows Phones to re-download the profile images for Twitter contacts frequently. Twitter is currently transitioning…
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Windows Phone 8.1 To Support 10″ Tablets
While Microsoft is working hard to integrate the two platforms of theirs, those being the ARM dependent Windows RT and their Windows Phone platform, here’s something that confirms the impending demise of the former in favor of the latter. The rumor is that Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 8 GDR3 software…
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