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Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview: Update available

The Windows Phone Developer Preview Program is a project from Microsoft to make newer Windows Phone versions available early for Windows Phone Developers and Enthusiasts. This was going down very well in the Windows & Windows Phone community and now today Microsoft has pushed out another update for users who are currently using the Preview for Develops. This Update brings the OS Version of your…

Critical Update on WP Devices – Only Preview for Developers

Microsoft has released a critical update (8.10.14192.280) to their Windows Phone OS only for the users in the Preview for Developers Program. This update started seeding from Thursday of this week and is available to everyone who are in this Program.

According to Mike Mongeau who is now the Supportability Program Manager for Windows Phone at Microsoft, this is a critical update and contains usual…

First Microsoft Lumia branded device to be unveiled soon

Microsoft/Nokia has officially announced the brand name change of its Windows Phones from Nokia Lumia to Microsoft Lumia.

In an interview with Nokia Conversations, Tuula Rytilä, MIcrosoft’s Senior Vice President of Marketing for Phones, she discussed the changes that have been made and  those that are coming.

Tuula made the revelation that a Microsoft Lumia branded device will be unveiled soon.…

9.3 Million Lumia Devices Sold in Q3 2014

Microsoft have released their earnings report for the last quarter, and sales of Lumia devices have reached their highest ever figures, achieved by strong performance of low end devices as well as the arrival of Windows Phone 8.1.

9.3 million Lumia smartphones sold between the start of July and the end of September, up 5.6% on the same quarter last year when sales reached an all time high of 8.8…

Microsoft introduces new header to choose which Microsoft Online App you want to use

New Header

Since the introduction of Outlook.com there is a new float menu on the top of some Microsoft web apps which was always a really helpful and nice tool for example to quickly switch from your Outlook account to the OneDrive Web app to have another look at your PureView shots you have taken today. However, today Microsoft has released a new version of this float menu with a nice small…

Microsoft releases new Build version of the Windows 10 Technical Preview

Build 9860

Microsoft has today officially released the first new Build version of their current Preview Program of the upcoming Windows version, Windows 10. Build 9860 is the new version and it is already available to download. The difference between a new Build Version and normal updates is that the Build is including more new features. Build versions will be updated by Microsoft frequently over…

Here Maps on Android, Samsung Exclusivity Agreement Ends

The agreement between Samsung and Here Maps, which gave the South Korean smartphone manufacturers exclusive use of Here Maps on Android devices has come to an end, meaning Here, owned by Nokia and highly praised on the Windows Phone platform, can be installed on any Android device running Jellybean or higher.

Here Maps on Android is still in beta, so is not as yet available in the Google Play…

Microsoft Windows SmartWatch passes through FCC.

  According to new FCC document made public recently, Microsoft will be announcing a wearable wireless (Bluetooth LE) mobile device soon.

This fuels the rumors we have heard that a smart-watch launch by Microsoft is imminent.

Not much is known about the device, especially since Microsoft put in a request to have the device’s image/diagram to be confidential and not made public. A request the FCC…

Microsoft overtakes Google and is now second most valuable brand in the world

A few days ago Google has presented its earnings for Q3 2014, and the reactions on this were not the best. The market is really sensible to things like this and was reacting to these numbers on its own way, as a result this was visible in the stock prices which fell down because of the numbers from Q3. Simultaneously Microsoft has made some earnings which resulted in an upraise of their stock…

Microsoft Lumia branding confirmed

  Microsoft Lumia

  There has been a lot of speculation to what new name Microsoft would adopt for its Lumia smartphones after they acquire Nokia’s mobile division back in April.

After the acquisition, Microsoft had the right to use the Nokia brand on devices for a limited time, after which they had to come up with their own name. The good thing is they got the right to the Lumia brand name.

Noki…

New Skype Updates Allows Drawing Feature Windows Phone Gets It First.

Microsoft has updated its Skype application & added a drawing feature to it. You can enable the feature by clicking the + icon during at chat, you will be able to draw a picture , draw on a photo or Bing maps. They have also added HD screen support, faster app resume time, and the ability to automatically sign in using your Microsoft linked account. It’s actually nice to see that WindowsPhone…

Presentation of Microsoft Smartwatch is near

There have been already various rumors concerning the smartwatch by Microsoft but there has not been leaked any specific time for the presentation of a wearable from Microsoft yet. Now according to Forbes Microsoft is preparing for a presentation of there first ever smartwatch “within weeks”.

According to sources the upcoming Microsoft gadget will be able to measure the users heart rate and will…

Bing Adding “Smarts” to Cortana

Bing Blogs have announced that Cortana will be getting some improvements that will make her “more helpful and intelligent”.

According to the blog:

“Bing’s massive investments towards indexing the real world combined with speech recognition, entity understanding, and stream processing are making things like Cortana more helpful and intelligent. This week we are rolling out some new improvements…

WhatsApp for Windows Phone will get some new features soon

As we all know WhatsApp still keeps their Beta Program for the Windows Phone App in private mode but also with this restrictions it is at least possible to see some screenshots of the new featurs.

  Back in July Mancae90 aka Emanuel has already posted some screenshots of the upcoming WhatsApp version in the nokioteca Forum. Back in these days 3 screenshots leaked, which you can see above, that…

Health Tech: Fitbit Charge & Charge HR [LEAK]

Following our reviews of the Fitbit Service and the Fitbit One, and prior to out review of the Fitbit Flex we are happy to report a leak about the next fitness tracker expected to be announced by Fitbit. In fact the new device appears to have two variants, the first (Fitbit Charge) being a replacement for the ill-fated Fitbit Forceand the second (Fitbit Charge HR) adding continuous Heart Rate…

AdDuplex have announced their Developer Advocates program, which see’s the app promotion network, who regularly publish reports on Windows Phone device usage, partner with Catchy, who “are at the forefront of developer program management”.

CatchyAgencies have reported the following:

Every developer has heard about how and why they should monetize their apps. Developer conferences of every…