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Archive for April 7th, 2014

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App Highlight: Daily Explosm – Cyanide and Happiness Comic Viewer for WP

App Highlight: Daily Explosm – Cyanide and Happiness Comic Viewer for WP

| April 7, 2014 | 3 Replies

Advertisements Cyanide and Happiness is a pretty awesome web comic, that never fails (well usually) to get a laugh out of me, from their obscene and sometimes offensive comics to their slightly more tame ones. They also have an official Android and iOS app, but naturally no such app exists for WP; until now. Daily […]

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2 Scheduled GDR Updates for WP 8.1, July & August 2014

2 Scheduled GDR Updates for WP 8.1, July & August 2014

| April 7, 2014 | 7 Replies

Although WP 81 hasn’t even hit our phones yet (developers or not), it seems Microsoft are hard at work on the next updates; or “GDR” (general distribution release). According to the ever reliable Tom Warren, Microsoft will release two GDR updates for WP 8.1, the soonest of which should be available in July (about a […]

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MNBRG: Idea: Pin to Bottom, Pin to Top for start screen Live Tiles.

MNBRG: Idea: Pin to Bottom, Pin to Top for start screen Live Tiles.

| April 7, 2014 | 9 Replies

We got a nice email from Erick who shared the screenshot above. As you know pinning things to the start screen was the essence of WP. Erick has an idea Hey, Jay!!   Big fan writes you from Ecuador. This wont be a long one: Have you noticed when you have pinned more than 10 […]

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Spot that Nokia: Future of Product Placement in Film and TV, add products AFTER filming?

Spot that Nokia: Future of Product Placement in Film and TV, add products AFTER filming?

| April 7, 2014 | 3 Replies

Matt Leech tweeted us the image above, it was a clip from a BBC Click episode. Nokia’s quite assertive regarding their product placement in film and TV and music videos etc. You guys with the eagle eyes have instantly found them. In the clip below we see how this type of advertising by physical product […]

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New Qualcomm 64 bit chips, 808 and their fastest ever – Snapdragon 810.

New Qualcomm 64 bit chips, 808 and their fastest ever – Snapdragon 810.

| April 7, 2014 | 8 Replies

  The newly announced Qualcomm 64 bit chips, the Snapdragon 808 and 810 are Qualcomm’s most powerful offering to date. Imagine this power in the next imaging beast that follows the 1020.   810 Optimized for exceptionally low power consumption – doesn’t sacrifice performance 4K interface and video Upgraded Camera Suite 1080p at 120FPS 4K […]

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The eccentric Nokia lady goes for Solar Suit – Solar charging indoors. #Sustainability

The eccentric Nokia lady goes for Solar Suit – Solar charging indoors. #Sustainability

| April 7, 2014 | 13 Replies

Another episode of strangeness as we see the eccentric Finnish lady here trying out a solar suit. Part of the whole Sustainability theme, from converting CDs into a case or dancing for battery life. It’s actually surprisingly well done. The panels resemble a suit of armour. Not practical but definitely something that wouldn’t be amiss […]

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Auto/always listening Cortana needs new Hardware/Software combo suggests Belfiore.

Auto/always listening Cortana needs new Hardware/Software combo suggests Belfiore.

| April 7, 2014 | 10 Replies

When asked whether Cortana would always be listening like Xbox, Xbox One or Moto X, belfiore says not in the current hardware software combination. And not for the initial wave of phones despite new software tweaks as it would apparently need its own hardware support. e.g. own low power audio processor. Do the snapdragon 800 […]

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FM Radio now its own separate app in WP8.1

FM Radio now its own separate app in WP8.1

| April 7, 2014 | 6 Replies

Instead of being bundled into the Music Hub, FM radio is now its own app. Is this part of the hub decentralization or just coincidence? I’ve got no issue with it being in the hub but I do welcome it having its own place in the app list. Hopefully there might be some changes too. […]

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Video: New Nokia Asha Software update for 230, 500, 501, 502 and 503

Video: New Nokia Asha Software update for 230, 500, 501, 502 and 503

| April 7, 2014 | Reply

This video gives a hands on tour of the new Nokia Asha update. Enhanced selfie mode Panoramic photo guide One Drive Birthdays appear in fastlane Better twitter notifications Nokia Mix Radio

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