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Video: Skype Translator Demo – sign up for the preview

Video: Skype Translator Demo – sign up for the preview

| November 13, 2014 | 1 Reply

Advertisements Voice translators aren’t anything new but implementing them automatically over video chat is a neat and interesting way to use it. It feels one step closer to that automatic translation thing they have in Star Trek. It’s not perfect, but it gives a much better understanding of what the other person is saying if […]

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ALL Lumia WP8 will get Windows 10, Lumia Windows 10 models in the future

ALL Lumia WP8 will get Windows 10, Lumia Windows 10 models in the future

| November 13, 2014 | 10 Replies

  It’s nice to have this in writing from Official sources. Lumia account tweets that there will be Windows 10 upgrades for ALL Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices (not sure about other OEMS…the focus is more Lumia here. e.g. windowsphone twitter is lumia). That’s nice to know for certain that units from 2012 (920) and […]

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Create polished movies with Movie Creator BETA for WindowsPhone

Create polished movies with Movie Creator BETA for WindowsPhone

| November 13, 2014 | 1 Reply

LumCov says you can make polished movies on their latest app, Movie Creator BETA. You can use up to 25 videos/photos/cinemagraphs/living images. App Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/movie-creator-beta/db71b2c6-a486-4b80-b37f-5e94feae8d27?signin=true Features: edit the length of your footage freely move the various clips to different places on your video timeline add text cards, captions and various filters pan and zoom, and rotate. […]

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Lumia #MakeItHappen  Vine Teaser

Lumia #MakeItHappen Vine Teaser

| November 13, 2014 | 1 Reply

Lumia has a vine to tease the #MakeItHappen campaign. They’ve got a competition running where a secret event will take place in London. What is it about? Via: Reddit

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The new burning platform? Windows users in the cold as Microsoft focuses on iOS and Android

The new burning platform? Windows users in the cold as Microsoft focuses on iOS and Android

| November 13, 2014 | 36 Replies

Ding, dong, the bells of doom. Yet another similarly themed post about Microsoft’s treatment of WindowsPhone users. This time, from TheVerge’s Microsoft guy, Tom Warren. Looking at the comments, there seems to be an abandon ship phenomenon as users are getting angry over Microsoft’s treatment of them. http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/13/7213489/microsoft-leaves-windows-users-in-the-cold In Tom’s opinion, Microsoft’s services ARE better […]

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Midrange Selfie Wars: Nokia Lumia 730 vs Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime

Midrange Selfie Wars: Nokia Lumia 730 vs Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime

| November 13, 2014 | 1 Reply

Two 5MP front facing selfie loving mid-range handsets are put side by side in this comparison. Nokia Lumia 730 with WP on the left, Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime on the right. Lumia: 4.7″ 720p (1280×720) display, Gorilla Glass 3, Clear Black, Super Sensitive Touch Quadcore Snapdragon 400 1GB RAM 6.7MP back camera, 1080p stereo 5MP front, […]

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MJF: Why go windows in a platform neutral Microsoft?

MJF: Why go windows in a platform neutral Microsoft?

| November 12, 2014 | 21 Replies

Over at ZDNet, Mary Jo Foley addresses a growing concern amongst those who use Windows, particularly on a phone. If Microsoft are catering their services to everyone equally, and in a few instances, pandering to Apple and Google first, what’s the point in using their OS? The backlash comes after users are getting tired of […]

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The Last Nokia Lumia Flagships: Lumia 930 vs. Lumia 830 – What’s the difference?

The Last Nokia Lumia Flagships: Lumia 930 vs. Lumia 830 – What’s the difference?

| November 12, 2014 | 8 Replies

PhoneDog take the last few Nokia branded Lumia (flagships) and compares the differences between the Nokia Lumia 930 (the 1520 phablet flagship condensed) and it’s very similar sibling, the Nokia Lumia 830 (the affordable flagship). Screen wise, the 830 is said to look just as sharp. But AMOLED vs LCD, colours are more vibrant on […]

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Marques Brownlee’s Dream Smartphone – with Nokia influence #MKBHD

Marques Brownlee’s Dream Smartphone – with Nokia influence #MKBHD

| November 12, 2014 | 1 Reply

MKBHD talks about his dream smartphone. This is based on the features of various current smartphones – a frankenphone. It gets Nokia influences in terms of design, with a ‘soft touch’ finish. You would have thought that Camera would have been another area but Marques wants 4K video (which rules iPhone out). Shame we don’t […]

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