Advertisements Another update for Microsoft’s Next Lockscreen on Android. This was previously mentioned already with the PIN/pattern lock and the additional languages. This time there’s a disabling of the home button which bypassed the lockscreen. Good to see the team working swiftly. Now to let us have some options for not having to ender the […]
Rajiv Suri speaks to Times India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Nokia-CEO-Rajiv-Suri-We-will-maintain-the-Nokia-feel-in-all-our-products/articleshow/46231813.cms The story returns to the Chennai factory, which is still frozen and unable to be sold. He says however that they’re close to selling it. 2M electronic equipment was made there last year, 50% exported. Perhaps the meeting with Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, may soon help with the un-freezing […]
Initially limited release, this wonderful 100GB promo gives more reason to switch over to OneDrive if you haven’t already or just continue using it more so. Extra OneDrive storage was the main reason I got Office 365 (cheaper as a student than the extra I was paying for). This won’t mean much change in storage […]
The Microsoft screenlock for Android got updated with pattern and pin unlock. WHAT’S NEW * Lock your phone with a PIN or Pattern! * Next Lock Screen is now available in three languages: English, Spanish and Chinese (Mandarin). * The home button press is now disabled, preventing accidental Once you set a pattern you can […]
Dear MNB Readers, Microsoft is feeling generous today as they are giving away 100 Gigabytes of OneDrive storage for up to 2 years for FREE. What’s the catch? Well….you have to sign up for Bing Rewards or be an existing Bing Rewards user and Bing Rewards is only available in the United States at the moment. […]
A developer has shared a link to their Instagram and Vine app for Symbian. Â Yes, Â Symbian. I thought it cannot post pics to instagram, Â ruling or possibly your need for this app. But it claims it can. Â Oddly, Â other than WP, Â third party instagram apps on android or iOS can’t post to instagram. Â Just manage […]
 As much as I joke about the love of demoing tile resizing,  especially when there are new tile sizes,  more clean consistent options are always welcome.  I reckon these look pretty great. A long vertical one and a fatter square. These images supposedly coming from a Lumia 1330, with a somewhat strange noted […]
Steve Litchfield compared the Lumia Camera 5 capabilities to extract 8mp images from 4k video. In comparison to what is sort of the gold standard, oversampling,  he says it does a terrific job.  Oversampling at 5MP is noticeably better  but it was surprisingly doing a ‘good enough job’ . The amount of work needed to […]
One of the myriad of awesome items in MixRadio’s package generously sent to us was the NFC Screen Sharing accessory (cheers guys!) This allows you to screenshare to any TV (as long as you can connect via HDMI directly or via converter). Sorry  I couldn’t get the unboxing  video up.  Already at  airport at time […]
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