Advertisements According to WPC, the highly anticipated Nokia codename “McLaren” has been killed. It seemed to be verging on very exciting; a handset that was going to leapfrog in hardware and software. Rubino’s article seems to state that 3D touch on WP is no more. A new paradigm of interaction requires everyone else to […]
MixRadio’s future has been up in the air following today’s news on job cuts. Good news is, MixRadio is sticking around, but will be looking to go solo. Jyrki Rosenberg, head of MixRadio told Music Ally that they’re “planning a spin-off.” Whilst MS will focus on the WP platform, and making sure its “the best […]
Earlier, we got news of a dramatic shift at Microsoft that potentially will see 18,000 employees displaced and forced to find other opportunities. Most of these will be related to the acquisition of Nokia’s Devices and Services business. We’ve also gotten word of Nokia’s Asha and X devices being ceased, as well as MixRadio now […]
Hey guys, here’s a very quick, short unboxing of both the Nokia X and Nokia Lumia 930. I’m still in the middle of uni  project deadlines (less than 24 hours to go for submission of main piece). I’ve submitted mine already but I may need to do some changes. Whilst on my break, the […]
The Tahkalampi update for Jolla Sailfish (version v1.0.8.19) was made available to those with ‘TheFirstOnes” TOH yesterday and then shortly to all a few hours later…so this should be everyone now. What’s new? Easily switch between open Android apps in the homescreen by tapping on their respective active covers i.e they are no longer […]
Project Adam is demoed on a Nokia Lumia. What is it? It’s something that can identify animals – dogs in this instance. Snap a picture and it works out what breed it is. Here’s more on Project Adam. It’s not actually dog recognition software, it’s about Learning and Artificial Intelligence. http://blogs.microsoft.com/next/2014/07/14/microsoft-research-shows-advances-artificial-intelligence-project-adam/ Using 30 times fewer […]
The other day we linked to a Reddit video looking back at the ZUNE HD and the intriguing music player UI that we now see has influenced WP. Unfortunately with the latest iterations, folks aren’t so happy with what the WP team did to the actual music player. But there’s a bit of nostalgia over […]
Janne has found some more clues to hints towards consumer products by Nokia’s HERE division. Cheers Janne! ____ Nokia’s HERE division has posted a range of job ads about “HERE Everyday Adventure”. Many of the ads were posted four months ago, but the most recent one less than a month ago. Some choice quotes: The Everyday […]
Although Windows Phone had some voice control features from the onset, Microsoft had actually developed something more akin to what we see in Cortana back in the day. It’s just that only now we’re really getting to see it. Before Cortana, there was Louise. Here she is adding appointments, reminders and showing points of […]
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