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Asphalt 7: Heat races its way to Windows Phone

Craig Lloyd, Feb 28th 2013 Discuss [0]

Windows Phone devices may not have caught up to the popularity of iOS and Android just yet, but developers aren't ignoring the platform by any means. Case in point: Gameloft just released its newest racing game, Asphalt 7: Heat, into the Windows Phone Store, where Windows Phone 8 users can play the game on their Microsoft-driven device. Read The Full Story

ABI ranks Apple App Store tops at start of 2013

Chris Burns, Jan 2nd 2013 Discuss [0]

In a mix of user interface usage, number crunching, and good ol' analytics, the group known as ABI Research has revealed that Apple's App Store has their top score in the mobile application storefronts category here at the start of 2013. The report they've released ranks stores based on both implementation and innovation with Apple winning the overall combined score over both the Google Play app store and Microsoft's Windows Store, Google's working for Android and Microsoft's working for Windows Phone devices. Read The Full Story

Windows Phone Marketplace surpasses 125,000 apps milestone

Eric Abent, Oct 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

We're just a few days away from Microsoft's big Windows Phone 8 launch event, and today we're receiving a bit of encouraging news about the Windows Phone Marketplace. All About Windows Phone has announced that the Windows Phone Marketplace has passed the 125,000 apps milestone, with a total of 126,530 apps being published to the marketplace in the past 20 months. It's important to keep in mind that these aren't official numbers from Microsoft, but All About Windows Phone has been right on the money when talking about published Marketplace apps plenty of times in the past. Read The Full Story

Microsoft temporarily stops publishing new Windows Phone apps

Eric Abent, Aug 15th 2012 Discuss [0]

It appears that Microsoft is having some issues with a few new Windows Phone 7.5 apps, and as a result has decided to stop publishing new ones as it works on delivering a fix. According to a recent post on the Microsoft blog, there's a glitch with the digital certificates used to sign apps, meaning that some apps which were published in the last few days aren't installing properly. Microsoft also says that the problem has nothing to do with your phone, so at least you don't have to worry about that. Read The Full Story

Nokia Maps updated with support for Groupon Now! deals

Eric Abent, Aug 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

If you love Groupon deals and have a phone capable of running Nokia Maps, then boy does Nokia have the update for you. Today, Nokia's Pino Bonetti announced that Nokia Maps has been updated and now includes support for Groupon Now! deals. This means that you're never too far from the next great Groupon deal, as Groupon Now! allows you to purchase them and use them immediately. Pretty cool, no? Read The Full Story

Twitter for Windows Phone adds push notifications

Ben Kersey, Jun 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

Windows Phone has had an official Twitter client since launch, but several features have been missing from the app. Chief among them was push notifications, which has been curiously absent from the client even though Microsoft implemented push across the platform via Toast quite some time ago. WPCentral has noticed that the Twitter client has finally received an update to support push notifications. Read The Full Story

Nokia rolls out Lumia 900 Camera Extras app

Rue Liu, Jun 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Nokia has begun rolling out new camera features for its Lumia 900 smartphones in the US and China. The new features are bundled in a Camera Extras app that can be downloaded from the Nokia Collection in the Windows Phone Marketplace. It brings four new camera capabilities, including smart group shot, action shot, panorama, and self-timer. Read The Full Story

Microsoft aims to keep Marketplace app quality high

Ben Kersey, May 1st 2012 Discuss [7]

Microsoft has taken to the Windows Team Blog in order to clarify guidelines relating to apps submitted and published to the Windows Phone Marketplace. It comes as the Marketplace continues to see steady growth, with Todd Brix detailing how the team intends to keep the quality of apps high. Brix has outlined four basic principles that the team will be following in order to make that happen. Read The Full Story

Microsoft and Nokia cough up €18m app kickstarter

Chris Davies, Mar 26th 2012 Discuss [2]

Microsoft and Nokia have jointly committed up to €18m ($24m) to train and support app developers as part of the new AppCampus program, though the cash will go to Symbian and S40 coders as well as Windows Phone. The new fund will support the freshly established mobile application development program at Aalto University in Finland, "to create a new generation of self-sustaining mobile startups" as well as ensuring that Windows Phone and the other platforms hopefully don't go without key titles in future. Read The Full Story

Windows Phone Marketplace launches in five new countries

Rue Liu, Feb 3rd 2012 Discuss [3]

Microsoft announced today that its Windows Phone Marketplace is opening up in five new countries. Those countries include Argentina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, and the Philippines. Users in these regions will have to make sure their devices are updated to Windows Phone 7.5 in order to access the Marketplace. Read The Full Story

Windows Phone Marketplace hits 50k apps, here’s three anchors that matter

Chris Burns, Dec 27th 2011 Discuss [18]

When it comes to applications for the mobile platform, it's essentially the same situation for any device ecosystem as it is for a mall: anchor stores are necessary to keep the whole structure active - and the same is true of the Windows Phone Marketplace which just this week hit 50,000 apps. This isn't the highest amount of apps in a mobile market, not by a long shot, but with an environment for apps that is, as many Windows Phone fans will tell you, still developing, it's certainly a milestone to be proud of. What you've got to keep this all anchored down is a set of apps that everyone wants, everyone needs! Let's have a brief look at what those are. Read The Full Story

Windows Phone execs keep shuffling: App Store merge mulled

Chris Davies, Dec 20th 2011 Discuss [2]

Microsoft's Windows Phone team has lost another top-tier exec, as the company's General Manager for Developer and Marketplace, Matt Bencke, has been quietly moved to the Xbox LIVE team. Bencke's role changed at the end of November, ZDNet's sources claim, preceding Windows Phone chief Andy Lees being apparently "benched" for over-promising and under-delivering; the shift could be a sign that Microsoft is looking to move Windows Phone - or its marketing, at least - into the Windows division. Read The Full Story