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Windows Phone Marketplace now has more than 40,000 apps

, Nov 18th 2011 Discuss [9]

Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace has now reached more than 40,000 apps. It's a new milestone for the company just following its first anniversary in October when it celebrated hitting 35,000 apps. The data comes from AllAboutWindowsPhone, using their own tracking system and also breaking down the figure into percentages based on app categories. Read The Full Story

Nokia App Highlights curated store revealed

, Oct 26th 2011 Discuss [0]

Nokia’s own preloaded Windows Phone apps, Drive and Music, are just the start of the company’s software push on the new Lumia range. In addition, there’ll be a curated app environment not yet demonstrated at Nokia World; Keith Varty, Head of Ecosystem and Services at Nokia, told SlashGear that App Highlights will be a tile on the Windows Phone homescreen, featuring the company’s picks of the best WP7 software for new and established users. Read on for more details.

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Microsoft launches new web-based Windows Phone Marketplace

, Sep 27th 2011 Discuss [2]

Microsoft rolled out its major Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update today and has also opened the doors to a new web-based Windows Phone Marketplace that's looking rather slick. Perhaps taking a page from Android, Microsoft is allowing users to browse this new web portal and download apps directly to their devices. They've also added a "My Phone" page that lets you easily manage your Xbox Live profile, Windows Live email, SkyDrive, and the Find My Phone feature. Read The Full Story

Windows Phone Marketplace open for Mango app submissions

, Aug 23rd 2011 Discuss [4]

Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace has opened up its doors to app submissions for the upcoming Mango update. Back in July, Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace Senior Director Todd Brix had promised to start accepting submissions in late August and here we are with the Mango update rumored to launch in less than two weeks. Read The Full Story

Microsoft breaks 25,000 Windows Phone app barrier

, Jul 1st 2011 Discuss [7]

Microsoft has broken the 25,000 app barrier in the Windows Phone Marketplace, roughly half of which are free to download. The figure - which stands at 25,056 at time of writing - comes courtesy of software-tracker Windows Phone Applist, though Microsoft itself is yet to confirm the milestone. Read The Full Story

Windows Phone Marketplace Web Portal Preview

, May 25th 2011 Discuss [2]

During the Mango update reveal yesterday, Microsoft announced that it will be offering a web portal version of its Windows Phone Marketplace. Users would be able to access the marketplace catalog from the web, make purchases, and then send them directly to their handsets. Today, some extra details on the new web version have emerged. Read The Full Story

Online Windows Phone Marketplace portal due with Mango

, May 24th 2011 Discuss [1]

Microsoft has announced that it will be launching a web-version of the Windows Phone Marketplace, allowing users with WP smartphones to browse the catalog together with buy apps and send them directly to their handsets. The new service is due to go online in time with Windows Phone 7.1 Mango's arrival this fall. Read The Full Story

Nokia-branded Windows Phone app store incoming

, Apr 21st 2011 Discuss [1]

With the ink just dry on the contract between Nokia and Microsoft, new details on the Windows Phone partnership have emerged that detail a little more of what the two companies have committed to. We'll have to wait until late-2011 to see the first Nokia Windows Phones, but in the meantime some of the company's Ovi Maps goodness will be jumping over to the Microsoft platform. Meanwhile, there's also money saving news for those developers looking to make the leap from Symbian to Windows Phone. Read The Full Story

Dell Venue Pro Receiving Windows Phone 7 Update “Copy and Paste” Starting Today

, Mar 31st 2011 Discuss [0]

In addition to a Windows Phone 7 update, users of the Dell Venue Pro will be being sent a separate update for the handset that will provide additional enhancements and fixes. There's no ETA on this update, but the WP7 update is indeed rolling out to users today, March 31, 2011. This update is known as "Copy and Paste" and will continue to be released in a phased fashion over the next few weeks. Read The Full Story

Microsoft boosts free Windows Phone app submission allowance to 100

, Feb 25th 2011 Discuss [3]

Microsoft continues to lavish developers with freebies in the hope of boosting Windows Phone development, with the latest tidbit a dramatic increase in the number of free app submissions they can make to the Windows Phone Marketplace. As first revealed by ChevronWP7 developer Rafael Rivera, and later confirmed in the Windows Phone Marketplace Developer Newsletter, Microsoft has boosted free submissions from five to 100. Read The Full Story

Microsoft May Allow More Open-Source Apps In Windows Phone Marketplace Later On

, Feb 18th 2011 Discuss [3]

A Microsoft spokesperson just confirmed that the company is considering allowing more open-source licensed apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace. The response was in light of inquiries about their most recent Application Provider Agreement which bans a majority of open-source apps licensed under the GNU GPLv 3, GNU Affero General Public License version 3, the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3, and "any equivalents to the foregoing." Read The Full Story

Amazon App for Windows Phone 7 released

, Feb 10th 2011 Discuss [0]

Amazon has outed its latest mobile shopping app, and now Windows Phone 7 users can know the wallet-draining usefulness of having an easy way to browse the online retailer's shelves while on the move. The Amazon App for Windows Phone 7 uses the by-now-familiar side-scrolling Hub layout, in this case flipping between product overview, details, related items and reviews. Read The Full Story
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