Archive for July, 2012

Windows Phone 8 will allow custom alert sounds, photo editing bui...

The Windows Phone 8 SDK leaks continue to pop up. Today we’ve got some info about audio alerts and the Photo Hub. In the...

Microsoft adds 15 more Start Screen patterns in Windows 8 final b...

Customization options in Windows 8 have been slowly getting better with each release. Latest builds include five Start Screen patterns to customize your Start Screen experience, but...

App Hub Maintenance Planned August 6th, Downtime Under 24 Hours

App Hub experience has been less than sub par for many Windows Phone developers. Even submitting our own recent WinSource app has been quite...

July Sees Most Growth Yet for Windows Phone

It’s been pretty bleak news for the past few months of Windows Phone growth, but it looks like July has stifled that somewhat. According...

Two Asus Windows 8 Tablets Get FCC Approval

Asus has been a big partner for Microsoft for the Windows 8 launch, as it was the first OEM partner that announced its plans...

WP8 Features New Live Tile Transitions and Notification Changes

We’ve seen several subtle changes from the Windows Phone 8 SDK that was leaked last week. In addition to multiple changes in live tile...

WP8 Bing Will Feature Local Deals in Searches

Over the past week or so we’ve had fun discovering new features of Windows Phone 8. Now it looks like Bing will be getting...

Weather Channel gets updated to 2.0, only available for Lumia dev...

The Weather Channel app is a solid weather app for Windows Phone, but updates have been few and far between. The good news is...

Microsoft’s wedge keyboard and mouse for Windows 8 get offi...

A few weeks ago we got a look at the leaked wedge keyboard and mouse for Windows 8. Today we’re getting a much clearer...

What apps do you have pinned in the “Pole Position” o...

Just like no two snowflakes are alike, no two Windows Phone Start Screens are alike. There is an almost infinite amount of configurations that can be...