Nokia have announced that the company will be bringing ESPN Radio to the Windows Phone Marketplace. ESPN Marketplace offers 35 different sports radio podcasts as well as SportsCenter. The radio is updated every 20 minutes and offers live broadcasts of all ESPN radio stations. The app...

The release of Windows 8 and its mobile counterpart are fast approaching, but things aren’t looking so good for an official partner. HTC has reported 26.8% revenue loss for Q2 2012, mainly because of the lukewarm reception of the HTC One series of Android phones. The HTC One X...

Nokia is all about the exclusive deals these days, and rightly so. The exclusive apps like ESPN and CNN are good ways of differentiating. Another app that Nokia got exclusive rights to was the 2.0 update for the Weather Channel. We’re seeing some more of that partnership shine...

Like many of Microsoft’s products these days, the new Outlook.com is special. Outlook.com has been built to work on a wide variety of screen sizes and input devices. In a post on the Office blog Microsoft talks a little about how Outlook.com scales and rearranges itself to fit...

Yesterday we got some bad news about the name that has represented the “New Microsoft” image. We’re talking about “Metro,” the name that has been used to describe the Windows Phone design, Windows 8 Start Screen layer, and pretty much every new app that...

This morning we’ve been hearing reports from a couple sources that WhatsApp has been removed from the Marketplace. The team over at WPCentral has received similar reports. We’re not sure why the app has disappeared, but the good news is there are alternatives. Until we hear...

A couple days ago we got a blurry glimpse at some new Start Screen patterns in Windows 8. Today we’ve got a much clearer look at these crazy, fun new patterns. The new patterns are much more colorful and exotic than the current minimal choices. There are now 20 different patterns...

With the release of Windows 8 barreling down upon us, we’ve been keeping an eye on the Windows Store to see just what apps will be available for launch. The store is currently open for business and is accepting paid apps, so we expect there to be a high influx of new apps available...

Despite many people claiming Microsoft hurt its bottom dollar by announcing Windows Phone 8 features so early, Windows Phone marketshare growth continues. In fact, in the period between Q2 2011 and Q2 2012, the platform grew 277%. This means a jump from 1.2% marketshare up to 3.2%. This...

Now that the final build of Windows 8 is complete and has been shipped off to OEMs for release on October 26th, let’s have a look at a few apps that will be available then. Courtesy of the Neowin forums, we have a look at the new Minesweeper above, but also additional apps that...