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LinkedIn App for Windows Phone Released

Those of you who use the professional network LinkedIn will be happy to know they have released an app for Windows Phone.  As usual, this app makes great use of Metro and is another great addition to the lineup of Windows Phone apps.

With the LinkedIn app you can check… Continue reading

GameSavvy for Windows Phone – Game News Reader

Windows Phone users who like to keep up with the latest gaming news will be interested to take a look at GameSavvy.  This app pulls RSS feeds from popular gaming sites bringing the latest video game related news to your Windows Phone device.

GameSavvy is free and can be found in the Marketplace.

GameSavvy

SkyDrive Gets Updates, New Apps, and New Storage Plans

This is a huge day for SkyDrive as several big improvements and features launched today.  We knew SkyDrive is going to have great integration with Windows 8, but today we can have some of that with Windows 7 and other platforms as well.

The SkyDrive blog on MSDN gives the… Continue reading

Skype 1.0 Available Now for Windows Phone

The Skype app for Windows Phone has been available as a beta for a few months, and today marks the official release of Skype 1.0 for Windows Phone.

More language support has been added along with several features.

Some of these include:

Wunderlist Available for Windows Phone 7

Wunderlist is a popular task manager already available on multiple platforms, and today they announced the availability on Windows Phone.  Wunderlist already had a great looking UI, and it seems they were able to merge their design ideas with Metro and I have to say it looks great.

On first… Continue reading

Skype for Windows Phone Beta Now Available

Microsoft has made available the first beta for Skype for Windows Phone.  Mobile World Congress is going on this week so there is lots of mobile news coming out, and this is definitely welcome news for Windows Phone owners.

“One of the things we know people want to do on their… Continue reading

Free Windows Phone Devices for Public Sector Developers

If you are a public sector developer looking to develop a Windows Phone app for the public sector then you can get your hands on a free device from Microsoft.

They are offering two options:

  1. Government Developer: You can request a device (as a loaner) for one month – after… Continue reading

Facebook for Windows Phone 2.3 Released

The Facebook for Windows Phone app has been updated today to version 2.3.  This update brings quite a few new features and fixes much of

which was based on community feedback.

New in this update:

  • News feed performance improvements
  • New panorama design.
  • New profile design.
  • Banner Images.
  • Improved navigation.
  • Pages… Continue reading

Windows Observer App for Windows Phone Released

WindowsObserver.com is a fantastic site to get the latest news and happenings on Windows and tech in general.  Operated by Richard Hay, a great guy and fellow Microsoft MVP, they have launched a companion app for the site for Windows Phone 7.

While you’re mobile, you can use the Windows… Continue reading

Seesmic Launches Seesmic Ping

Seesmic has launched Seesmic Ping as a free beta today.  Seesmic Ping is the heir to Ping.fm and allows you to post your status, images, links, etc. to several networks at once.  Right now the beta supports the most popular social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

Seesmic Ping also… Continue reading