We’ve gotta give it to Microsoft… building a YouTube app for Windows Phone 8 that strips out advertising and allows users to download streaming videos was one hell of a way to get Google’s attention about the lack of an official app for the platform — even if it managed to attract ire at the [...]
Slashtop has a proven track record of bringing the full desktop experience to mobile devices, and now its expertise has come to Windows Phone 8 with the launch of the Splashtop 2 app. The remote desktop client for Redmond’s latest mobile OS is free to download until August 31st, and promises to connect you with [...]
Last week, Microsoft’s YouTube app for Windows Phone came under fire for not adhering to some of Google’s requirements. The result was an ultimatum from Mountain View, requesting that Microsoft make the necessary tweaks by May 22nd or pull the app entirely. Today, which just so happens to be that aforementioned date, Microsoft has released [...]
The service :* To work properly, WP Notifications requires that you activate the accessibility service “WP Notifications” (accessibility services are currently the only way to process user notifications on the Android OS).* You then have to use the “Monitoring” section to choose which apps should raise notifications, and how.* Status bar notifications must be enabled [...]
First and second place in the smartphone OS wars is a foregone conclusion with Android and iOS (respectively) strongly entrenched, but the battle for third place is now full of intrigue. BlackBerry and Microsoft have each stepped up their games with their respective BB10 and WP8 OS’s of late, but so far it’s Redmond prevailing [...]
Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore has just tweeted that, at some point today, BBC iPlayer is coming to Windows Phone 8. It’s been a long road getting to this point, as the BBC’s and Microsoft’s conflicting technologies don’t play nicely with each other — with this version being a browser-based shortcut rather than a fully-featured app. Still, [...]
We already got word from Nokia about some new Windows Phone features that’d be trickling out in a forthcoming update, and Microsoft has now filled in some more details on what other phone users can expect. In addition to FM radio support, an update said to be coming to Windows Phone 8 devices “later this [...]
The service :* To work properly, WP Notifications requires that you activate the accessibility service “WP Notifications” (accessibility services are currently the only way to process user notifications on the Android OS).* You then have to use the “Monitoring” section to choose which apps should raise notifications, and how.* Status bar notifications must be enabled [...]
While many browsers sync through the cloud, few know how to cope with the local network — what if we just want to push a file to another device nearby? Maxthon doesn’t think we should have to resort to an online service or a dedicated app for the purpose, so it’s rolling a LAN Transfer [...]
The Windows Phone 8 YouTube app has been woefully underutilized, acting more or less as a bookmark stand-in and redirecting users to the web. No more, as the app’s getting a major update today that makes it act more like a standard WP8 app — you can pin various components right into your Live Tile [...]
It was six months ago that Hulu Plus made its official debut on Windows 8 PCs and tablets. Now, Windows Phone users are about to suffer a similar loss of productivity. The WP8 app will be available today as a free download, featuring unlimited streaming and Live Tile support — provided you’re willing to fork [...]
We’ve heard talk of a GDR2 update coming to Windows Phone 8, including more recent claims of restored FM radio support and a double-tap-to-wake feature, but it’s been unclear when the mid-cycle refresh would show up. Telstra may have just given us a better clue: the Australian carrier tells customers on its support forums that [...]
Windows8 / Windows 8 +Launcher v1.5.1Requirements: Android 2.3+Overview: Windows8+ is Home launcher application which tries to provide Windows8 mobile like experience on your android device![break]Key features:1)Live tiles for gmail, news, weather, twitter, calendar , etc with many configuration options2)Drag and drop tile groups to re-order/change the position of tiles.3)Change icon/tile icon size using Menu >> Icon Size4)Select [...]
Rovio has given Windows Phone users a fresh reason to fire up Angry Birds — something to the tune of 100 vexing new levels. Also unique this time around, the game introduces support for Xbox Live achievements and leaderboards on Windows Phone 8. Rather than an update, however, this is a re-release of Angry Birds; [...]
Requirements: Android 3.0+ It’s just same with Windows 7 Task Bar! You can multitasking and task-kill everywhere, anytime. Tab the start button to show/hide the task bar and Long press it to show/hide the start menu. * In some versions of MIUI, you are supposed to check ‘Show popup window’ in application setting. ***** Sale up [...]