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Dish is a little late to the social television party, but it has finally arrived with the aptly (if not creatively) named Social app. The app, available on Hopper DVRs, shows personal Facebook, Twitter or Now Watching feeds — which displays tweets relevant to the show and channel being viewed — in a right rail alongside the video window. Social also enables full tweeting functionality and the ability to post Facebook status updates to up to four accounts for either social network. Lastly, the app delivers data about the amount of Twitter action related to the program being watched, such as the number of tweets in the past hour and where those tweets are coming from. Not bad, eh? All you Dish customers no longer need a second screen to spew forth your digital vitriol the next time David Benioff and D.B. Weiss kill off your favorite resident of Westeros.

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Most people alternative between using their smartphone and computer for doing various tasks, such as downloading media and taking images. As such, keeping files in sync between the smartphone and laptop is important, and also a bit time consuming if attempted to be done manually. Because of this, Microsoft created the Windows Phone App for Desktop, which allows Windows Phone users to sync media to a PC. Today that app was updated with improvements and expanded support.

Using the Windows Phone App for Desktop, users can sync media files, such as music and photographs, from a Windows Phone to a PC running Windows, keeping things organized and accessible across multiple devices. The desktop app has been around for a little over six months now, up until now having been available as a preview version. It is no longer in preview mode, and has been updated across a few spectrums.

Included in the update, which is available for download now, is expanded support for podcasts, in particular support for podcasts beyond iTunes podcasts, which has been a feature in previous preview versions of the desktop app. Now podcast listeners can sync any podcasts automatically to a Windows Phone handset if the audio files are saved in a folder on the corresponding PC.

Getting updates for the desktop app has also been simplified over the preview versions, updating more in the same fashion as other applications. Rather than having to head over to WindowsPhone.com to grab the updates manually, users will enjoy having an automatic notification appear when updates are available, which can then be downloaded via an “update” click in a nearly hands-free manner.

The ability to sync from various libraries was also expanded quite a bit, giving users more flexibility over previous versions. Rather than being limited in what libraries can be synced, users can now sync any library or folder on their PC to their phone, including those located on external drives. Those three aside, the rest concern bug fixes, which Microsoft says was based on feedback it received from the various preview versions of the app.

SOURCE: Windows Phone Blog

Microsoft rolls out updated Windows Phone App for Desktop is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Eager to get your mitts on NVIDIA’s first Tegra 4 device? Cast your jealous eyes upon the federal government — they’ve already got one. NVIDIA’s Shield gaming handheld dropped by the FCC to get its label approved, betraying its original code name, Project Thor, in the processes. Hardly a surprise to see the device passing federal muster, of course, as it’s slated for release at the end of next month. Unfortunately, the filings don’t reveal any hidden goodies (that is, no cellular radio), just a standard WiFi antenna. Still, if label location drawings and test reports are your thing, check out the FCC link below.

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Microsoft has stepped forward to put money where their mouth is, counting on a $1 billion investment to push forward exclusive Xbox One game development.

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