Windows Phone 8.1 will gain a Siri-style virtual personal assistant in an update expected in the first half of 2014, sources claim, with the new version also said to bring the much-anticipated notification center. Currently being internally tested though not expected to be publicly detailed until BUILD 2014 in April, The Verge reports, the update […]
There’s a little bit of a shift going on at Instagram, one that makes the person-to-person exchange a real deal. This update is called “Instagram Direct”, and it’s essentially a messaging service inside the photo-taking social network. This update is coming to iOS today in Instagram 5.0, Android’s Instagram 5.0 today as well – the […]
Skype for Windows Phone 8 has just received an update, where it ought to come with upgraded features, while the version number of the app will be knocked up to 2.13. According to Microsoft, the new Windows Phone 8 Skype app will see the inclusion of a feature that most instant messaging (IM) users have been waiting for a long time, that is, the ability for one to copy as well as paste messages. Microsoft shared, “You can now press and hold an IM message, select copy and paste it to where you need it.”
Apart from that, this particular new version is also tipped to hasten the load time whenever you want to kick off the Skype app from the Windows Phone live tile. Not only that, your eyes will also be pleased to hear that there is a new high contrast mode which can be enabled whenever a Windows Phone display has its settings set to high contrast. Do bear in mind that Microsoft has already stopped support for the Windows Phone 7 Skype app because they want to concentrate on the existing Windows Phone 8 version. We also hope to see that the future Windows Phone 8.1 version of Skype that is tipped to roll out sometime next year, will be a whole lot of fun as well. Looks like Windows Phone 8 is a platform that is getting more and more social! [Press Release]
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Slightly more than a couple of years ago, we did talk about Microsoft jumping aboard the social networking bandwagon with the announcement of Microsoft Socl. Well, that has more or less ended up as a failure, as it did not take off as intended. Still, the Microsoft Research team did roll out Socl in beta form, which is still alive, and they have now launched the Microsoft Socl app on the iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8 mobile operating systems. These mobile apps intend to spread the reach of Socl, where it will deliver a slew of features to those who are on the move, including the ability to create/share collages as well as “funny memes”, not to mention the whole point of it being a social network – which is, to network with various folks.
Here is a wee bit of history concerning Socl – this particular service happened to be known within Microsoft’s inner circles as Tulalip back in its early days, where Microsoft called it a product or service which would hopefully assist users to “find what you need and share what you know easier than ever.” Socl’s objective at this point in time is not meant to duke it out with the 800lbs gorilla such as Facebook, but intends to be complementary to the likes of Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest and Facebook.
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One might forgive an average joe for equating Samsung exclusively with Android smartphone. The Korean company makes some of the most popular Android devices on the market, while on the one hand its arsenal is full of Android powered smartphones, Samsung hasn’t made many Windows Phone 8 powered devices. It launched a WP8 flagship back in late 2012, the Ativ S, and since then has only released two other similar devices, the Ativ Odyssey and the Ativ Neo S. If latest rumors are to be believed, the company might launch a Windows Phone 8 flagship smartphone in 2014.
It reportedly touts the model number SM-W750V, there aren’t too many details available about the expectation specifications of this device, however it is believed to have a 5 inch display. Seeing as how Windows Phone 8 GDR3 update brought support for quadcore processors and full 1080p HD displays, one can expect both of them to be included in the company’s Windows Phone 8 flagship smartphone. Given the fact that the Ativ S was essentially a WP variant of the Galaxy S3, it can be argued that perhaps the SM-W750V might be a Windows Phone 8 variant of the upcoming Galaxy S5. The Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone is expected to have a metal body, a 64-bit Exynos Processor, a 20 megapixel camera with optical image stabilization and an eye scanner.
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After an approval at the hands of the United States Department of Justice, the Microsoft acquisition of Nokia‘s hardware and services departments has been given the thumbs-up by European Union antitrust regulators. This is the last large approval the companies needed before they moved forward with the acquisition – they’ll now be free to roll […]
There are a mighty number of hurdles a set of companies must go over before they join forces and become one in the United States, especially when they’re such titans as Microsoft and Nokia. What’s been approved today by the folks at the United States Department of Justice is the pending acquisition of Nokia’s mobile […]
This week the Windows 8.1 (formerly known as “Blue”) software update continues to roll out as it has for the past several weeks, making way for the same sort of push for Windows Phone devices this spring. What’s just appearing this week for news on the generation after this one is the likes of “Threshold”, […]
It would appear that the first appearance of the Nokia Lumia 520 as the most common smartphone in use across the world earlier this year was not just a fluke. Not by any stretch of the imagination. Instead we’re seeing this device continue to grow in popularity, quite likely because of its relative low cost […]
Having already released GTA III and GTA Vice City, the folks at Rockstar Games have announced this week that they’ll be bringing on the likes of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas to Android this December. This release will be the biggest and the best in this sort of genre for the Android, iOS, or Windows […]
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