All Snapchat clients disappeared from the Store

Snapchat hates Windows Phone

Snapchat, a popular messaging service available on iOS and Android, keeps ignoring millions of Windows phone users around the globe by not giving them access to official Snapchat app. But now Snapchat is playing dirty. The … Read More

Lumia Moments creates Action shots and Living Images from videos

Works only on Lumia 830, 930, and 1520 with Denim

In addition to the Denim update, Microsoft is launching a brand new camera app for the following PureView smartphones – Nokia Lumia 830, Lumia 930, Lumia Icon, and Lumia 1520. … Read More

LINE buys MixRadio from Microsoft

MixRadio will continue as a third-party app

Relatively popular messaging service LINE has reached an agreement with Microsoft to acquire the music streaming app MixRadio. Microsoft bought MixRadio from Nokia as part of the Device & Services unit, but Redmond … Read More

Shazam receives a big update

Faster song recognition, new UI and song pages

Shazam has released a major update to its Windows Phone application improving all functionalities, introducing a new user interface, and other interesting things.

Shazam 4.0 represents a huge improvement over the previous … Read More

Lumia Storyteller painted in black after a massive overhaul

Dark theme, new Timeline, and other changes

Lumia Storyteller has got a massive update bringing a black theme instead of white, optimization for large screen devices, improved sharing, new menu and more.

Version 4.0 comes with a new Timeline section … Read More

Skype Translator Preview is now available for those who signed up

Microsoft begins public testing of real-time translation on Windows 8.1 & Windows 10

The real-time voice and text translation tool called Skype Translator is entering the Preview stage as Microsoft now allows users who signed up for the service to … Read More

New Lumia app from Microsoft for touchless interaction with the phone

Gestures is a new Lumia-exclusive app

An entirely new way to interact with a Lumia smartphone is now available as Microsoft has released a new application in Beta called Lumia Gestures. This is a nice and handy tool for all … Read More

GPS Voice Navigation is $2.99 for the next 3 days

60% price drop for 3 days

The #1 paid travel and navigation app for Windows Phone, GPS Voice Navigation goes on a bargain season 60% price drop for 3 days.

GPS Voice Navigation provides turn-by-turn voice-guided navigation in 8 different … Read More

Lumia’s Glance Screen gains Lock Screen photo integration

Lock screen and Glance screen can now show one photo

One of the most distinctive features of some Lumia smartphones, a functionality called ‘Glance Screen’ that displays important information and notifications at a glance, has been updated with full photo … Read More

OneDrive for Windows Phone gets a better design

The confusing Android-like UI is almost gone

OneDrive has received a lot of updates in the past few months, adding new features, menus, and changes to the interface. The previous update introduced a hamburger menu and changed the typical for … Read More

Skype Qik and Fhotoroom pick up new features in latest updates

New menu for Skype Qik, new editing tools for Fhotoroom

Two of the apps we are following closely at Windows Phone Area have gained new features in latest updates. For Skype Qik, the new instant video messaging app, the update … Read More

App Updates: HERE, Swarm, Sleeve Music

HERE Drive+ and Transit are now free for WP8.0 users

A couple of popular apps got updated in the Windows Phone store. HERE navigation package is now 100% free for all users who are on the older Windows phone version … Read More