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Spotify gets updated to version 5.1 with new features
February 26, 2015 | DiyanLast.FM scrobbling, renaming playlists and more in the latest update
After a major design revamp with version 5.0 introduced in late January, Spotify for Windows Phone keeps improving with new features and overall performance improvements in version 5.1 which is … Read More
Google just bought Softcard and killed the Windows Phone app
February 26, 2015 | MichaelWindows Phone users are left without NFC payments
Softcard is the only NFC payment solution available on Windows Phone (for AT&T and Verizon Wireless), but very soon all current Softcard customers won’t be able to use a ‘pay to tap’ … Read More
Microsoft will release a location-sharing app ‘People Sense’
February 21, 2015 | Windows Phone Area 1People Sense will replace Rooms in Windows 10
Microsoft may be killing its ‘Rooms’ service soon, but a brand new app called ‘People Sense’ (codenamed ‘Buddy Aware’) will replace ‘Rooms’ in Windows 10 for Phones, as per a video leaked … Read More
Dropbox scores an update, US users get 100GB free storage on OneDrive
February 20, 2015 | MichaelShared folders can be managed from the app
Dropbox has pushed a small update to its Windows Phone app. Version 1.1 comes with the ability to create and manage shared folders from the phone. In addition, the Windows Phone app … Read More
Get free 100GB on OneDrive for 2 years
February 19, 2015 | Windows Phone AreaBing Rewards Bonus gives you 100GB free storage
Microsoft is expanding its Bing Rewards Bonus program giving users 100GB free storage on OneDrive Cloud outside the territory of the United States. After clicking on a special link (below) to claim … Read More
Camera360 Sight: Review
February 17, 2015 | Diyan 1The best camera app after Lumia Camera
Lumia Camera has been probably the best app to capture photos so far. It offers full manual settings, intuitive user interface and cool features like 4k video recording (for some high-end phones). Photo … Read More
Cortana coming to Office apps
February 7, 2015 | Windows Phone AreaCortana to be integrated into Office for app devices
Microsoft is working on extending Cortana’s capabilities to the Office apps for all Windows 10 devices. Windows Blog Italia has posted leaked screenshots showing an internal project called ‘Work Assistant’.
This … Read More
Office Lens now converts photos directly into PDFs with selectable text
February 6, 2015 | MichaelOffice Lens app improves functionality
Microsoft’s tool for scanning documents, whiteboards and photos using the smartphone camera, has received an important update adding the ability to save scanned documents directly in PDF files.
In addition to Word, OneNote and Powerpoint … Read More
TeamViewer is back in the Windows Store
February 3, 2015 | MichaelThe app returns to Windows Phone with new features
After disappearing from the Store a week ago, PC popular remote control app TeamViewer returns to Windows Phone with a new version. TeamViewer v.10.1 adds a transparent Live Tile, ‘Forgot My … Read More
Xbox Music for Windows Phone 8.1 gets a small update
February 1, 2015 | MichaelXbox Music picks up another bug-fixing update
Windows Phone’s Xbox Music app gets a new version, available only for smartphones running the latest OS – Windows Phone 8.1.
Xbox Music v 2.6.657.0 is live in the Store, unfortunately without an … Read More
Phone Insider renamed to Windows Insider, Windows 10 is coming
January 30, 2015 | Windows Phone AreaWindows 10 for phones expected in February
Microsoft revealed on January 21 that the first pre-release build of Windows 10 for smartphones would be released through the new Insider program in February. Today is January 30, and we may be … Read More
Tetra Lockscreen shows 3-day forecast after new update
January 29, 2015 | DiyanMicrosoft’s Garage project adds new features
The first major update of Tetra Lockscreen is now ready to download from the Windows Phone Store. This app launched a few months ago with a limited availability – non all countries and smartphones … Read More