Microsoft Updates YouTube App After Cease and Desist Order From Google

By Hannah Becker | 5/23/2013

After Google took issue with the way its YouTube app for Windows Phone 8 blocked ads and let users download content, Microsoft has issued an update to the app.

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WP Store Has 80% of Apple App Store's Top 25 Paid and Free Apps

By Hannah Becker | 5/3/2013

The app selection for the Windows Phone platform continues to grow, with the Store now offering 80% of the apps that are found in the Apple App Store's Top 25 list of paid and free apps.

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Short Lifecycle Support for Windows Phone Could Mean Upgrades Coming Soon

By Andy Patrizio | 3/25/2013

The rules are different for smartphones, which is why Windows Phone 8 support will end after just two years.

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Skype Updates Windows Phone 8 App with HD Video and People Hub

By Hannah Becker | 3/20/2013

A new update to Skype's Windows Phone 8 app brings HD video for higher-end handsets, along with reactivation of the People Hub feature disabled in January.

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Nokia Lumia 928 Supposedly Headed to Verizon

By Grant Hatchimonji | 3/13/2013

The Nokia Lumia 928, an updated version of the Lumia 920, is supposedly headed to Verizon as soon as next month, according to reports.

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BLOG: What's With The Bricked Windows Phones?

By Grant Hatchimonji | 3/12/2013

A rash of hardware failures among two major Windows Phone 8 devices, the HTC 8X and the Nokia Lumia 920, has users wondering what's happening and what's being done to fix it.

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What To Do When Your Phone Gets Smashed

By Andy Patrizio | 3/10/2013

If you break your phone, who do you call (after getting a replacement phone, that is) to get the data off your old one?

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Skype Updates iOS App Again, Adding Slick New Calling UI

By Hannah Becker | 3/8/2013

In the latest of a long string of updates, Skype's app for iPhones and iPads this week got a slicker UI for placing calls, plus new enhancements to chat.

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Microsoft Targeting Holiday Release for Windows Phone Blue

By Grant Hatchimonji | 3/5/2013

Microsoft is hoping to release the next major Windows Phone update, codenamed "Blue", by the holiday season, according to a recent job posting on the company's website.

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HTC's Jason Mackenzie: "We're David Fighting Goliath"

By Grant Hatchimonji | 2/27/2013

HTC president of global sales Jason Mackenzie took some time to talk to Brighthand at MWC about the company's plans and how it hopes to combat its underdog status.

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MWC 2013: Android vs. Windows Phone, Firefox, Ubuntu, Tizen, Sailfish

By Jacqueline Emigh | 2/22/2013

Android will be sharing some of the limelight in Barcelona with a range of mobile device platforms.

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Job Postings Confirm Windows Phone Blue in the Works

By Grant Hatchimonji | 2/18/2013

Job postings referring to "Windows Blue" and "Windows Phone Blue" have been spotting, providing scant details about the next major wave of updates to Windows Platforms.

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