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Skype for Windows Phone 8 drops the beta tag, Messenger notifications enabled by default

By Tom Warren on April 15, 2013 01:59 pm + 9 comments

Microsoft is releasing version 2.5 of its Skype for Windows Phone 8 app today. The software maker is Continue reading…
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Windows Phone 8 will support 1080p displays by the end of the year

By Tom Warren on April 9, 2013 09:52 am + 197 comments

Microsoft is planning to update Windows Phone 8 to support 1080p resolutions. Sources familiar with Continue reading…
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Nokia Lumia 928 for Verizon pictured in leaked image

By Jeff Blagdon on April 5, 2013 10:43 pm + 305 comments

Images are surfacing of what purports to be Nokia’s upcoming flagship Windows Phone device for Continue reading…
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'Temple Run' launches on Windows Phone alongside 'Gravity Guy 2' and other games

By Tom Warren on March 27, 2013 09:59 am + 193 comments

Microsoft's Windows Phone platform is finally getting Temple Run. After promising it would launch in Continue reading…
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HTC 'Tiara' and Samsung Ativ S Windows Phones arriving at Sprint this summer

By Tom Warren on March 26, 2013 01:06 pm + 68 comments

Sprint is bringing two Windows Phone 8 devices to its network this summer, from HTC and Samsung. Continue reading…
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Windows Phone 8 update to activate FM radios, enable double-tap to wake Lumia 920

By Tom Warren on March 26, 2013 08:17 am + 160 comments

Microsoft is currently preparing a new Windows Phone 8 update, The Verge has learned. Sources Continue reading…
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Uber releases first Windows Phone and BlackBerry 7 apps, redesigns Android offering

By Dante D'Orazio on March 25, 2013 01:36 pm + 27 comments

Windows Phone users now have a native app to reserve cabs and black cars using Uber. The new app, r Continue reading…
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Microsoft reveals it has 'some say' and influence over Nokia's Lumia designs

By Tom Warren on March 22, 2013 11:48 am + 146 comments

HTC might have rekindled its old romance with Microsoft for its 8X and 8S Windows Phones, but Nokia Continue reading…
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Pandora now available on Windows Phone 8 with ad-free listening through the end of 2013

By Chris Welch on March 21, 2013 08:30 am + 92 comments

In October of last year, Microsoft pledged that Pandora would soon arrive on Windows Phone 8 and Continue reading…
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Skype for Windows Phone updated with People Hub integration and HD video support

By Tom Warren on March 19, 2013 03:30 am + 45 comments

After temporarily disabling People Hub integration in Skype for Windows Phone, Microsoft is pushing Continue reading…