The Best Apps, Although a Thinner Selection, for Windows 7

Release Date 21 Jul, 2011 in New York Times

 
   

Prepping for Mango, Microsoft improves mobile app tools

Reuters - Kevin C. Tofel - 21 Jul, 2011
Microsoft is today equipping third-party developers with more tools in advance of the next update for Windows Phone 7 smartphones. The company more than doubled the number of countries where handset owners can purchase apps ...

Research and Markets: Windows Phone 7 Application Development a 24 Hour ...

Newsday (subscription) - 21 Jul, 2011
News Newsday > News Content Preview Newsday/Optimum Online ® subscribers click here for full access Not a Newsday or Optimum Online ® subscriber? Click here Research and Markets: Windows Phone 7 Application Development a 24 Hour Trainer: Ramp up your ...

The Best Apps, Although a Thinner Selection, for Windows 7

New York Times - Bob Tedeschi - 21 Jul, 2011
Some people make it a big deal that Apple has 425000 apps and Android has, by some counts, 250000. Browse all the mobile app coverage that has appeared in The New York Times by category, and see what Times writers have on their phones ...

Windows Phone 7 Mango's social networking beats iPhone and Android

Computerworld (blog) - 21 Jul, 2011
When Windows Phone 7 Mango hits, it will have an unexpected treat: the best built-in app for working with social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. A recently released video shows some very nifty features that surpass what's ...

Microsoft Windows Phone Marketplace to open to Mango developers in August

ZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - 21 Jul, 2011
Microsoft is allowing developers writing applications targeting the Windows Phone 'Mango' operating system update to submit their applications for approval starting in August. Mary Jo Foley has covered the ...

Windows Phone Wednesday: Tentacles reaches out to WP7 gamers

ZDNet (blog) - Matthew Miller - 21 Jul, 2011
Developers continue to roll out a large number of apps and Microsoft keeps releasing Xbox LIVE games on Windows Phone. Matthew Miller started using a Pilot 1000 in 1997 and has been writing news, reviews, ...

Microsoft to Begin Taking Windows Phone Mango App Submissions Next Month

Gotta Be Mobile - Chuong Nguyen - 21 Jul, 2011
It's still unclear when the Mango update for Windows Phone 7 will officially hit for various first-generation Windows Phone hardware, but Microsoft is at least telling developers that they will begin taking app submissions for Windows Marketplace ...

Microsoft Mango Ups Ante Against Apple And Android

SmartHouse - Tony Ibrahim - 21 Jul, 2011
In a bid to better position its struggling phone platform Microsoft have made several improvements to its software ecosystem, improving applications and giving delopers better tools. ...

Microsoft spruiks Twitter, LinkedIn services in Mango update

CNET Australia - Joseph Hanlon - 21 Jul, 2011
You might remember Microsoft's claim of 500 new features in Mango, but you might not have heard that Mango will add Twitter and LinkedIn notifications to the Facebook and Windows Live messages you receive in the People ...

Microsoft Windows Phone Division Develops Ace-in-the-Hole Against Apple, Google

IBTimes - Alastair Stevenson - 21 Jul, 2011
A new job posting by Microsoft's Windows Phone division indicates that the company is beginning development of a new secret project designed to break Apple and Google's hold on the smartphone market. ...

Microsoft has 3 months to make or break Windows Phone " Part 1

WMPoweruser.com - 21 Jul, 2011
“if a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it still make a sound?” That is the dilemma I believe ails the Windows phone in its quest to make a headway in the highly competitive mobile landscape. Even with the great reviews of the huge ...

App Prices Drop For Windows Phone 7

Lifehacker Australia - Angus Kidman - 21 Jul, 2011
Microsoft appears to have followed Apple's lead in adjusting app prices for Australian Windows Phone 7 users, with 99 cent apps now the “same” price in both countries and reductions in most other categories. ...

Swype On Its Way To Nokia Phones?

Sell My Mobile - 21 Jul, 2011
It has been rumoured that the new technology " Swype-to-Type currently sweeping the mobile phone world, could be on its way to the new Nokia Windows Phone 7 phones when they are launched. Swype-to Type is an alternative to the traditional keyboard. ...

Mango's Communication Features ...

The Next Web - 21 Jul, 2011
In our continuing series on the Mango update to the Windows Phone 7 platform (based on your feedback, we are trying to be exhaustive on the topic), today we bring you a number of clips that Microsoft posted that explain its vision for mobile email and ...

Research and Markets: Windows Phone 7 Application Development a 24 Hour ...

SYS-CON Media (press release) - 21 Jul, 2011
Apps built for previous versions of Windows phones will not run on the new Windows Phone 7, forcing developers to quickly get up to speed on this new platform. This unique book-and-DVD package gets you in the game of creating exciting apps for Windows ...

Microsoft updates portal for Windows Phone 7 developers

Network World - John Cox - 21 Jul, 2011
Microsoft announced today a revamped developer portal for Windows Phone 7 developers. And they'll be able to start submitting their new WP7 Mango applications for review in August. ...

Windows Phone Developers Get a New App Hub for Mango

Signal News - Chilton Tippin - 21 Jul, 2011
The folks on Microsoft's Windows Phone Development team have been hard at work creating new updates for the App Hub. Today they announced a revitalized App Hub for Windows Phone Developers, one which anticipates the roll out of Windows Phone 7′s new OS ...

Windows Phone Mango App Submissions In August Support September Launch

SlashGear - 21 Jul, 2011
Microsoft's Windows Phone Mango update, along with a slew of new and hopefully exciting Mango handsets, may have only two more months before their big debut. A recent Tweet from Microsoft unwittingly confirmed Mango handsets to be sent out to ...

Windows Phone Mango apps can be submitted in August

IntoMobile - Marin Perez - 21 Jul, 2011
It looks like we can expect Windows Phone Mango to drop pretty soon, as Microsoft is telling developers that they can start submitting Windows Phone Mango apps in August. Could a September software update be in the cards? On its blog, Microsoft briefly ...

Microsoft to begin accepting Mango apps on August 22nd

Zunited - Michael Collado - 21 Jul, 2011
Microsoft will begin accepting application submissions from developers for Windows Phone 7.5 Mango in “late August,” the company officially stated. Though there is no official word of when Mango will be available for the public, ...

Windows Phone 7 App of the Week: 4th and Mayor

Maximum PC - Tim Ferrill - 21 Jul, 2011
Social networking has simply exploded in the last few years. Facebook and Twitter are the obvious examples of hugely popular social networking sites, but there are several other up and coming services as well. Foursquare is a location-based social ...

Microsoft's new video shows off WP7 "Mango" Twitter integration

Gadget Helpline (blog) - 21 Jul, 2011
With an almost complete build of Windows Phone 7's “Mango” update said to be floating around, Microsoft have decided to let us get a closer look at one of the mobile operating system's major new features " Twitter integration. ...

Developers can submit WP7 Mango applications in August

The Next Web - 21 Jul, 2011
Today Microsoft released an update to its App Hub for developers building Windows Phone 7 applications. Perhaps most important among Microsoft's announcements on the matter is that developers can begin to submit applications designed to run on Mango, ...

Microsoft shows off Windows Phone 7 Mango's social networking features

Mobiputing - 21 Jul, 2011
Microsoft is set to release the next major update to Windows Phone 7 soon. The update (code-named Mango) will bring a number of new features including support for multitasking, better messaging, an improved user interface for switching between apps, ...

Why Microsoft Cannot Win the Smartphone OS Race

Seeking Alpha - 21 Jul, 2011
Almost every major software company these days is trying to get in on the smartphone operating system (OS) market and Microsoft (MSFT) is no exception. With the fall of Research In Motion (RIMM) looming, Microsoft's move to jump back into the fray may ...

Microsoft demos coming Twitter and LinkedIn integration for WP7

The Next Web - 21 Jul, 2011
When we got our hands onto a Windows Phone 7 handset that had the coming Mango update installed, the first thing that we wanted to try was the new Twitter integration into the People Hub. We couldn't, as the company had disabled that part of the new ...

Microsoft shows off Social Notifications and Contacts History in Mango update

WCCFtech (blog) - Ammar Malik - 21 Jul, 2011
Probably the only person on the face of this earth who uses an Android phone but loves Windows Phone 7 equally. Also, a die hard PC Hardware enthusiast and an avid PC gamer. There is no doubt in my mind, and anyone who's seen what Mango has in store, ...

Windows Phone 7 'Mango' Handset Shown at WPC May Ship in August

Redmond Channel Partner (blog) - 21 Jul, 2011
A Japanese newspaper is reporting that one of the Windows Phone "Mango" devices on display at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference last week may go on sale as early as late August. That would put the phone out ahead of the fall release schedule ...

Google can celebrate -- for now

MSN Money - Jim J. Jubak - 21 Jul, 2011
The company blew away expectations in its most recent quarter, but it still has some long-term worries. By Jim J. Jubak on Tue, Jul 19, 2011 8:55 PM Just in case you were in danger of forgetting, Google's (GOOG) second-quarter earnings report last ...

Windows Phone Mango Twitter, LinkedIn integration detailed in video

Mobile Burn - Dan Seifert - 21 Jul, 2011
One of the features that we knew was coming with Windows Phone Mango is the integration of Twitter and LinkedIn into the core components of the OS, such as the people hub, much in the way that Facebook has been integrated since Windows Phone 7 was ...

 

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