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Windows Phone 7 Marketplace App-Security Cracked; Proof-of-Concept
0December 29, 2010
Recently, the folks over at XDA posted about (and since pulled) publicly available information that outlined how the WP7 Marketplace could be cracked. To some this was new and for others it was very old. For developers, the weakness was found in Microsoft’s DRM for Windows Phone 7 applications and had been well known for quite some time. There have also been many calls for Microsoft to address these concerns; an example can be found here on their official forums.
Since then, a security expert provided a proof-of-concept program that can successfully pull any application from the More >
WP7 Connector Updated For Mac – Comes With Slew Of New Features
0December 18, 2010
Users who use the Windows Phone 7 connector will notice an update when they open it up today. The update is only clocking in at 7.6MB but Microsoft is labeling it as a “critical” one nonetheless. Some of the updates that users will find are the ability to now sync purchased items from the phone to the computer as well as a new experience for setting up a new device. Users will not be able to use the “Browse Device” feature to manually select, import, and delete media.
The program will now also have better support for photos and should have better performance overall. The update is More >
Google Latitude Now Available For iPhone
0December 13, 2010
by _GadgetNews
in Android, Applications, Blackberry, Cell Phones, Google, Google Latitude, iPhone, Microsoft, News, OS, SmartPhones, Software, Symbian, Tech, Windows Phone 7
Originally available as a web app, the official Google Latitude app has made it’s way to the iPhone and is now finally available for download in the iTunes App Store.
With Latitude, you can:
- See your friends on a map – find out who’s nearby and meet up.
- Share your location continuously with whomever you choose – help friends and family stay in touch with you, even when you can’t take out your phone.
- Control your privacy – share only city-level location, hide your location, or turn off background updating at any time.
Google Latitude for iPhone also takes advantage of More >
Windows Phone 7 Twitter Client “Beezz” Gets Slew Of New Features
0December 11, 2010
The official Windows Phone 7 Twitter client, “Beezz” is a 3rd party twitter client that bills itself as simple and efficient, with the usual features, including the ability to send images. The app just recently introduced a ton of new features which make this twitter client more appealing:
- Live tile
- Toast for direct messages and mentions
- An innovative way to access writing a tweet
- Choose your language in the preferences panel
- Enhanced Search
- Bugs fixed
- New organization of the lists in the pivot
You can check out a quick video of the software, prior to its update, in action More >
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Outsells Wii and PS3 Again Due To Kinect
0December 10, 2010
According to the analytics firm NPD Group, Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console has outsold Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s Playstation 3 for the sixth consecutive month. Microsoft ended up moving roughly 1.37 million consoles during November, representing a 68% increase from the same period last year. Just a few weeks ago the company announced that it had sold over 2.5 million Kinect motion-controllers since its November 4th launch.
“The 360 platform accounted for over 40 percent of total industry sales driven by the successful launch of Microsoft’s Kinect,” wrote Anita Frazier, an NPD Group More >
Windows Phone 7 Developers Can Access Sales Tools
0December 10, 2010
When it comes to business and selling things, you have to be able to monitor sales. You have to know what’s working and what isn’t and most importantly, whether or not you’ll be bringing in the profit for the month. This is exactly why it was a bit surprising when Windows Phone 7′s app market launched without any sort of sales monitoring tools. Since its European launch back in mid-October, most WP7 developers have sort of been in the dark as to how their applications were doing.
Fortunately, Microsoft is doing away with this hang-up; as of yesterday, developers have been able to get their More >
Microsoft Employees Begin To Receive Their Free Windows Phones
0December 4, 2010
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, back in October confirmed that the company would be handing out free Windows Phones to each of its 89,000 employees. The generous but expensive gesture from Microsoft was seen as a great publicity move and of course it is now time to pay up. Microsoft employees in some regions have begun receiving their free devices and as expected are filled with excitement. Among the first to receive their free phones, each of Microsoft’s 1,200 employees in the Netherlands ended up getting a Samsung Omnia 7. Employees seem to be content with the device so far which has a More >
EA Says Apple Should Take On Gaming Console Challenge
0December 4, 2010
The iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad all have become some of the most popular mobile gaming devices in the world, despite but being overtly manufactured and promoted to the masses as such. Apple has still managed to attract masses of mobile gamers to it’s iOS gadgets to such an extent that leading video game system makers are feeling the heat. As a result, one of the video game industry’s biggest names (Electronic Arts) suggests that Apple would be wise to take its reach onto video game territory even further. EA Vice President, Eric Soderlund told ComputerandVideoGames.com (CVG) that Apple is More >
Google Prepared To Show Off Chrome OS On December 7
1December 4, 2010
by _GadgetNews
in Browser, Development, Google, Google Chrome, Microsoft, News, OS, Software, Tech, Windows 7
Google began sending out invites for the upcoming Chrome OS event which will be held in San Francisco on December 7.
An invitation from the Chrome team
On December 7, you are invited to join us for an event in San Francisco, where we plan to share some exciting news about Chrome. Please RSVP to confirm your attendance.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Chrome OS was originally unveiled by Google to the public for the first time in July last year. Chrome OS represents Google’s point of view of what an OS should be like in this day and age. It is an open source operating system, More >
HTC VP Notes WP7 Sales Looking Good – Evaluating Tablet Market
0December 2, 2010
by TechHead
in Apple, Cell Phones, Computers, Desktops, HTC, iPad, Microsoft, SmartPhones, Tablets, Windows Phone 7
A report from DigiTimes this morning contains a few interesting notes from a talkative HTC executive, Jack Tong, vice president of HTC Asia, purportedly discussed the iPad’s impact on the smartphone market recently, which he states is not as dramatic as the tablet’s impact on PC sales. The HTC executive went on to say that the company will continue to focus on Android-based smartphones in 2011, as well as Windows Phone 7 devices. WP7 has been selling well so far, Tong noted, although Q1 2011 performance of the company’s smartphones will be seemingly be a much better indication of the More >
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