July, 2011

First Windows Phone Tango build spotted in the wild?

Windows Phone TangoAccording to Tezawaly from Nanapho.jp (via WMPowerUser), a variety of new Windows Phone 7 build numbers have been logged in the “Dude, where is my update?” app.

While most of the numbers are not surprising – 7711,7712,7715,7717,7718 and 7720, …

Windows Phone: More on streaming video (this time from the Pictures Hub!) from SkyDrive

Earlier we showed you how Manan Kakkar had noticed that it’s now possible to stream music from SkyDrive to your Windows Phone, and now Makram Daou at MobileTechWorld follows up, pointing out that this works with video too, and provides …

How to: Get Twitter and LinkedIn contacts syncing with your Windows Phone “Mango” Beta 2 Refresh build

Microsoft released the “Beta 2 Refresh” build (Build 7712) of their latest Windows Phone “Mango” OS to developers earlier this week. If you are a registered developer on App Hub and haven’t upgraded, you can check out the Windows Phone

Microsoft’s Live Location API: Is it a “massive privacy hole”?

microsoft_610x327A CNET post today by Declan McCullagh (reposted at CBS News Tech with a more incendiary title) reveals that Microsoft, through its Live Location API, apparently allows searching by MAC address for locations of devices.  McCullagh, in collaboration with …

Updated build of Windows Phone “Mango” now supports music streaming from SkyDrive

Microsoft just released Build 7712 of Windows Phone “Mango” to developers earlier today, and quite a few changes were noticed in this build since the “Beta 2” build released just over a month ago. Manan Kakkar from BeingManan.com (via WMPU

Windows Live Photo Gallery now supports RAW image format

Microsoft recently released the Microsoft Camera Codec Pack for Windows 7 and Windows Vista, bringing native viewing of RAW format image files directly within Windows Explorer, as well as Windows Live Photo Gallery. If you don’t know what RAW format …

Microsoft OneNote Mobile for iOS updated to version 1.2 – available in new markets

OneNote Mobile for iOS 1.2The OneNote team recently updated their OneNote Mobile for iOS app to version 1.2, bringing a slew of new features and improvements over the original version, released back in January this year. According to the official Microsoft OneNote team

Windows Phone: The one where sharing photos via SkyDrive…doesn’t

One of the promises of Windows Phone early on was the easy ability to share photos, via Flickr, Facebook, or Windows Live.  In fact, it was featured quite prominently in the early marketing materials:

picture share

And in a section on uploading …

Microsoft updates Mango for devs (but not to RTM); includes Twitter integration, more?

Toshiba-Fujitsu-IS12TThis morning, as promised, Microsoft released an updated version of Windows Phone Mango, available to developers who are willing to shell out $99 for an App Hub membership, allowing them to submit apps for Windows Phone.

Although Mango was released …

Microsoft announces first Windows Phone “Mango” device – Toshiba-Fujitsu IS12T

As we reported yesterday, Microsoft together with au by KDDI and Toshiba-Fujitsu announced the world’s first Windows Phone 7.5 device in Japan today – the Toshiba-Fujitsu IS12T. Check out the image below for a render of the new device …