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MSN Mobile Gets A Makeover

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MSN Mobile has received a makeover for the first time in many, many years and it is not too shabby.

Just type msn,com into your mobile browser and you will find the newly refreshed site ready to serve up a mobile helping of news across all the normal MSN categories including streaming . . .

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Windows Phone App Flow: Where Everyone Knows Your Name

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I hold this truth to be self evident: geeks are least likely to leave their house, have the ability to not come off as awkward in everyday conversation, and know what is in a “Corpse Bride”. Why? Our very existence heavily consists of locking ourselves in an enclosed space, or other solitary . . .

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Skype Talks About Plans For Windows Phone and Xbox 360 (Video)

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Last October Microsoft bought Skype for $8.5 billion. Today Skype is still not yet on Windows phones or the Xbox 360. However that is about to change according to Rick Osterloh, Skype’s vice president of product, said in the company’s CES video that the online calling service is working on apps for . . .

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Windows Phone App Flow: Let’s Get Personal

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For a mobile operating system that’s designed to spend hours as your only companion and keep you connected to all of the things you care about, Windows Phone is a surprisingly impersonal experience. True it’s Metro design language doesn’t allow for an overwhelming amount of personalization, but sometimes I wish Microsoft would . . .

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Infographic: Windows Phone 2011 Retrospective

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Take a look back at 2011 and see how the Windows Phone did in some key stats which will be of particular interest to developers.

Via http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2012/01/11/windows-phone-2011-retrospective.aspx

Related Posts Windows Phone Marketplace Zips Past 60,000 Apps Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Passes 8,000 App Mark Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Hits . . .

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CES 2012: Getting Smoked By Windows Phone Results

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This morning we posted about the Windows Phone Challenge Ben Rudolph, aka @BenThePCGuy, is conducting out in Las Vegas during CES 2012. The basic premise is that anyone with a non Windows Phone can challenge him to get the same action done on their phone compared to the Windows Phone – if . . .

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