WiFi

The Truth About Windows Phone Persistent WiFi

Last week I stumbled upon a trick that will keep WiFi running on your WP device long after the screen has gone to sleep. The bug, or feature, was met with mixed reactions from; “great news” to “oh, we better tell Microsoft about this so we all don’t inadvertently kill our batteries.” That was enough [...]

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At&T U-verse just released Smart Glass like capabilities for iPad

Read this with me: The remote control is no longer the main device sitting next to you on the couch. Your iPhone or iPad is quickly becoming an integral part of TV watching, and AT&T* U-verse® TV customers now have access to several new features and content that bring their TV and wireless experiences together, [...]

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Highly rate Android and iPhone game Dream Sleuth comes to Windows Phones

Neat game that’s pretty popular for iPhone and Android (where it has over 500k downloads and 4 stars).  Dream Sleuth – the high rated hidden object game among iOS and Android users is now available for Windows Phone! One night Catherine, the main hero, had a rather peculiar dream about a missing girl. Since there [...]

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NBC to buy out Microsoft from MSNBC.com

Microsoft and NBC are 50:50 on MSNBC.com and for a long time NBC has wanted total control of the content. It’s a top rated news site and MS isn’t going to walk away without something in return. According to The Daily Beast though, MSNBC.com is going to drop Microsoft as an owner and just stay [...]

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Microsoft’s big year- next 12 months all major products get a refresh

Somehow we all knew this but didn’t think about it, but it’s true. On the consumer side it’s Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and of course, we all expect Xbox 720 (or something named like that) for next year (along with a refresh of Kinect). Add to that some Office love as well (beta dropping [...]

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Ice Age: Continental Drift — Arctic Games in Stores Now

Yep the new Ice Age move is coming very soon but the game is in stores now. The new game is called Ice Age: Continental Drift — Arctic Games and it’s out for the Xbox 360 and pretty much everything else. Price is $39.99 and it’s rate E for everyone as you might expect since [...]

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NCAA Football 13 In Stores Now

I’m not a football fan anymore, I used to watch pro ball, but never college ball. Anyway, NCAA Football is now available for Xbox 360 and various other platforms. Supposedly it’s new and improved over last years version, but they change it every year don’t they? Never played it and have no intention of it… [...]

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Wargeit–Free online strategy game available for Windows Phones

This new strategy game comes from a Microsoft BizzSpark partner and looks to be the real deal: Wargeit is a FREE online 100% strategy game only for Windows Phone 7 and full Metro style designed. If you are tired of building and building without fighting, change to this challenging game in which a great strategy [...]

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Kinect PlayFit available for Xbox today for free

Neat way to make exercise fun within a game console and it’s available for free starting today in the US and shortly worldwide: Kinect PlayFit is a new fitness dashboard that aggregates and tracks the calories you burn as you play a variety of Kinect games, from “Dance Central 2” to “Your Shape Fitness Evolved [...]

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Windows Phone Flashmob [video]

The title pretty much tells the story. Check out the video below of the Windows Phone Flashmob that invaded a mall and danced to the beat of Microsoft. Dressed in red Windows Phone t-shirts, they look like they could have rehearsed a few more times but hey,  give them props for even attempting it because [...]

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