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First images of Nokia's aluminum Lumia, codenamed ‘Catwalk’, have surfaced [Updated]
— We have no way of verifying the authenticity of these two images, but it appears to be of the upcoming Nokia Lumia ‘Catwalk’, a follow up to the Lumia 920 that reportedly sports a new aluminum chassis to help reduce the size and weight.
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Disqus releases exclusive Windows Phone app, no plans for iPhone or Android
— Looks like Windows Phone today has scored one today as we're the first to get a new, official app from Disqus (disqus.com). — For those of you who don't know, Disqus powers the commenting system on many websites and blogs …
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Nokia Music+ subscription now available in the UK
— Turn your Lumia Windows Phone on and tune in, folks as Nokia Music+ is now available in the UK. The newly launched service offers more features and functionality to those who already enjoy Nokia Music, for a small monthly fee.
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Skype Preview for Windows Phone 8 is now available! Hands on video.
— Oh what a weekend it has been. With the launch of Windows Phone 8 on AT&T and Verizon and T-Mobile expected in the next week, it has been quite exciting but now it is coming to full steam with the release of Skype for Windows Phone 8.
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SkyDrive App now available for Windows Phone 8 devices
— Oddly missing for a while from Microsoft next generation mobile OS, Windows Phone 8, SkyDrive is now available to download on your new handset. — While it has been possible to get most of the things you might care about from the Pictures Hub …
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Microsoft releases 3.0 of Windows Phone sync app for OSX
— Microsoft has never been shy about supporting Apple users with their software and that is especially true with Windows Phone 8. For instance, Microsoft announced that importing iTunes DRM-free music will be much easier on PC now, not requiring a conversion/import process.
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NFC sharing between Windows Phone 8 and Android
— Windows Phone 8 introduces NFC (near-field communication) support to the platform, allowing small packets of data to be shared by holding two supporting WP8 devices back to back. The new NFC-based “tap + send” feature enables Windpws Phone 8 devices …
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Microsoft Stores giving out Surface reservation passes
— Looks like if you live near a Microsoft Store or even a pop-up holiday kiosk you can stop by and get a reservation card good for one Surface RT come October 26th. — The info comes via our forums where member jdevenberg was given …
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AT&T Lumia 920 exclusive for six months and some training videos leak too
— AT&T is gearing up to launch the Nokia Lumia 920 very soon—in fact we expect an announcement on pricing and availability sometime on Sunday. — Word is that AT&T reps are also in the midst of training with the device …
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Microsoft does indeed have their own Windows Phone in the works
— Yesterday we wrote a fairly lengthy article about a new rumor of a Microsoft Windows Phone. The source came via China Times and we were hesitant to believe the claim—after all, no evidence or sources were mentioned.
Featured Startup on Windows Phone - Digital Geek — You know how you are at the beach sometimes, listening to your portable listening device, jamming to some music and you realize, “Actually, at this moment …
Want to Contribute to Cloud Foundry? Come on in! — Cloud Foundry is an Open Platform-as-a-Service, and an Open Source project. It has attracted phenomenal interest from the community - including partners …
How ImgPage Uploads 25 MB Photos to Cloud Files Using the Mailgun API — The team over at Mailgun just posted a Python tutorial written by Mailgun customer Paul Finn about how to use Python and the Mailgun API to upload large images to Cloud Files.
Week in Review: SQL IN Hadoop and Hive, Beyond Batch with YARN, NFS access to HDFS and HBase MTTR — Or as it's more commonly being called: Week-ish in Review. Let's recap on the latest - there's some juicy technology goodness here.
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).