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Windows Phone 8.1 notification / action center revealed in new leak.

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Thanks Rukil for sending this in!! A claimed slide from what looks like a Microsoft confidential presentation about Windows Phone Blue has leaked and gets posted by Winphollowers. The slide reveals what is termed as “Action center” which is Microsoft’s name for the much-awaited notification...

VLC team bringing HLSL shaders to VLC app for Windows 8 / 8.1.

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VLC player for Windows 8 failed again to cross the store certification hurdle and VLC team is going to resubmit it soon. New version of VLC for WinRT will be submitted soon on the store! Will keep you posted... — VideoLAN (@videolan) February 5, 2014 They have...

Apps update roundup: Nokia Storyteller, Hot Rod Racers,Tiny death star, Access point, 6snap, 6tag, Facebook Beta

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My Lumia 1320 has seen many apps & games updates since yesterday. So, time to bring a quick roundup of these updates. You can directly install these apps by clicking the direct links provided in the article. In the above screenshot you can see Nokia...

Samsung SM-W750V reaches FCC. Reveals size specs & Verizon LTE bands.

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Samsung's 1080p Windows Phone SM-W750V, which is supposed to have 5-inch display has now passed through FCC. We could locate the above image revealing the size specs of the device. With a size of 136x69 mm, it can easily support a 5-inch display, as...

Tutorial: Creating playlists on your Windows Phone

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There is no easy way to create a playlist on Windows Phone and this is really something many of us complaint about Windows Phone music listening experience. If you are in United states and have a Xbox music pass then you can create playlist...

How to download Windows Phone apps not available for your region.

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There are many Windows Phone apps, for example Xbox apps, which are not available for many regions, outside United States. There may be cases, when an app is available for all of the regions, but there may be some offer going for some other...

Foursquare data to power Cortana for Windows Phone. Microsoft buys stake.

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A report from Bloomberg reconfirms that Microsoft is indeed bringing voice-assistant named Cortana to Windows Phone. The other bit from the report says that the recent investment of $15 million that Microsoft made in Foursquare is actually meant for using its location data for...

Firefox touch Beta for Windows 8 / 8.1 arrives. Ready for download & testing!

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Great news for those wishing to have Firefox browser on their Windows 8 touch devices! The Beta version of the browser is now available to download. It has a new tile-based Firefox start screen with one-tap access to Top Sites, Bookmarks and History. You...

App review: Sendtiment Cards App for Windows Phone 8.

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Our guest blogger Joel Jackson, who keeps on contributing interesting stuff to NPU, has now done a review of Sendtiment Cards App for Windows Phone 8. Enjoy the review of Sendtiment Cards App without further ado. Just a Sendtimental Alaskan Guy: A fan review of Sendtiment...

Red Stripe deals: PAC-MAN CE DX, Enigmatis, myBattery, Gym Builder Pro & 2 more.

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Time for Red Stripe deals for this week and there are again six Windows Phone games and apps available on discounts of 50% or more. Highlights for this week are PAC-MAN CE DX, Enigmatis, myBattery, Gym Builder Pro. Though many may like to buy Second...

Nokia Treasure Tag app now available for Lumias running Black update.

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We just reported about internal Nokia Treasure Tag app at Windows Phone store. Seems, the Treasure Tag is indeed coming to MWC, as the public version of this Treasure Tag app is now available to download from Nokia store. What you need though is...

Windows 8.1 update 1 release now targeted for April. Video demo of the update appears.

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Seems, Windows 8.1 update 1 release has been pushed to April now. It was earlier supposed to ship on March 11, but according to Mary Jo Foley, it may now arrive on 8th of April. She notes, I've heard from two of my sources in the...

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