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Windows Phone “Tango” to feature universal search?

Just a few months ago, we first heard words about the next next version of Windows Phone OS update, rumored to be codenamed “Tango”, fitting nicely with the naming convention ending with an “o”. Last week a new post-“Mango” …

Share music and video files via Messenger to Windows Phone “Mango”

Windows Phone “Mango” is full of surprises, and the build we’ve been playing around isn’t even the final build yet. A few days ago we told you about Windows Phone “Mango” being able to stream both music and videos from …

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

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

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 …

Windows Phone developers to get new “Mango” build tomorrow?

Microsoft just signed off on the RTM (Release To Manufacturing) build of their latest Windows Phone OS 7.5, codenamed “Mango”, less than 24 hours ago. Cliff Simpkins, Senior Product Manager on the Windows Phone team, commented on the official blog

Avatar Kinect now available for Xbox 360

Microsoft showed off Avatar Kinect for Xbox 360 back in CES 2011 back in January this year, allowing players to interact with one another using their Xbox LIVE Avatars. The Kinect sensor will be able to recognise facial expressions – …

Microsoft to unveil first Windows Phone “Mango” device in Japan tomorrow

The day is here – Microsoft is set to officially unveil the first Windows Phone “Mango” device during a press event tomorrow (Wednesday July 27) at 10am Tokyo time in Japan (check your local time here). Together with au …