Microsoft recently released a new version of Messenger Connect, allowing developers to integrate elements of Windows Live ID, Hotmail, Messenger, and SkyDrive into their own applications. Today, in a post at Inside Windows Live, they’ve announced a series of code …
First Windows Phone Tango build spotted in the wild?
According to Tezawaly from Nanapho.jp (via WMPowerUser), a variety of new Windows Phone 7 build numbers have been logged in the “Dude, where is my update?” app.
While most of the numbers are not surprising – 7711,7712,7715,7717,7718 and 7720, …
Windows Phone: More on streaming video (this time from the Pictures Hub!) from SkyDrive
Earlier we showed you how Manan Kakkar had noticed that it’s now possible to stream music from SkyDrive to your Windows Phone, and now Makram Daou at MobileTechWorld follows up, pointing out that this works with video too, and provides …
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 …
Microsoft’s Live Location API: Is it a “massive privacy hole”?
A CNET post today by Declan McCullagh (reposted at CBS News Tech with a more incendiary title) reveals that Microsoft, through its Live Location API, apparently allows searching by MAC address for locations of devices. McCullagh, in collaboration with …
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
The 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 …
Windows Phone: The one where sharing photos via SkyDrive…doesn’t
One of the promises of Windows Phone early on was the easy ability to share photos, via Flickr, Facebook, or Windows Live. In fact, it was featured quite prominently in the early marketing materials:
And in a section on uploading …
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