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  Line Corporation recently launched its B612 app on the Windows Phone Store. The app has a weird name, but it’s aim is (sort of) good. It’s basically a selfie app which comes with a number of filters and other features such as a timer. Here’s the feature list: *.Rear camera support: Swipe the screen from top to bottom to show your friends the world through your eyes. *.Random filter: Sometimes it feels like it can take an eternity before you find just the filter you’re looking for. *.Just tap the random button! B612 also remembers which filters you like using most and selects them for you. *.Vignette: This feature is perfect for darkening the borders of photos to bring out what’s truly important. *.Each vignette automatically adjusts to the filter you’re using. *.Collage shot: Show everyone a glimpse of your universe by putting your smiles together into one photo. Create 3D pictures that stand out with this feature. *.Timer: 2 Seconds, 5 Seconds… Strike the perfect pose before the s

Talkray is one of the popular VOIP and messaging app on iOS and Android, with more than 10 million downloads on that platform. It claims to offer the fastest free calling and messaging service optimised for low bandwidth and data usage and lets users send messages and pictures or call friends and family all across the world for free over Wi-Fi or 3G. This includes free group calls, free international calls, free texts, and more, without any annoying ads. The app is truly cross platform, and supports Windows Phones, Android Phones, Tablets, WEAR, and iOS. The app features: *.BEST INTERNATIONAL CALL QUALITY: Clear and optimized for mobile calling across the world. *.LOWEST DATA USAGE: Clear and optimized for mobile calling across the world. *.GROUP CALLS AND MESSAGING: Supports up to 25 participants for both calls and messaging. *.NO NEED TO ADD FRIENDS: Works just like regular sms & phone calls by integrating with your existing phonebook. As long as your friends have Talkray ins

The recent builds of the Windows 10 Mobile Technical Preview have for the first time included Microsoft’s new Android subsystem, part of Project Astoria, which would allow Android apps to be easily ported to Windows phones. How easily has been somewhat of a debate, with many believing this would not allow any form of sideloading of Android apps to Windows Phone. A recent job posting by Microsoft however suggests that Microsoft’s aims for Android apps are rather ambitious, and with the intent for developers to be able to published “unchanged binaries” to Windows phones. The post reads: Our Astoria team is delivering a set of new experiences for consumers and developers with the potential to make a huge difference for the Windows platform.The Astoria bridge enables Android developers to publish theirunchanged binaryto run as they are on the Windows mobile platform. This is a first for our Windows platform received enthusiastically by the Android community. Another notes: Our Astoria te

Newer generation Lumias are will come up latest offering from Qualcomm processors according to the leaked data, Microsoft is now on *50 Series naming for its Lumia devices. Its worth noting that these leaked specifications are came with a statement says "This prototype is still under development and some of these specifications may change" Which means these specifications may change when its released to public. Microsoft Lumia 850 specifications as per leaked info; *.Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSMM8916 4xCortex-A53 cores @ 1.4GHz  *.Adreno 306 GPU  *.1GB RAM /16GB + microSD  *.GSM HSPA LTE  *.5″ Screen 768×1280 GG3  *.10 MP OIS camera 3520×2640, Pureview, Zeiss optics, flash + 5MP FFC  *.Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot  *.BT A2DP, apt-x  *.2650mAh battery  *.GPS (A-GPS GLONASS) proximity, luminosity, led notification Microsoft Lumia 750 specifications as per leaked info; *.Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSMM8916 4xCortex-A53 cores @ 1.2GHz  *.Adreno 306 GPU  *.1GB RAM / 8

Expansys is made the discount permanent for Lumia 640 and 640 XL. That means you can now pick up the Lumia 640 for only $174.99 and even better the Lumia 640 XL for only $199.99. Expansys USA tells us that the Lumia 640 XL has been one of their best-selling devices, outselling even over some of the better selling Android handsets for, at the very least, the past few weeks, saying calling it “a hot device would be an understatement.” Of course with a Zeiss camera  which beats even the iPhone  6+ and Samsung Galaxy S6 not to mention massive multi-day battery life the Lumia 640 XL certainly deserves all the success it gets. Source: WMPU

If you are looking to pick up your Windows Phone with your flatpack furniture Argos Ireland now have you covered, with a full selection of Microsoft’s latest Windows Phones. The retailer is now offering the Lumia 435 for €74.95, the Lumia 640 for €149.95 and the Lumia  640 XL for €214.95. Source: WMPU

Hyperlapse mobile app is previously released for Quad-core WPs only, but now with a update its also made available to Dual-core WPs, Hyperlapse mobile app is made by Microsoft, Its available for Windows Phone and Android. Hyperlapse is a technology that creates smooth and stabilized time lapses from first-person videos. Main features: – Users capture video, and select a timelapse speed, resulting in a time lapse with a smoothly moving camera. – Import existing video from the phone’s camera roll and hyperlapse it. – Microsoft Hyperlapse Mobile supports hyperlapsing a video multiple time, at different speed rates, from 1x to 32x. – Create Selfie-lapses – selfie time lapses. – Simple and intuitive user interface make you an expert in seconds. To download Hyperlapse mobile follow this link: https://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=35781f83-3495-4204-b994-e939c0b29000 Source: WMPU

Native store app on Windows 10  Mobile Build 10166( and may be other builds too) have been updated. The new version 2015.7.15.1 brings some important changes. *.Search suggestions are now available and as you type you get suggestions *.New menu options like “Payment options”, Redeem a code etc *.Performance improvements. Certainly works better than ever Source: NPU

So, if you have always wanted to own the 5.7-inch display size Lumia 640 XL, you may want to wait for some more days. The Dual-Sim LTE version of the device is coming soon, it seems. It has been listed by Flipkart as coming soon. The listing reveals that it will be available in four colors: White, Cyan, Orange and Black. Pricing is not revealed but we expect it to be priced around ₹17000. Source link(Flipkart)- http://www.flipkart.com/mobile-apps?ocmpid=InstallCampaign&pid=MOBE6FEJQHPZGFAK Via- NPU

Ahead of the release of Windows 10 (for PCs), Microsoft has released new updates for the Office Mobile apps for Windows 10. The latest update doesn’t seems to bring anything new, however, with the latest update, Microsoft removes the “preview” tag from all of the Office apps. For those interested, the latest update for the apps is 17.4229.10041.0. It’s worth noting that this doesn’t mean that Microsoft won’t update the apps in the near future. Expect the company to release more updates as it slowly comes closer to the Windows 10 release date and even after that. If you’ve updated the apps, did you notice anything new? Let us know in the comments. Source: WMPU

Like many others, some of us have been sceptical about Microsoft’s new bridge technologies helping to close the app gap, but it seems in areas where Windows Phone has a higher market share it is exactly what many companies have been waiting for. The Economic Times of India reports that Indian online retailers are planning to take advantage of Android app porting to bring their apps to a growing number of Windows Phone using customers.  Windows Phone has a 5% market share in India, with Counterpoint Research estimating there is 10.75 million people using Windows Phones there as of March 2015. Faaso’s, the food-on-demand chain which is moving away from its physical stores into apps, hasn’t updated its Windows app for months now. “As soon as portability is made available, we will update the Windows app, as we do have a loyal customer base there,” said cofounder Revant Bhate. Android-only food ordering app Spoonjoy has submitted its upcoming iOS app for review and is working on a Windows

Candy Crush Saga game got updated in Windows Phone Store with new content. This update includes 15 new levels. Match your way through gorgeous graphics in tasty environments like Nougat Noir, Candy Calaboose and Charming Carnival.  Change log:  Tiffi has a treasure in our latest episode “Delicious treasury” found. What is inside? You have to find out! But we’ll tell you a secret … 15 new levels have been added, so you can now reach level 1025. Wow!  The update is now live on the Windows Phone Store and you can download it from here: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/candy-crush-saga/aebbdef8-1792-488b-a7be-7596a1720166

If a report from Bloomberg has to be believed then new Lumia devices manufacturing and availability has a confirmed shelf life of only next two years. Microsoft is literally going for a test ride with new focused and smaller Lumia portfolio and Windows 10 Mobile for next two years.  The company expects to make its own phones for at least the next two years, said a person familiar with Nadella’s plans who asked not to be named because the plans aren’t public. Microsoft will try to play up its strengths in the markets it has chosen, such as corporate security and collaboration software for business customers  Instead of trying to sell as many phones as possible, Microsoft will concentrate on three categories: business phones, high-end models and value phones like the Lumia 520, which, at more than 25 million units sold, is the company’s best-selling device  It will exit markets and carrier relationships where it has not been successful yet, but US will be exception again.  The co

  One of the key attractions of Nokia and now Lumia handsets for buyers is the robust network of Nokia Care service centres all round the world.  It seems as part of Microsoft’s downsizing of their Microsoft Mobile business they will soon also be jettisoning this selling point.  WPWorld.pl reports from sources inside the Polish service sector that Microsoft is withdrawing contracts from their service network and will soon be closing 8 conveniently located service centres on Poland.  Sources from both Setel, an authorized repair centre, and Regenirsis, another, indicate that they will no longer be servicing Lumia handsets by the end of the year.  Instead all devices will likely go to central service centre in Bulgaria, which will likely cause turn around times to be significantly extended.  Windows Phone has a pretty high market share in Poland, and we wonder what effect this will have on sales there. WPWorld.pl also speculates that this may be a Europe-wide move, which I

  6tag, the popular Instagram client in Windows Phone Store was updated to v5.3 today. As announced few days back, this update adds the ability to upload 1080×1080 images. Update 5.3:6Tag Instagram Windows Phone app QR upload 1080×1080 images Instagram on Monday confirmed that they are adding support for pictures 1,080 pixels by 1,080 pixels in size to better support photos taken using modern smartphones. Download it here from Windows Phone Store: http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appId=7d795cdf-fb1b-4bdf-8f5e-76eb19f7079e

AT&T has commenced rollout of Windows Phone 8.1 Update 2 to the Lumia 635. The update brings several new features, such as MKV playback, Reset Protection, ability to connect to external Bluetooth keyboards and much more.  For a list of all that's new with Update 2, head here. The update bumps the OS version to 8.10.15137.148 and firmware version to 02173.00000.15154.50010_084, according to Microsoft's software update tracker. As a reminder, the Lumia 635 is one of several devices that will make the switch to Windows 10 Mobile once it arrives later this year

 Right after it updated its Camera, Voice Recorder and Calculator apps for Windows 10, Microsoft is also pushing out a set of updates for News,Photos and Film and TV  Film and TV has been bumped to version 3.6.1154 and includes the following additions  *.Its easier to find TV episodes you don’t own thanks to a switch allowing you to filter between episodes you own and all episodes  *.Empty galleries now have a more user-friendly getting started screen, which inform you how to populate your galleries with either films, tv series or personal videos.  *.Finally, the promise of live tiles and better artwork in the next update  News and Photos have just received version bumps with the regular bug fixes and performance improvements

 Picsart, a popular cross-platform image editing app with millions of downloads on iOS and Android, has been available for Windows Phone for some time already. Besides basic features like resizing and cropping images you even get Photoshop features like the clone tool. You can also draw inside pictures, use clipart or masks, add text or borders. In terms of features it is probably one of the most advanced photo editing software on Windows Phone, but it is also a fast growing social network.  The app has been regular updates including recently the ability to zoom in the picture editor, essential for when you are drawing by finger, UI improvements, bug fixes and performance improvements.  The updated app now also offers better analytics for its nascent social network.  The app, which has 4 stars after nearly 2,500 reviews, can be found in the Windows Phone Store here: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/picsart-photo-studio/a90bb37e-7508-442c-a51d-2c419b859880

  It seems an update that will go live this month for universal VLC app will bring much-desired hardware decoding & rendering feature. This is one of the most requested capability missing from VLC Windows Phone and Windows apps. It also seems that VLC team has replaced Direct2D video output by Direct3D11 module. WinRT The Direct2D video output was removed from the WinRT project and replaced by the new Direct3D11 module, we’ve been speaking of, in the previous weeks. This new module should be faster, and should allow hardware decoding and hardware rendering in the next releases. Stay tuned! One of the VLC devs has confirmed that the updated app is coming this month and while we hope he meant June, let us wait and watch. VLC WinRT: Direct3D11 is working! Hardware decoding and rendering nearly working as well! vNext this month (WP+W)! https://t.co/HUdowTmvIK — Thomas Nigro (@ThomasNigro) June 30, 2015 Source:NPU