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This is really a geotargeted post for my followers and friends in the UK. I’m sure those of them toting a Windows Phone are dancing with glee to hear that BBC’s iPlayer is now available for Windows Phone 8. As Dave Price, Head of BBC iPlayer, announced in a blog post the application enables...

This is a guest post by Ben Rudolph , a.k.a. Ben the PC Guy. Aside from the usual work-related stuff like email, texting and Twitter, the number one thing I do on my phone (today it’s a yellow Lumia 920 ) is take photos. Photos on the Lumia 920 look amazing – even the ones taken in less...

Mobile World Congress is here and if you’re attending with a Windows Phone 8 device, you can grab an NFC version of your conference badge thanks to the NFC Badge app. NFC Badge is the official application for entry to Mobile World Congress and enables delegates to pass through perimeter access...

For the last few weeks the Windows Phone blog has published a series on some of the best apps for Windows Phone 8. One of my favorite posts was about the best apps for skiers and boarders , all of which are more about giving you up-to-the-minute snow conditions and trail maps. I’m still waiting...

Have you ever been frustrated that you missed the perfect shot when taking photos using your Smartphone? BLINK , a new Windows Phone 8 application from Microsoft Research aims to fix that issue. BLINK captures a burst of images with a single click and then allows you to select the perfect image from...

This is a guest post from Stefan Weitz , Director of Search at Microsoft Those who follow my many digital personas know I travel – a lot. That has many implications on my life, like how much stuff I want to lug around. Being constantly on the go means the time I have to actually live my life...

It’s rare that someone develops a product they hope will never be used, but the Microsoft Citizenship team did just that today with the release of Microsoft HelpBridge. HelpBridge is designed specifically to help friends and family stay connected in the wake of natural disasters. It also provides...

The guys over at RazorFish have been busy in their lab, improving upon the 5D shopping experience that they unleashed at last year’s NRF EXPO. Judging from the video, it seems they’ve pulled out all the stops. Razorfish 5D uses Kinect for Windows and the Samsung SUR40 with Microsoft Pixelsense...

That’s a pretty good looking phone Nokia just announced – the Lumia 620 . The glossy looking finish is due to a new ‘dual-shot’ technique that casts two layers of polycarbonate - a single base layer and a second color, in a transparent or translucent layer. Added to that the 620...

What makes Steve Ballmer’s Windows Phone his phone? Click play to find out.

I often tell people I’ve got one of the best jobs at Microsoft; I get the opportunity to meet and talk with the people here who brew the special sauce that is Microsoft. Last week I got to meet and talk with the guy who first created the sauce. Following a Microsoft event to celebrate 30 years...

  New phones from HTC announced today – and they look great. Get more details from Ben Rudolph on the Windows Phone blog .  

Checking in with Ben Rudolph who shows the Windows Phone 7.8 start screen that’s coming to existing Windows Phone users. Like Ben, I’m not much of a phone person (i.e. phone calls) – I’m more of a text/twitter/facebook guy so shrinking that phone icon along with Marketplace and...

Introducing the new Windows Phone start screen. As the video says, Live Tiles are the heart and soul of Windows Phone – and they’re about to get even better. I love the new messaging tile for example where you can see the text messages without opening the app. Check out more on Windows...

LinkedIn has landed in the Windows Phone Marketplace and while Windows Phone includes the service as one of the core accounts you can add, this app delivers an additional level of integration with your account. Free to download and stay tuned as a favorite app of mine will soon join it. [update...

I’ve been playing with the new version of the Bing translator app for a few weeks and there is a lot to like. It provides image to text translation, voice translation and text entry translation. I used it yesterday in a French restaurant to translate parts of the menu I didn’t understand...

AT&T’s new adverts for the Nokia Lumia 900. I'm going to go check it out today at a launch party here on Microsoft's Campus in Redmond to determine whether I should make the move from my Cyan Lumia 800. Tweet

The wait for Skype on Windows Phone is over. Just a few moments ago, we announced the Skype for Windows Phone Beta app. Skype is now available on almost all of the leading mobile smartphone OS’es. The final version of the app will be available in April, but you can grab the beta right now (Zune...

Last week I wrote about Nokia’s ClearBlack display technology and today I thought I’d follow that up with a pointer to another great post from Nokia Conversations regarding beautiful colors of the Lumia (and N9) phones. I’m currently sporting a Cyan Lumia 800, bought in part as a...

It’s been a long time coming but Carbon for Windows Phone is now available . I’ve been using it for a while now thanks to Moe and it’s the slickest of all the Twitter clients I’ve used. It makes great use of Live Tiles, it’s fast and it has a great metro look. It also has...

Too good not to share…fine work from Vodafone. May the force be with you. Tweet

I’ll admit to a spot more than window shopping in the last week but the future of shopping being predicted by the Microsoft Tag team is quite appealing. It would certainly avoid the post Christmas shopping scrum. In the infographic posted to their blog this week , they outline one possible scenario...

I got the chance to stroke another Nokia Lumia 800 this weekend – a friend of mine has the black unit and I spent ten minutes poring over it. It’s a thing of beauty and in this video a collection of Nokia and Microsoft peeps explain their inspirations for the design of the software, the hardware...

Made me smile so I thought I’d post it here…happy weekend! Tweet

I was in London last week and sadly couldn’t stay for the weekend to see this amazing 4D installation from Nokia to highlight the Lumia 800 . See above for the event itself and below Tweet