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Fitbit adds Windows Phone support. Official app to be available today

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Fitbit will become the first fitness band to support Windows Phone, when its app hits Windows Phone store in some time today. The app will sync wirelessly with Windows Phone devices like its iOS and Android counterparts. For running this app, all Windows Phone 8...

Cortana gets a dedicated “Meet Cortana” page.

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With lots of mentions from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in recent times, it seems Microsoft has rightly identified Cortana as Windows Phone's "X" feature. It does have a good "recall" amongst Tech media and customers. After today's Cortana vs Siri promo, Microsoft has also launched...

New update brings Nokia X2 like app multitasking to Nokia X, Nokia X+ & Nokia XL

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A new update is rolling out for Nokia X, Nokia X+ and Nokia XL. The update brings Nokia X2 like "app multitasking" to Nokia X, Nokia X+ and Nokia XL. For going to the app multitasking screen, which is referred as app-switcher, one needs to...

Awesome offer: Lumia 2520 for just £249.95 in UK

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You may like to rush here if you are in UK and want to buy a Nokia Lumia 2520. John Lewis is now offering the Nokia Tablet for a discount of £150. With this deep discount, the tablet is available for a price of just...

Weekend Roundup: Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 leaks, Live Lock Screen Beta, VLC Beta, BBM, Deals, Apps and more

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Time for our weekend roundup, where we do a roundup of all the super-interesting stuff covered over weekend, so that in case you didn’t get a chance to be online on weekends, you don’t miss them!! So, here are the highlights. Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1...

Cortana vs Siri: Official promo shows how Cortana wins with the personal touch

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Cortana has grabbed lots of mind-share in recent times, especially with its Football world cup predictions. Microsoft is putting its popularity to good use, by pitting against Siri and showing how Cortana's personal touch makes Windows Phone smarter with range of to-dos only possible...

UK getting Cortana on or around July 30th

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We got this tip claiming, UK will get Cortana on July 30th. Now, this doesn't look fake, considering China is getting it on the same day and Marcus Ash has confirmed that everything is on track and less than one week left on July...

Demo of Live Lock Screen without the ‘resuming’ issue on Lumia 630 & Lumia 525

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After a long gestation, Microsoft delivered "Live Lock screen" app's Beta version. While it saw huge number of downloads, it has received some harsh criticism too for being slow and especially that "resuming" issue, where device takes up to 7 sec to respond on...

More Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 changes: Store Live Tile, Start tile layout, Phone Cover app & more

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We just reported some of the changes coming with Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 update and asked you to stay tuned. We certainly have more to report, The Store tile, when medium-sized, is now a live tile. It shows both the Store logo and the name Manufacturers...

More info about what Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 brings with itself

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Thanks to  our own Narendra for sending this in!! We reported that Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 is already with manufacturers now and is getting tested. There is not much known about changes and features of Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1, the next Windows Phone 8.1 iteration...

Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 already being seeded to Manufacturers. First devices may appear Late August- September.

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Here is latest about Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 from our sources. The good news is that Manufacturers are already testing it on their upcoming devices, which means it has been RTMed already. While, we are not sure about a specific RTM date, it has started...

Is “resuming” issue with Live Lock Screen device-specific? Fixing the resuming issue

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Microsoft has released lock screen app "Live Lock Screen" Beta and while it has seen huge number of downloads, many of you have reported issues of screen getting stuck at 'resuming' for up to 7 secs. Now, I don't think this this stuck-screen issue is...

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