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Rumor: Microsoft And Adobe Partnering On Windows 8 Casual Gaming Tools

November 28, 2011 | By Pradeep

Microsoft and Adobe hardly partner with each other as they compete with both platform and their tooling products. Today I came across a interesting rumor based on a insider tip from former Microsoft Product Manager that Adobe and Microsoft are partnering to make developer tools for casual gaming on Windows 8. We know that Adobe is already on path to kill its Flash platform and Microsoft sidelining Silverlight, XNA and both of them moving towards HTML5. It makes perfect sense if Adobe makes developer tools for making casual games on Windows 8 based on HTML5 which also benefits Microsoft on getting more developers on board. In someway, Adobe may regain its control of online casual gaming market by this new partnership with Microsoft. Who knows what will happen ? This may be a real story or a great dream ! !

You can read more on this story at Riagenic.

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Popper – Fun and free game

November 9, 2011 | By Nezz

We all know that the highest point of self-control is not popping any bubbles… But know you can do it as much as you want to, anytime, anywhere!You have pop all 50 bubbles on the screen as fast as you can with up to four fingers, but be careful! If you tap a bubble twice you will receive a small penalty.

If you are connected to the internet you can show your score to the world and pursuit the title of the fastest popper! Are you ready for the challenge?

You can download it from the marketplace:

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Cosmos Combat: Surprisingly Interesting

November 8, 2011 | By Pin Games

Do you have what it takes to rule the galaxy?

We are pleased to announce a new exciting strategy game for WP7 – Cosmos Combat.

In Cosmos Combat you play against 4 very different AIs on a plethora of maps, with the game keeps getting harder as you progress through the game.

This games offers thousands ways to win, from cheesy plays to well though moves. You will find this game of big pleasure for you; and your fingers.

Welcome to the fight!

Cosmos Combat is $0.99 without a free trial and can be found in Marketplace at the link below.

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The unique Parking Pal UK now available to download

November 2, 2011 | By sewelldaniel

Introducing Parking Pal UK, a unique Windows Phone App helping you to choose the best value UK car parking facilities.

Search over 14,000 UK car parks with Parking Pal’s comprehensive and current database, to find available parking spaces, price comparisons and additional useful information.

Car parking information is obtained from the most comprehensive database of car parks in the UK, with over 90 % of car park information updated annually. (no on-street parking)
Rapid car park location and price information.
Choice of using Bing or Google maps.
Searches can be filtered to narrow down leads. For example, by toilet availability or locations holding safer parking awards.
In-built ‘reminder’ function- to record where you are parked and note parking ticket expiry time.

Features included in the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango version

Live tile with currently parked space information, and ticket expiry time.
Ticket expiry reminder alarm.

parkingpall The next version coming soon will include realtime space information for a growing list of car parks.

Download a free trial for 4 full uses of the app, and only £2.29 after that. Parking Pal UK can be found in Marketplace here.

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Microsoft PowerView Running On Windows Phone and Windows PC

October 17, 2011 | By Pradeep

Microsoft PowerView, formerly known as Project Crescent is a Business Intelligence tool that will ship as part of the SQL Server 2012. Project Crescent is an interactive data exploration, visualization, and presentation experience. It can run on multiple platforms such as Windows, Windows Phones, iOS and Android. In the above video you can watch the demo of PowerView running on Windows Phones, iOS, Android and an enhanced experience for Windows PC’s. Features like these would tempt enterprises to go for Windows 8 based tablets than iPads. Business users such as data analysts, business decision makers, and information workers can access any information on-the-go without any hassle. PowerView has an another cool feature, you can export these data interactions automatically into a PowerPoint presentation which is interactive as well.

You can learn more on PowerView here.

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Official Foursquare App Updated To Support Windows Phone Mango

September 15, 2011 | By Pradeep

The Official Foursqaure app for Windows Phone has been updated to v2.5 with support for Windows Phone Mango. It now features,

Fast app switching
Secondary Live Tiles
App Connect
Improved notifications.

You can download or update it here.

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GeoQuiz – A Fun, Free Trivia Game for Windows Phone

September 8, 2011 | By Attila Horvath

Put your knowledge to the test in this new trivia game on the countries of the World.

Features:

Randomly generated questions in six flavors, such as “What is the capital of this country?” and “Which country has the larger population?”
On-line daily, weekly and all-time leaderboards
Scoring based on the time the player took to answer correctly, with additional bonus points for winning streaks
An extensive, searchable database on the countries of the World
A clean Metro design, so it looks great on your Windows Phone device

Screenshots:

GeoQuiz is a free game, now available in the Windows Phone Marketplace.

You can contact the developer at: mail@AttilaHorvath.me

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New Microsoft Ad Shows The Power Of Microsoft’s Ecosystem

August 28, 2011 | By Pradeep

Long Zheng from istartedsomething spotted this new ad from Microsoft called “Microsoft Flexible Workstyle Ad”. It showcases almost the full Microsoft ecosystem starting from Windows, Windows Live, Windows Phone, Office, System Center, Lync, Microsoft Roundtable, etc.

I personally think these kind of ads will definitely appeal to the masses which may help Microsoft to improve its brand image. What do you think?

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Authentic Jobs for Windows Phone

August 25, 2011 | By Jakub Florczyk

Find your next job using authenticjobs.com Windows Phone application.

Features:

type filter (full-time, contract, freelance, internship)
category filter (design, development, architecture, management, etc)

Efficient and easy to use app that let you find your dream job.

See more screen shots after the break.

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Nyan Cat arrived at WP7!

August 10, 2011 | By Lost Game

How long can you be Nyaned for? This game will test your endurance. Be the best and get a new online highscore!

Features:

Endurance test

Online highscores

Protection against laziness

Simple interface

Price: $0.99
Trial: No
Download from Marketplace here.

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Escaping lava! Free for Windows Phone 7

August 6, 2011 | By kuma

This is a game based on physics.

You are an archaeologist who is exploring a volcano, but the volcano is going to erupt. You must escape from the lava!

Let you climb again as high as possible and make your best score. Compare it with other players in all over the world.

Escaping Lava is free and can be found in Marketplace here.

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Apple Bin Windows Phone 7 game now in Marketplace

June 22, 2011 | By escdev

Apple Bin is a newly released exclusive Windows Phone 7 title from Escape Development.

Featuring 40 unique levels using the Farseer physics engine, Apple Bin is easy to pick up but hard to master and was recently featured in Microsoft’s Channel 9 Hot Apps.

Taking a light hearted jab at our smart phone brethren , Apple Bin’s main goal is to throw your apple in the bin in as fewest shots as possible.

You’ll need to bounce, roll and smash your way to victory.

Apple Bin is free and can be found in Marketplace here.

Contact:
Email: escdevelopment-at-gmail.com
Twitter: @escdev

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