Whether you are an individual, hobbyist Windows Phone developer or part of a developer studio that builds Windows Phone apps, it’s quite an effort to develop, test, and market the apps. Therefore, it hurts when an app submission fails certification, and you have to correct and resubmit the apps. Not only does it increase the effort and resources, it also delays the app release and any...
Based on the PBS KIDS series, Wild Kratts, the Wild Kratts Creature Power app intends to make science interesting, relevant, and fun for children. In this app, kids can step into the role of the animals and insects around them and learn through games. The kids dive into the world of animals with the Kratt brothers in three adventures - pollinate flowers as a bee, bathe elephants, and...
While several marketing gurus hail Apple as an iconic brand across domains, Microsoft came out on top in a brand survey conducted by Forrester Research. Microsoft emerged as the winner, with Apple in second, Sony in third, and Samsung in fourth place. The results are based on a brand survey where more than 4,500 U.S. adults were polled in August 2013. Forrester applied its TRUE...
Monk is a new musical app for Windows Phone that lets you easily understand the inner workings of music. It has a huge library with lots of scales and chords for you to explore, and the interesting user interface allows you to rapidly get an idea of how notes are related inside any scale or chord. The app allows you to transpose, change the scales, play with chord inversions, and take...
While almost every other day, I post about the growing Windows Phone app ecosystem in India (and get jealous rants from folks here from Brazil), the growth is rubbing on the global players as well. In its latest update, WhatsApp has added support for Hindi language. Hindi, along with English, is the official language of India. Globally, behind Mandarin, Spanish, and English, Hindi is...
Launched in 2008, Colors is arguably the most popular general entertainment channel on Indian television with a wide spectrum of daily soaps to reality shows. The channel has now launched a fine app for Windows Phone, alongside other platforms. The nicely designed app not only includes clips and full episodes of all their shows, but also includes photo galleries of artists and shows...
Following up the launch of Nokia Lumia 1320 at a press conference in New Delhi today, Nokia India also announced the launch of the Nokia Lumia 525. The phone is priced at INR 10,399 and available in four colors – glossy orange, white, yellow and matte black. The phones are available in stores immediately. The accessibly priced Nokia Lumia 525 is a variant of the successful Lumia 520 ...
At a press conference in New Delhi today, Nokia India announced the launch of Nokia Lumia 1320. The phone is priced at INR 23,999 and available in four colors - orange, yellow, white, and black. The phones would be available in stores from January 13, 2014. The phone was unveiled at the Nokia World 2013 in Abu Dhabi a couple of months back along with Nokia Lumia 1520. The two phones...
Based on the Dreamworks movie, starring Hugh Jackman, Real Steel is an underworld fighting Windows Phone 8 game set in the near-future, where 2,000 pound robots fight in a no-holds barred battles to the death. In many respects, Real Steel is a futuristic version of the classic Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. The game has been available on XBox Live Arcade, iOS and Android for a while and has...
Gone are the days when you needed to visit your bank to update your passbook. Federal Bank, one of the savvy banks in India has introduced FedBook, a convenient and secure mobile passbook for customers who hold a Federal Bank account. While Federal Bank already has a mobile banking app - FedMobile - for Windows Phone users, this new app allows real time transaction updates without the...
The Windows Phone ecosystem has been on a roll in India over the last year and the juggernaut appears to be powering on into 2014. While one of India’s leading airline, Jet Airways, released a Windows Phone exclusive app last year, competing carrier SpiceJet has joined the party by launching their mobile app, exclusively for Windows Phone devices. The app has a great, modern user-...
Dell has released a new panel touch firmware update for Dell Venue 8 Pro 5830 running Windows 8.1 operating system. The update promises improved stylus performance. Dell Venue 8 Pro is Dell’s first Windows tablet running full Windows 8.1 with an Atom processor. The latest update (Vendor version: 1.0.4.2, Dell Version: A02) is categorized as urgent and Dell recommends applying this...
It’s been good last few months for Windows Phone users in India. There were several marquee apps that made way to the Windows Phone Store from Android and iOS. Also, a lot of companion apps for real-world services arrived on Windows Phone. One of the domains was telecom service providers or carriers. The apps from carriers are meant to facilitate easier billing and payment for...
Nextgen Reader is one of our favorite Windows Phone apps. The fast, clean, and beautiful apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone offer a great RSS reader experience. The Windows Phone app is free in the Windows Phone Store today as part of the ‘App of the Day’ campaign by DVLUP, Nokia’s developer rewards program. Also, as part of Microsoft’s Red Strip Deals promo for the holiday season...
Punjab Kesari is a leading Hindi-language newspaper published from many states in north India. With over three million daily readership, the publication has now arrived on Windows Phone. The beautifully designed app for Windows Phone 8 devices brings you real time news on national and international affairs, sports, entertainment, and religion. The app also features videos and photo...
Amar Chitra Katha has played an important part in the childhoods of millions of readers in India. A legendary household name in India, Amar Chitra Katha is India’s leading storyteller and largest comics publisher, and synonymous with Indian fables from the great epics, mythology, history, literature, and oral folktales. Now you can enjoy Amar Chitra Katha comic titles on Windows 8...
We are in Goa, the beautiful beach state in West India, for the sixth edition of the annual Nokia Strategy Summit. Apart from the sun and sand, it’s been a summit of nostalgia (last summit before the Microsoft acquisition), a reflection on a successful 2013, and way forward for 2014. Lumia Portfolio 2013 saw the launch of full portfolio of Windows Phone 8 devices in India – Nokia...
Microsoft believes education helps schools and universities, students and educators realize their full potential through technology solutions. Last summer, Microsoft offered Surface RT devices at a special price to academia. While introduction of tablets, like Surface, in classrooms is changing the way of teaching and learning in the classroom, the classrooms haven’t changed much over...
If you are a Viber user, here’s great news for you! The company has just announced Viber for Windows 8, bringing the leading messaging and VoIP platform with over 200 million users to tablet and desktop devices running Windows 8.1. Viber users can send free text messages, fun stickers, photos, videos and doodles, share locations anywhere in the world, and make free HD-quality calls...
Happy Holidays to everyone in India! At a press conference in New Delhi today, Nokia India announced the launch of Nokia Lumia 1520. The phone is priced at INR 46,999 and available in four colors. Also, music to our ears, the phones are available in stores immediately. The phone was unveiled at the Nokia World 2013 in Abu Dhabi a couple of months back. At the event though, no details...