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How to: Why Can’t I see the Facebook Updates of Friends in the People Hub and Friend Tiles

October 4, 2011 By 1 Comment
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I have been frustrated for awhile why I couldn't see any Facebook updates of certain friends in the People Hub and those Individual and Group Tiles but was able to read their posts and updates from the official Facebook app from the Marketplace. Well!!! it has to do do with the the Privacy setting of that specific person. The Facebook app is an official app from Facebook it self and published in the Marketplace which will allow you to see the updates from your friends set by their custom … [Read more...]

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How To Fix and Use Your Integrated Twitter Account on Your Windows Phone

September 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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There were many issues during the roll out of the Mango Update for Windows Phone 7 to Windows Phone 7.5 of the twitter integration. Many people had issues that either the feed wasn't showing up in the "What's new" section of the People Hub, Group Tiles or individual Tiles.  Linking the Twitter Names to your contacts was an issue as well. However this has now been fixed and here is how you easily can fix this without doing a hard reset. If you have some issues in general the steps below … [Read more...]

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Changes to the Zune Music Pass for Windows Phone, XBOX 360, Desktop and Zune HD

September 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Microsoft Zune Pass is currently a great deal. For $14.99 a month you can download and stream unlimited music and keep it as long as you keep your subscription. In addition to this you are allowed to download 10 songs per month for you to keep forever. However on October 3rd,  2011 the Music Pass will go down in price to $9.99 a month but you will loose the 10 songs forever downloads. All current Zune Pass customers are allowed to keep their current plan $14.99 plan if they want and will … [Read more...]

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Burn the Rope a XBOX Live Game for Windows Phone

September 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Xbox Live games for Windows Phone are for the most part great games to play. Soon they will launch Burn the Rope. A preview of this game promises another great XBOX Live game on the Windows Phone. Features include over 100 levels, accelerometer controls and great graphics. Burn the Rope is a challenging game where you try to burn as much rope as you can in each level. There’s a catch! The fire only burns upwards, leaving you to rotate the level to keep your flame alive! Bugs along … [Read more...]

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How to Update your Beta Mango to Windows Phone 7.5 with No Roll back

September 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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On the Msdn forums a detailed post appeared today how to update your Mango developer build Windows Phone with no roll back to a previous back-up. It looks pretty easy, just let it run some extra updates. If the Zune software gets stuck between the two updates just it cancel and restart the search for the update. Details   Source: MSDN forum Windows Phone 7.5: Updating OS from Beta 2 to RTM This morning, we started rolling out the ‘Mango’ updates … [Read more...]

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Web Based Marketplace for Windows Phone Live Now.

September 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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As part of the Mango announcements Microsoft also announced a web based Marketplace to browse and purchase apps for the Windows Phone. As earlier announced today Microsoft updated their Windows Phone and Where is my Phone's Update pages, but besides that they also launched their web based Marketplace. No need for a Zune client om your desktop to find or browse for apps. Purchase and Free downloads This web based Marketplace (US :  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/marketplace ) for … [Read more...]

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Microsoft Updates the Windows Phone Site and Status Pages to Reflect the Mango Features

September 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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We all have been reading that the Mango update is so close and imminent. Overnight the official Windows Phone webpage has been updated to reflect the new features and phones that the Mango update brings to all new phones and existing phones. The word is that Microsoft and AT&T are starting today to roll out the Mango update to their customers. Go ahead and check it out. http://mango.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/default.aspx   Update: The "Where is my Phone's Update" … [Read more...]

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New Windows Phone 7.5 Mango on AT&T from Samsung and HTC

September 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Mango update for all existing Windows Phones is getting closer. I can't wait to update my Samsung Focus to the official Mango update. But now Samsung also announced that they will be launching two new Windows Phone with AT&T. These two new phones are: Samsung Focus S The Samsung Focus™ S builds on the success of the award-winning and highest-selling Windows Phone in the U.S., the Samsung Focus™. Featuring: a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display 1.4GHz … [Read more...]

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How to Add a WiFi, Bluetooth, Data and Airplane mode Tile on the Windows Phone

September 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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With the improvement of the Mango update for the Windows Phone I still missed something for a quick access to your Data, WiFi , Bluetooth and Airplane mode settings. The fastest way before was to pin the "settings" tile to your start screen. However the free Network Dashboard application gives you quick access to all these settings together or individually by pinning a tile to your start screen on your Windows Phone. To quickly access your settings on your Windows Phone you now need to … [Read more...]

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How to Set Up your Google Gmail account as a Corporate Exchange Account on your Mobile Device

July 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
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Many people have either a Gmail account or a Google Mail account for their own domain. However, the quick Gmail set-up on some phones only brings in your emails from your Gmail or Google mail account and not your contacts and calendar items.  This article will show you that it is possible to sync your Gmail- Google mail,  contacts and calendar items onto your device using the Corporate Exchange protocol. The advantage of using this protocol on an Android device is that you are able to … [Read more...]

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