The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i is a budget friendly laptop that should handle basic computing …
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Splinter Cell: Conviction Xbox LIVE Game Preview
This week’s new Xbox LIVE game is Splinter Cell: Conviction. This one was announced long long ago in 2011, but it’s finally becoming available tomorrow on February 22nd. This isn’t your average casual pick-up-and-play-whenever game that many are used to for smartphone games. This is a real shooter with lots of controls and buttons to learn. You’ve got a virtual joystick on the left to control the direction in which your character will walk or …
Continue readingChickens Can’t Fly Xbox LIVE Game Preview
We first saw “Chickens Can’t Fly” at Comic-Con New York last year and it looked entertaining. This week it will finally be available on February 15th for $2.99 in the Windows Phone Marketplace and in addition to the humorous cartoon-style game play, it has a few other special features. This is the first Xbox LIVE Windows Phone game to support live tiles and multiple live tiles. If you pin the game to your start screen …
Continue readingThe Ultimate Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Preview
Windows Phone 7 launched last year with a lot of hype and some great reviews. This year there’s going to be a significant update to the new mobile operating system which is said to bring 500 new features. Really, in Microsoft’s database, there are around 1000 new features, but some of them are kind of minor. I have no intention of actually counting them, but if you look at that scrollbar on this page, we …
Continue readingSkype Beta for Windows Phone Available
Skype has finally appeared for Windows Phone, but it’s still not the final version. Skype was announced for Windows Phone a very long time ago… even before Microsoft decided to aquire Skype. Some thought Microsoft was taking the extra time to fully integrate Skype with Windows Phone, but at least today we get a separate app without full integration. Still it seems to work pretty well and supports a good range of Skype features. You …
Continue readingEvents List Returns to Windows Phone’s Facebook App
We recently saw a huge update to the official Facebook app for Windows Phone that brought some great changes, however many people complained that there was no Events list. You could only access events if they showed up in your notifications list, or through Windows Phone’s integrated Facebook calendar. Well, the Facebook app has just been updated and now the Events list is back! The item shows up under your Favorites listing now. It includes …
Continue readingPlease Don’t Block 3rd Party Facebook Apps
Facebook’s privacy settings can be a little overwhelming. There are many options and if you don’t take the time to learn what they do, you might accidentally isolate yourself from the social network a bit too much. One thing that can be annoying is when people unknowingly block 3rd party Facebook apps from being able to see their status updates and content. After logging into Facebook on a desktop computer, click the little arrow in …
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