Camera Extras, incoming new shooting features for the Nokia Lumia devices

Nokia will release in the coming days on Marketplace, inside the Nokia Collection,Camera Extras . This is an application that, as you will see in the video at bottom of page, add the Lumia 900, 800, 710 and 610 new features to allow users to create quality images in the following ways:

Group photo
Thanks to a sophisticated system for the recognition of faces and to an advanced internal algorithm to the software you can choose the best expressions of the subjects selecting from five photos that will be acquired in rapid succession as soon as you press the shutter button. Anything to get the best group shot possible.

The Nokia Lumia 610 and Nokia Lumia 900 featured in two new and original commercials (VIDEO)

The focus on aspects of marketing and advertising has always been a constant in the commercial policy of Nokia. Suffice it to mention the considerable investments made ​​by Nokia to launch new smartphone in key markets Lumia, to realize that even during the difficult time of transition is crossed by the company, its leaders have neglected the development of marketing campaigns very well structured. And between marketing initiatives devoted to recent Lumia 610 and 900 that must be part of the two spots distributed today by Nokia . These are two very well-made commercials that describe the same story seen from two different angles, namely that of a girl who uses the Lumia 610 and a holder of a boy Lumia 900. Not missing an epilogue happy endings in both videos that can be seen after the break.

Fling coming as Xbox Live title for Windows Phone

Fling a very interesting developed by miniclip is coming to Windows phone as Xbox Live title on Wednesday.

Fling is real puzzle game where the main purpose is centered in an attempt to leave on the table only a colored ball. The elimination of fur balls can only be hitting the various counterparts on the Stage, rolling them out of the level.

Microsoft presents Little Acorns and Sally Spa on Xbox Live for Windows Phone

The virtual market from Microsoft continues to present a series of new titles can then be played on Windows Phone. The developers update it every week as Xbox Live Marketplace, with new titles, this time releasing Little Acorns and Sally SPA.

Little Acorns Mr.Nibbles and tells the story of his ongoing attempt to harvest some tasty acorns, which are useful to feed the whole family. The player will then face a real platform where speed and skill will be the true leitmotif of the whole affair, also relying on a series of special power-ups.

In Sally's Spa Instead the user will find a dress once more the role of Sally, famous entrepreneur, this time grappling with a series of spa around the world. Glance and speed of action is not always enough to manage customers, so its resources will be invested in a diligent and above all smart.

Microsoft announces improved app certification and faster publication times

Lately several developers have complained about the timing of certification and approval of your app developed for Windows Phone. The number of published apps on the marketplace on a daily basis has risen substantially in recent months, this led to a lengthy certification (we received complaints from developers who had to wait beyond 10 days).

Microsoft plans a major announcement on Monday, June 18

Microsoft is distributing invitations to the press for attending an event, scheduled for next Monday, June 18 in Los Angeles, during which there is an announcement of some significance. Obviously, the motivations are completely unknown but many email invitations include the following text words to bottom:

This will be a major Microsoft announcement - you will not want to miss it

With great odds Windows Phone will not even named because, like many of you know, has already planned a summit on June 20 where they should leak out numerous reports concerning the future of Microsoft's mobile OS. Ditto for Windows 8, the Preview Release now available for some time, and Xbox, which has made quite a stir at E3 a few days ago.

Rumor - Microsoft ready to buy Yammer for $ 1 billion ?

Microsoft is ready to buy Yammer, the social messaging service for businesses, for anything close to a billion dollars, at least according to Bloomberg.

Yammer is a social network service company, primarily used in business for online collaboration among the various employees of the same company.

Tango update for Nokia Lumia 800 and HTC Trophy approved by Vodafone Australia

Vodafone Australia was working to approve the update to Windows Phone Tango for its branded smartphone.

On the updates page of Vodafone Australia, we can now see how the approval phase of Windows Phone Tango (call from Vodafone "Mango Consumer Refresh 3") for your device is finished.  

Tentacles is this week Xbox Live title of the Week

This week Xbox Live title of the week is Tentacles.Tentacles has been developed and released by Microsoft exclusively for its mobile operating system. 

From the description in the WP marketplace we can read:

Press lightly on the screen, and Tentacles of the 40 test levels splits fingers and thrilling boss fights, you'll be surprised to find innovative and intuitive playability.
Think fast, act with caution and continues eating. The enemies will impede and you have to tear their eyes while trying to defeat Dr. Phluff, the mad scientist. Where will this battle end? Guess! No, we did not own!
Dr. Phluff has always interfered in the order of nature and this time tried to create the cutest animal ever conceived. But he failed. In a disaster, but not totally unexpected series of events has created a being of darkness. Dark, no heart and no desire to be kind, good nor pretty. Yes, he created YOU! A slimy black blob with three tentacles, a claw, and an endless hunger for eyeballs.

Naver's Line messenger arrived on Windows Phone

Line,the messaging system designed by Naver, is not that well known in Europe or in U.S, but the application has actually taken hold in Asia and for some time is available for several operating systems, Windows Phone included .

Nokia is working to expand its agreements with U.S. operators

In an interview with Bloomberg, Chris Weber, the president of Nokia North America, said that thanks to the successful marketing of the company has returned 900 Lumia of bullying in the American market, but at the same time still needs looking to expand into new agreements with other operators.

"We had a great start with T-Mobile and AT & T, but this is just the beginning. We returned to the United States, we are back in Canada: it's exciting, but there is still much work to do. "

GMaps Pro is now free for all Windows Phone users, but just for today

More good news for users of Windows Phone who prefer Google maps to those of Bing. After being returned to the WP Marketplace in recent days, GMaps Pro today will be free of charge for the whole day!

Nokia Maps could become the default mapping app for the next Nokia Windows Phones

The agreement between Nokia and Microsoft has always proved a very solid and deep so that the  the Finnish manufacturer with more privileges in order to change the mobile operating system from Redmond. As we have observed several times, in fact, Nokia has decided to customize the icon of the Marketplace in the Tango build by inserting a 'No' in the tile store.

ChatON in now available for Windows Phone, exclusively on Samsung devices

Samsung finally has brought its proprietary IM client Chaton to Windows Phone,but only as an exclusive for the devices belonging to the Samsung brand.

At the moment we do not know if this decision is final or not, although it is very likely that sooner later, the program does its appearance on Marketplace generic , as on other platforms, is already freely available even on different brand phones.

According to the analysts the Nokia Lumia 900 continues to sell well in U.S.

Officially presented during the first months of 2012 , the new smartphone Nokia Lumia 900 , a member of the famous family of Smartphones created highly successful collaboration between Nokia and Microsoft , is available on the market in various countries around the world for some time now. 

The results recorded up to now have been positive for Nokia demonstrating the excellent reception received by this device evaluated positively by the international critics, but recently some items, at least for the American market, presaged some suffering resulting drop in sales of smartphones due to the launch of the HTC One X.

Nokia Lumia 710 sighted in Canada with Windows Phone Tango on board

While the information on a possible upgrade to Windows Phone 8 for the current devices are scarce, it seems that Nokia has started pre-installing Windows Phone Tango on Lumia smartphones.

Intel may make x86 chips for Windows Phone, but only if the platform will grow!

From the statements of Hermann Eul, president of Intel Mobile Communications Group, released during an interview with IDG News Service during the Computex 2012, we learn that Intel would be interested in making x86 chips to support Windows Phone platform. 

Windows Phone Marketplace passes 100,000 apps

Another important goal for  Windows Phone marketplace has been reached today, according to a scan performed by  AAWP , the number of applications / games published in Windows Phone marketplace passed the 100,000 mark.

Windows Phone 8 OS builds with WXGA display resolution spotted in the wild

It's a little more than a rumor but insistent voices echo in the network. Unconfirmed sources reveal the presence of four different resolutions related to the upcoming Windows Phone 8.The operating system then support the resolution of 480 × 640, 480 × 800, 720 × 768 × 1280 and 1280.

Nokia Lumia sales pushed Windows Phone users to 13 million

As you can see from the chart above, the number of users who use Windows Phone Facebook is growing.The data comes directly from a research done by Microsoft and has been established that there are approximately 2 million monthly active users.

The data obtained are also due to strong sales of Nokia's Lumia Lumia 610 and 900, besides the fact that to sell well in Finland, are proving very popular elsewhere.