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Microsoft released the 4G/LTE version of the Surface 2 in the US last month and today you can pre-order the new Surface here in the UK. The mobile enabled tablet...

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This week is The Gadget Show Live at Birmingham’s NEC and Microsoft have one of the biggest stands at the event with a wide range of Windows devices on show....

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Microsoft have been very good a pushing out monthly updates for their Surface range of devices with each month producing a long list of changes. This months the updates are...

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The Windows Store Skype app for Windows 8.1 has been updated bringing back signing out options. With Skype so integrated into Windows 8 until now you couldn’t actual sign out...

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Yesterday was the release of Windows 8.1 Update and at The Gadget Show Live Microsoft were showing off the changes to the OS. You can see my review of the...

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We are big fans of the Android AllCast casting app. It supports DLNA, Chromecasting, Apple TV and now they have added support for Amazon’s new Fire TV. This means you...

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The team behind OpenELEC keep pumping out the updates, today the 5th beta of OpenELEC 4.0 has been released. The embedded version of XBMC includes the latest build of XBMC...

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The last update for the Xbox One Preview program added OneGuide support in the UK and the latest update has some interesting new features. One features for UK users is...

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Windows Phone 8.1 was announced last week and it looks like it’s a big leap forward from Windows Phone 8. There are many new features and the headlines changes include...

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  Netflix have updated the Android version of the their Netflix app improving the Chomecast support. The release notes don’t go into to many detail just saying “Enhanced second screen...

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Yesterday Amazon announced another box for you to connect to your TV as Amazon take on the pleather of box vying for your attention. Amazon’s device is a $99 set...

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One surprising announcement during Microsoft’s Build event today was that the Start Menu is coming back to Windows. In a future update to Windows 8.1 and not in the update...

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Microsoft kicked off its developer conference Build 2014 today by announcing Windows Phone 8.1 (you can watch the keynote here). The updated phone OS has a nonfictions Center called Action...

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Today Microsoft have official announced Windows 8.1 Update a set of changes which seems to be aimed at making Windows 8.1 work better with a mouse/keyboard and integrate modern apps...

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It’s not just the iOS version of BBC iPlayer that has been updated, the Android version has been updated as well. The Android version gets the same Chromecast resume features...

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The last update of the iOS version of BBC iPlayer added Chromecast support to the app so you can use the app to watch BBC shows on the TV. Today’s...

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If you want to see what is coming up next from for Xbox One SmartGlass from Microsoft you can check out their new beta SmartGlass app. The app gives you...

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Media Browser updates are coming thick and fast, yesterday it was Media Browser for Samsung TVs, this morning it was the Roku app and now it’s the turn of the...

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When Microsoft launched the Xbox One one of the headline features was the TV integration services including OneGuide. OneGuide is a central EPG which you can view on your Xbox...

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There is certainly plenty of activity in the Media Browser community at the moment. Yesterday there was a client for Samsung TVs and today there is an update to the...

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It’s been a long time coming but the Windows 8/8.1 version of the fabulous VLC player is finally coming to the Window Store. The app is currently in beta and...

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Yesterday the BBC released a beta version of the new iPlayer experience which has a new look and feel and today the BBC have detailed the new version coming to...

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Microsoft have updated the Windows 8.1 Xbox Music and Xbox Video apps. The Xbox Music app has a couple of changes, when you add music to a playlist it no...

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Microsoft have continued with its monthly updates for its Surface devices and this month there are updates for the Surface 2, Surface Pro and the Surface Pro 2 (nothing for...

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The BBC have shown off changes coming to the iPlayer web site and apps. In a post on the BBC Internet blog the BBC have outlined how the new version...

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The Raspberry Pi makes a great a great media center running applications like XBMC but the audio output on the Pi is a little basic. element14 have announced a new...

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When Microsoft announce the 2nd generation of Surface devices also announced was the Power Cover. The cover is has the moving key keyboard and track pad (like the Type Cover)...

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  Apple have issued an update for the iOS Remote and Podcast apps. Version 4.2 of the Remote app adds the ability to control iTunes Radio on the Apple TV,...

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The Android Chromecasting app Allcast has been updated with transcoding and DLNA improvements. The app now supports DLNA Media Server so you can browse a remote DLNA server and send...

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DoubleTwist is a great all in one media player for Android, it handles music, radio, podcasts and syncs with the desktop version. The developers have of the app have hit...

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Welcome to podcast #441 and this week we have a busy show where we talk about the changes with the leadership team at Microsoft, the lower spec requirements of Windows...

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OpenELEC have launched Beta 1 for OpenELEC 4 which is the first version of OpenELEC to include XBMC 13 (Gotham) beta 1. The first beta of XBMC 13 was launched...

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Firecore the company behind the ATVFlash addin for the Apple TV have updated their iOS media player app. Infuse 2.2.2 can import subtitles from other apps, adds retina artwork and...

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Most readers of this blog will remember The Green Button originally an independent community for Windows Media Center users to share tips, experiences and help each other with support issues....

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My Movies the movie collection manager service has arrived in the Windows Store. The app enables you to manage your My Movie collection from a Windows device. You can use...

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Yesterday the March update for the Xbox One started rolling out and it includes a some updates that should make it work better as an entertainment device. The Xbox One...

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The Android version of the Media Browser client has been updated adding support for Google’s Chromecast protocol. This means you can browser your media stored on a Media Browser server...

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If you use Google Play Music and have a Windows 8 device you will want to check out gMusic for Windows. With the app you can play music from Google’s...

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AllCast is a great app for playing music and pictures from an Android device to DNLA, UPnP, and Chromecast devices and the app has had updated once again. The update focuses on transcoding...

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The XBMC team have announced the first beta of the next version of XBMC codenamed Gotham. The new release include hardware decoding on Android 4.0, this should make XBMC run...

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BubbleUPnP the Android UPNP/DLNA app has been updated adding Chromecast support. This means you can play music, video and photos from a DLNA server or the Android device to the...

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MediaPortal 1.7.0 Pre Release has been released containing some new features and bug fixes. Most of the changes are under the covers and are designed to improve the stability of...

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As part of Microsoft’s renaming of SkyDrive to OneDrive the Windows Phone and iOS versions of the app have been updated. The Windows Phone version also gets a new thumbnail...

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Skype have added a new picture in picture feature to the Android version of Skype. The feature overlays a small thumbnail of the video call in the top left of...

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Today the renaming of SkyDrive to OneDrive has gone live and as well as the naming the Android app has a new upload feature. The renamed OneDrive app has automatic...

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The Bing apps on Windows 8 are a good example of how to design Windows apps and yesterday the Bing team released a set of new apps for Windows Phone....

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Last month Microsoft announced the new name for SkyDrive and on the OneDrive blog Microsoft have announced that the service has gone live today. The renamed apps should start showing...

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Microsoft have made available the latest firmware and drivers for its Surface Pro devices (not the RT powered tablets). The download packs include the February 2014 firmware and drivers updates...

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When I fired up my Surface today I was greeted with 7 updates from the Bing team at Microsoft. The Windows 8.1 updates were for Bing Finance, Bing Sport, Bing...

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There is a new release of the Android version of MediaMonkey. Build 227 fixes issues with UPnP and WiFi syncing issues, it has database improvements and has fixed notifications. The...

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In the tradition of things hitting the news after we discuss them on the podcast, Amazon Canada briefly had up a pre-order page for an Xbox One Media Remote. The...

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There are a batch of updates in the Windows Store from Microsoft today. The first is Xbox Music, this update has the very descriptive "Minor fixes and improvements". Xbox Video...

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Google have updated the iOS version of their Google Play Music app fixing bugs in the apps. This release fixes disappearing downloads of songs and albums and fixes streaming issues....

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Microsoft are back on track with their monthly update for the Surface tablets. This month there are updates for the Surface 2, Surface Pro 2 and the Surface Pro (but...

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Microsoft had planned to roll out a system update for the Xbox One today but it looks like it's going to be delayed until later this week. The update includes...

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Google have updated the Android Google Play Books apps adding PDF and EPUB support. You can now upload PDFs or EPUB to Google's book app via the downloads app on...

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  Today Microsoft have updated the Xbox Video app for Windows 8. I had to double check the release notes as Microsoft do have a habit of leaving the notes...

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The developers of MediaMonkey keep improved the media player app for Android. Build 225 fixes playback skipping issues, booking marking issues and fixes problems with the back button. MediaMonkey syncs...

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Amazon have updated the Android version of their cloud music player. The app has been updated with improved playback performance when you have a large music library. Amazon have also...

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Firecore the company behind the ATVFlash addin for the Apple TV have updated their iOS video player app. Version 2.2 has a download from network option so you can not...

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The first update for the Xbox One is on its way. There are two updates on the way, the first one due 11th February has a couple of nice features...

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The last update of the BBC's iPlayer app for iOS was supposed to have fixed the disappearing download issue that was affecting the app (they said "The mystery of disappearing...

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No news on the status of the VLC for the Windows store just yet but we do have a new version for the Windows desktop and for the Mac. Version...

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Samplitude have released an updated version of its Music Studio application for Windows. The all-in-one package has vocal tuning, virtual instruments including a high-end synth, guitar, vintage organ, horns and an...

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Yesterday Google released a Chromecast SDK and pretty quickly the developer of AllCast has updated the app to include Chromecasting support. With the updated Androi app you can stream content...

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Believe it or not the MagPi magazine a community magazine for the Raspberry Pi has reached issue 20. This month's edition has instructions on how to create your own bootable...

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Samsung ATIV Book 9 Lite is a budget makeover of Samsung's high-end Series 9 Ultabook. The original Series 9 is one of the best Ultrabooks around but it came with...

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  MX Player the play anything video app for Android has been updated. The updated app supports cover art and adds subtitle gestures. Also extra codec packages are no longer required for...

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Users of Media Browser Classic which is the version of Media Browser for Windows Media Center have a great looking new theme to play with. The Aztec theme has a...

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Welcome to podcast 435 and we have a great show for you. We discuss IBM selling its x86 business to Lenovo and do servers have a place in the home...

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Over the weekend we had some screenshots of the Windows Store version of the VLC app and today we have an update on the Kickstater page. As we report audio...

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SiliconDust's HD HomeRun are network enabled TV tuners that you can use with services like Windows Media Center and DVBLink and this week they have launched an Android app. HDHomeRun...

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It's been a busy few weeks for Media Browser, we had the new live TV features, an updated Windows Media Center addin and today a new Media Browser app for...

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Windows on a small devices isn't a new thing, Microsoft have tried it before back in 2007 with UMPCs line the Samsung Q1 which never really took off (I still...

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Media Browser may have swanky new live TV features but if you're a Media Center users you will be happy to see the new Media Browser Classic beta. Media Browser...

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Last year Microsoft lost a court case with BskyB over the SkyDrive name and now Microsoft have announced the new name of its cloud storage service. The new name of...

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One of the best things about the iOS version of the BBC iPlayer app is being able to download shows for offline playback but recently there have been problems with...

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There are some occasions when WiFi isn't practical and you need to use Ethernet . I needed an Ethernet device to help with the streaming of our podcast and looked for...

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On the TDL Show a couple of weeks ago we speculated on where the Vidolan team where up to on the Windows Store version of the VLC Player app. The...

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  We have heard rumours that Microsoft could be releasing an update for Windows 8.1 in the next couple of month and some of the updates would include better metro/desktop integration...

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When it comes to small form factor Windows device there have been many attempts over the years to get it right but none have really pulled it off, anyone remember...

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TVCatchup is an app for watching live UK TV on a mobile device and the Android version has been updated. The updated version has add regional settings so you can...

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As regular readers will know I am a big fan of MediaMonkey and the Android version of it has had a couple of new builds since I last looked at...

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VLC for iOS has been updated with a new UI, new cloud storage options and lots of other improvements. The new UI is designed for iOS 7 looks much better...

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When the Xbox One launched one of the TV apps missing from the console was BBC iPlayer. The TV app has been on the Xbox 360 for some time and...

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As well as the Windows Media Center version of My Movies being updated the Home and Essentials version has also been updated. Version 2.14 build 2 is a minor updated...

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The My Movies team have released an update for the Windows Media Center version of the My Movies app. Release 4.06 built 2 now displays MPLS file numbers when editing...

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Last week I wrote about the live TV features coming Media Browser and yesterday the Media Browser server was updated to include the TV features. Media Browser's TV features use...

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Category:News -- posted at: 11:22pm EDT

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Microsoft have updated the Android Xbox Music app fixing issues on Android 4.4. The update earlier this week added offline playback via playlists to the app and it looks like...

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Category:News -- posted at: 3:52am EDT

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Skype have updated their iOS version of the Skype client and added two way HD calling for the iPad Air and iPad Mini (retina). In the update is the ability...

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Category:News -- posted at: 2:19am EDT

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Media Browser is a great cross platform media system with client for Windows 8, Windows Phone, Android, iOS and Windows Media Center. You can watch videos and listen to music...

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Category:News -- posted at: 11:14am EDT

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Microsoft have been pretty good releasing monthly updates for the Surface range. Surface Pro 2 owners are waiting for a fix to the battery issues from last month's update but...

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Category:News -- posted at: 5:54am EDT

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When the Xbox One was launched it was no surprise that Windows Media Center Extender features were missing from the console (find out why from Microsoft's Charlie Owen on our...

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Category:News -- posted at: 3:32am EDT

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Last week Microsoft added offline plackback features to the iOS version of the Xbox Music app and today the Android version gets the same feature. The iOS version had the...

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Category:News -- posted at: 11:31am EDT

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Google may not have a Google Play Music account for the Windows Store but there is a great 3rd party app filling the void. gMusicW is a free app that...

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Category:News -- posted at: 6:01am EDT

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ITV have updated the iOS version of its catchup app ITV Player. The update is fairly minor but as well as bug fixes it does have improvements to video playback....

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Category:News -- posted at: 3:10am EDT

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Microsoft have updated the Windows Store version of Skype. The update has performance improvements of the metro app and general bug fixes. Having not been that impressed with the metro...

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Category:News -- posted at: 10:59am EDT

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I recently pickup up a Toshiba Encore 8 to test Windows 8.1 on 8 inch tablets which ships with Windows 8.1 and Office 2013 Home and Student Edition. I starting...

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Category:News -- posted at: 6:36am EDT

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Brian Binnerup and the My Movies team have released an updated version to the iOS version of the My Movies app. The updated app adds an option to return to...

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Category:News -- posted at: 2:00am EDT

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On Friday night, I found a new update to my lumia software available to download, on my Lumia 925.  This looks to add some new functionality to the WP8, which...

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Category:News -- posted at: 12:33am EDT

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