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Third party Snapchat clients removed from the Windows Phone Store

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December 20, 2014

Third party Snapchat clients removed from the Windows Phone Store

Ever since the massive user data leak that rocked Snapchat, the company has been tightening the noose around third party clients. It had already warned users against using third party clients, and now it seems like all third party Snapchat clients have disappeared from the Windows Phone Store, including Rudy Huyn’s 6snap. This essentially leaves Windows Phone users without access to Snapchat, since there’s no official app available on the platform, unlike that on Android and iOS.

6snap has disappeared as well as all snapchat apps on store. I will work closely with Microsoft now to convince snapchat to change its mind

— Rudy Huyn (@RudyHuyn) December 20, 2014

However, 6snap developer Rudy has taken it to Twitter and announced that he’s working with Microsoft to bring back the app for Windows Phone users. He’s also claimed that there’s no official app in the works for Windows Phone, but then, this cannot be taken as a 100 percent confirmation.

We hope for the sake of Snapchat users that either Snapchat releases an official Windows Phone app, or allows users to use 6snap instead.

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theChive is now available on Windows and Windows Phone

Sharang Sharma

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December 20, 2014

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There’s a good number of people who follow Chive regularly and those on Windows Phone and Windows will now be able to day it through the official app. While there are several third party apps to follow Chive, the charm of an official app is completely different. theChive is an universal app and as the company likes to call it, “probably the best app in the world”.

– All the latest posts from theCHIVE updated in real time
– Share your favorites via Facebook, Twitter, Text or Email
– Browse the most popular galleries
– Pick your favorite gallery category including art, beautiful, fail, funny, gaming, girls, photobombs, tech and more.
– Streaming video

For those who’ve never heard about Chive, its one the biggest photo blogs with multiple categories including funny photos, videos and GIFs with epic fails, beautiful girls, groundbreaking photography, and art from all over the world.

Luckily the app isn’t just a web wrapper and has been designed around Windows and Windows Phone. It’s a universal app and works on devices with 512MB RAM.

Facebook launches new Stickered for Messenger app

Sharang Sharma

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December 20, 2014

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Facebook has released a new app called Stickered for Messenger. The app has been developed by the same team who’s behind the Facebook Messenger.

– Pick as many stickers as you want
– Stick them on before or after you snap a photo
– Decorate photos from your gallery, too
– Drag, pinch, stretch and rotate stickers
– Add captions to complete the scene
– Send your creations to friends with Messenger

The app allows you to put stickers that are present on Messenger on your photos. And once you’re satisfied with your creation, you can share it with your friends on, well, Facebook Messenger. To be frank, we don’t get the point behind the app, but there you still have it, the ability to add as many stickers on your photos as you want. The app is live in the Play Store (link below) and should be coming to iOS soon.

Facebook will also be rolling out changes to Messenger in the coming days to celebrate the festive season. We’ll keep you updated on it.

Stickered for Messenger – Android

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Mega app available on Windows Phone for beta testers

Sharang Sharma

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December 19, 2014

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Popular cloud storage and file hosting service Mega (founded by Kim Dotcom, also the founder of Megaupload) has got an official app on Windows Phone. However, at the moment, the app is only available for people who signed up to test the beta version of the app.

Mega provides 50GB of storage free to its users, the highest among competing services. It also offers special encryption that keeps your data private. Of course, since the app is in beta, it lacks many features and could contain potentially many bugs. The team has admitted that the app currently lacks Notifications for live UI updates, a Rubbish bin, and “Camera Uploads” for backing up entire photo albums. Also, it will get many UI changes in the coming days as it inches towards a final release version.

Mega – Windows Phone

Halfbrick makes all its titles free on iOS

Sharang Sharma

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December 19, 2014

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Halfbrick, the studio behind titles like Jetpack Joyride and Fruit Ninja, has made all its other games on iOS free (with in-app purchases of course). While some of the titles from the studio are already free to download, the others that were paid have gone free too. These include Age of Zombies: Season 2, Colossatron: Massive World Threat, Fruit Ninja, and Monster Dash, which were previously priced at $0.99, and also Fish Out Of Water!, which previously cost $1.99.

We’re not sure if these titles have gone free permanently, or are available at the discounted price for the holiday season. Our advice? Grab them while they’re free.

Age of Zombies: Season 2

Colossatron: Massive World Threat

Fruit Ninja

Monster Dash

Fish Out Of Water!

Zynga’s Looney Tunes Dash available worldwide on iOS and Android

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Sharang Sharma

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December 19, 2014

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Zynga’s take on popular endless runners, Looney Tunes Dash is now available for download on Android and iOS. Looney Tunes Dash has been developed by Twisted Metal developer Eat Sleep Play in partnership with Zynga and as you’d have guessed by now, it features popular Looney Tunes characters. The game was soft launched in select markets back in September and is now available worldwide.

The game features popular characters like Bugs Bunny, Road Runner and more. Unlike other traditional endless runners where you run until you die, Looney Tunes Dash makes you run until you win. You are supposed to complete levels and thereby, gain access to new levels alongside evading villains like Wil E. Coyote. As you progress, you also unlock new characters and abilities. At launch, there are 90 levels to conquer. The game also features Looney Tunes Collector’s Cards spread across each level. These include facts about classic episodes.

The game is available for free and can be picked at the links below.

Looney Toons Dash – iOS

Looney Toons Dash – Android

Fitbit gets a major update on Windows Phone

Nityansh Seth

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December 19, 2014

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The Fitbit app on Windows Phone has been given a major update and the latest version 1.5 is now live in the Store for download. There are a couple of new features baked into the app, so it’s more than just a maintenance update. Here’s the changelog:

* Syncing support for our new Surge tracker. (Setup your Surge at www.fitbit.com/setup)

New Features

* Heart Rate
* Quick Calorie Add
* Barcode Scanning
* Exercise
* Track and view your exercise history

New Visual Design

*Our graphs have a new look!

Improvements

* Cortana
* New: Activity Logging
* Quick Calorie Logging
* General refinements to food logging
* Evening Snack option for food logging

* Minor bug fixes

So there’s quite a lot of work put into the new app. Syncing capabilities have also improved noticeably. The app adds support for Surge tracker, but the Surge itself still needs new firmware to sync with Windows Phone, which should be made available soon.

Get the app from the link below.

Fitbit – Windows Phone

Gameloft’s Brothers in Arms 3: Sons of War lands on iOS, Android and Windows Phone [Updated]

Sachin Sharma

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December 18, 2014

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Gameloft has released a new game in the Brothers of Arms series of World War II shooters on Android and iOS. The game comes an year and a half after it was first announced and is the sequel to 2011’s Brothers of Arms 2: Global Front.

Features:

EXPERIENCE UNIQUE SQUAD-BASED COMBAT
> Use your brothers to gain a tactical advantage!
> Employ their diverse abilities: Air Strike, Molotov, Rocket Blast, Mortar Fire and many more.
> Unlock new allies. Upgrade them into seasoned soldiers: damage output, ability cooldown, HP pool, AoE ability damage and more!

DIVE INTO EXHILARATING ACTION GAMEPLAY
> Smooth cover-based 3rd-person action with free movement.
> Various types of missions such as Assault, Sniper, Siege and Stealth.
> Impressive killcam zooms.

PICK YOUR FAVORITE WEAPON
> Unlock new weapons and turn them into the ultimate arsenal with fire rate, recoil, reload speed or clip-size upgrades!
> Discover the game-changing power of experimental weapons!
> Wreak havoc with their cool abilities: Triple or Infinite Bullets, Electric Discharges and more!

ENJOY EYE-CATCHING VISUAL EFFECTS
> Stunning indoor and outdoor settings.
> Weather and time-of-day variations.
> Console-like graphics for a AAA gaming experience.

WIN AWESOME REWARDS IN SPECIAL EVENTS
> Ladder challenge: missions gradually increase in difficulty for better prizes.
> Limited-time events with exclusive drops.

The game is a third person shooter featuring squad based combat and takes place during the events of World War II. The game features sequences both indoors and outdoors and has graphics that come close to the quality of consoles. It is available for free, but like other Gameloft titles, features in-app purchases.

Gameloft will shortly be following with a Windows Phone version of the game. Grab it from the links below.

Brothers in Arms 3: Sons of War – Android

Brothers in Arms 3: Sons of War – iOS

Update: The game is also live in the Windows Phone Store and is available as a free download.

Brothers in Arms 3: Sons of War -Windows Phone

BADLAND gets new ‘Daydream’ level pack to celebrate 20 million downloads

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Promil Bhardwaj

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December 18, 2014

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20 million is a huge number by all accounts. So when popular game BADLAND crossed 20 million players, it called for celebrations. As such, the team behind the game have pushed an update to the game on all major platforms (iOS, Android, Windows Phone and BlackBerry), adding ten new levels in the new ‘Daydream’ level pack.

The new level pack features 10 new single player levels, 30 new missions and 5 new achievements. With this, the number of single player levels in BADLAND has reached 100. The developers also revealed that the game has been the number one downloaded game in 83 countries and has been played for a cumulative 4,726 years. US has the most number of people playing the game, followed by Russia and China.

Daydream pack is being given for free on iOS for a short time and is on a discount price of $1.23 on another platforms. You can buy it as an in-app purchase.

BADLAND App Store
BADLAND Google Play
BADLAND Windows Phone Store

[Updated] Nokia to focus on HERE Maps for Android and iOS, Microsoft to take control of Windows Phone version

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Sharang Sharma

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December 18, 2014

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Update: Nokia has issued a statement, clarifying that they’ll support Windows Phone in the future.

“We have noticed some discussions in the blogosphere about HERE on Windows Phone. We want to clarify that we are committed to providing great products and consumer experiences for Windows based phones. We will continue to support our HERE apps to ensure that they will be compatible with future versions of Windows.”

It seems like the list of official apps on Windows Phone that are managed by Microsoft will soon get a new entrant. Nokia has revealed that it would be halting development of the Windows Phone version of HERE Maps and instead will invest its resources “based on a realistic market”. Speaking to DigiToday, Udo Szabo, Director of Product Marketing at HERE, said:

“When did Nokia phones, our goal was slightly different. Now we are developing applications on the basis of a realistic market. Microsoft will pay our maps license fees and is responsible for application development.”

Nokia has already outed an Android version of its app on the Samsung Galaxy Store, which has seen millions of downloads, and expects to release an iOS version of the app early next year. Windows Phone version won’t be dead of course, and will be continued to be developed by Microsoft. Although, it could mean that the Windows Phone version could be the last to get new features in the future, but that’s just a hypothesis for now.

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