Windows Phone 8

There’s no shortage of scanner apps in this world. And they keep getting better with each update. CamScanner takes the lead with its intelligent scanning features and its support for Google Drive and other cloud storage services. The app is av

Google has a Microsoft problem. Nobody is sure when it started or whether it is about silly patent battles or a personal feud but Google apps have been absent from Windows Phone since WP 7 came out. And for no logical reason I can think of.

The latest version of Internet Explorer 11 that comes with every Windows Phone 8.1 device is a pretty good browser and will be more than enough for most people. IE 11 has all the basic stuff like private browsing, in-line videos, basic file downloads

After you use it for a while, Cortana’s beta tag seems like a placeholder. Something they can point to in defense if there is any major blunder. After a month in the wild, there hasn’t been any. Cortana beta is awesome.

Live tiles is definitely one feature that has kept Windows Phone 8 devices up and running in the market. I feel it gives a sleek and simple, yet an elegant look to the interface. Besides, its ability to show details of notifications based on the s

Windows Phone 8 is good. It is clean and simple, and has most of what a smartphone user wants. Of course, there are few things that need to improve and we are sure Microsoft will only make it better with time.

The progress of internet and related technologies has brought along one awesome thing: easy and effortless data backup. Well, you could still lose all your data on a bad day but that would have caused partly by your carelessness. I mean, there are s

Speech recognition engines (or voice command enabled services) , I believe, are still in the process of evolving and being fine-tuned. They have complex algorithms and learning theories associated with them. However, their growth has been tremendous

Internet Explorer 10 for mobile isn’t just another browser that can open web pages. It is better, simpler, cleaner and has many new interesting features when compared to the previous versions. Most importantly, it shares the core engine with its d

We have talked about adding contacts from an email account to Windows Phone 8 . If you have already tried that then you must have understood that the process actually includes setting up of an email account on your phone . That by default makes you

I think one of the prominent features that distinguishes a mobile operating system like iOS from its desktop counterpart is multiple user accounts.. or more importantly a guest account.

Keeping the various devices you own and services you are registered with in sync is one of the best ways to stay abreast with all information you need. I am talking about data like documents, contacts, pictures, videos and music.

What do you do when you purchase a new phone? Well, yeah, a lot of things but one of the first tasks that you are likely to take up is importing your contacts from another phone or service. That joke about whether that smartphone can make calls is

With the latest release of Office 2013 and 365 Microsoft has made one thing crystal clear, and that is its emphasis on cloud storage and connectivity. And, to do that they are using the Microsoft accounts aka Outlook/Live id’s owned by users. Wi

Nokia Lumia 920 has attracted mixed reviews on its battery life. Some say that it is performing good while others are of the view that it drains out quicker than expected and promised. Well, I have been using the device for some days now and haven’

I really love the lock screen concept that was introduced with Windows 8. It looks beautiful as it stands there when you open your computer. Besides, it lets you grab some information on it. We have already discussed how to customize it or get rid