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The Verge tech site revealed the issue after it noticed a window reflection revealed a cameraman holding what appeared to be an SLR camera. In a blog post the handset maker said it should have “posted a disclaimer”. The news threatens to take the shine off the launch of the Lumia 920 phone. Investors had Continue Reading →

The Next Web was reporting Live from Nokia’s ‘Switch to Lumia’ launch event in New York today, and the Finnish mobile giant had a couple of product announcements up its sleeve. While the broader subject area was of little surprise, the finer nuances contained within the announcement were. Largely, at least. Lumia 920: Indeed, we Continue Reading →

Microsoft has added a new ‘Popular Now’ section to its Bing search engine in the US, UK, Germany and France, a feature designed to let you see daily news trends by glancing at the homepage. Each day, Bing’s editorial team monitors trends and topics and updates them on the Bing homepage. The section is located Continue Reading →

The great folks over at Ars Technica have a post that explains in granular detail exactly how Xbox Games on Windows will function. Given that the project is a standard Microsoft soup of this and that, TNW decided to break it into bite sized bits for all of you, our readership. After all, explication is Continue Reading →

Microsoft Windows 8, the new operating system slated to launch October 26, isn’t just bringing in a new, tile-like, touch-friendly interface. It’s also ushering in a slew of new hardware styles and features, as PC-makers look to woo consumers and jump-start sales, which, except for Mac, have slowed considerably the past few years. So companies Continue Reading →

HTC on Tuesday sent out invitations for a press event in New York City on September 19th at 11 AM EST, one week after Apple’s grand iPhone 5 unveiling on September 12th. The Taiwanese manufacturer is expected announce a variety smartphones — which have been code-named the Rio, Accord, and Zenith — based on Microsoft’s Continue Reading →

Wow, Rovio’s next game is not an Angry Birds game – though, of course, it does take place within the deep Angry Birds Universe. Bad Piggies stars the hated pig spheres from Angry Birds, and features “all new, never-before-seen gameplay – and not a slingshot in sight!” The teaser video doesn’t show exactly what the Continue Reading →

We know that Microsoft and Nokia are having an event in New York on Wednesday, 5 September, to reveal upcoming Windows Phone 8 devices, but that is all we know for sure at this point. The folks at The Verge posted details on the possible Nokia Lumia 920 and Nokia Lumia 820 and we can Continue Reading →

Been wondering what your gaming options will be when you first take a new Windows 8 PC or Windows RT tablet out of the box? Microsoft has confirmed today that its first wave of Xbox titles (as they’re now known) for the OS will include 40 games, 29 of which come from Microsoft Studios. Those Continue Reading →

An enormous gap in the Windows Phone 7 (W7 Mango) OS which we thought had been fixed a long time ago has just caught us out. Unlike our rival publications, GoMobile News actually eats its own cooking. So we were trying to view a live webcam feed on our Nokia Lumia 800 W7 Mango smartphone. Continue Reading →