Monthly Archives: January 2012

Trying out the Inneractive WP7 Ad SDK

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

A few weeks ago, we rolled out updates our apps that had the ability to display ads from a company called inneractive. They contacted us specifically a few weeks ago (not a mass email) and said that they can provide … Continue reading →

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BackgroundCreation crashes the Designer

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

Windows Phone Mango introduced a new enum value to bitmap creation that will actually load and decode the image on a background thread instead of on the UI thread. In some cases, that gives noticeable perf benefits, but there are … Continue reading →

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How to add a word to the WP7 dictionary

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

This blog is not intended as a generic WP7 blog, but every now and again, I realized there are some features that are a little more hidden than others (that’s a nice way of saying “undiscoverable”) that people generally don’t … Continue reading →

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Hidden blog in Fail++

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

If you are a reader of this blog, or of Twitter, you get an extra blog on your Fail++ app! “After 12”. Please email us by using the “Feedback” tile on the app, and we will enable it for you.

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Developer tool for nicer marketplace screenshots

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

If you look at screenshots in the Marketplace that show the Start Screen, you will notice something strange – they all look the same – usually an Internet Explorer tile and a tile for the app. There are 2 reasons … Continue reading →

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Twitter clients anyone?

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

Hey folks – I am looking for a twitter client (PC/WP7 preferable, will use web if no other option) that will allow me to track a hash-tag (search), but filter out specific users/retweets. Does anyone know about something like that?

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We are happy to introduce a new app– “Fun With Letters”

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

We made a fun and intuitive game for children, that can help your child practice letters and their phonetic sounds. It has two little games for children in the first and more advanced stages of achieving literacy. “Fun With Letters” … Continue reading →

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Issues with setting up the Facebook Birthday Tile app

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

Some users are reporting issues with setting up this app. Please consult the troubleshooting page – this is where we will keep up-to-date information about issues with this app.

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SugarSync Backup Beta is open

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

We are starting beta-testing for an app that will allow users to back up their photos to the SugarSync cloud storage site. Please email us at socialebola[at]live.com to get more information and register for the beta, if you are interested!

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Urban Dictionary poll reset

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

The poll in Urban Dictionary 7 was reset – it was set up incorrectly and 3 of the options were essentially counted the same way. The new poll starts from scratch with the same questions. Sorry for the confusion!

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