After all the Kinect hacks we’ve been posting here on iTD, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Kinect support for PCs is on the cards. The confirmation came through BBC’s show Click Online, when Ballmer told them:
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Flickr App for Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 Coming Soon
This is a pleasant surprise for us Windows Phone 7 users. Flickr has announced an upcoming app for Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 that easily puts the iPhone version and the non-existent iPad version to shame. It makes great use of panoramic UI, home screen tiles and the interactive UX of Windows Phone 7 which just can’t be matched by any other platform out there at the moment. We just hope the performance is on par with the native apps in Windows Phone 7.
Kindle For Windows Phone 7 Is Now Available For Download!
Amazon had recently made the announcement to release a Kindle application for Windows Phone 7 in the coming few weeks and its finally here. Amazon’s official Kindle app is now available in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace for FREE! The application is fully optimized for Windows Phone 7 platform and allows users to read Kindle books on a beautiful, easy-to-use interface. The app also features Amazon Whispersync which automatically syncs your bookmarks, last page read, and highlights across various platforms and devices.
Angry Birds Now Available for Windows via Intel AppUp Store!
Angry Birds is taking over the world! It is now available on the most popular operating system in the world, Windows. Rovia have used Intel’s AppUp store, an app store for netbooks, to launch Angry Birds. For a price of $4.99, you can get started playing Angry Birds on your PC right now.
Google Cr-48 Chrome OS Laptop Runs Windows 7 & Mac OS X Snow Leopard! [VIDEO]
It came with no surprise when Google Cr-48, the first ever Chrome OS laptop was found running Ubuntu a couple of weeks ago as reported by engadget. Well, it sure doesn’t end there does it? It now appears that hackers have successfully managed to install and run Windows 7 as well as Mac OS X Snow Leopard on the Cr-48. It is believed that Google built Cr-48 with “hacking in mind” but running Windows 7 and Mac OS X full on, wasn’t on the menu for sure!
RTS Game RUSE added to the list of Kinect Hacks [Video]
New Fight Night Champion trailer exhibits a bit more than just boxing
EA seems to have beefed up the career mode of their soon to be released game, Fight Night Champion. We say that due to the extra bit of spice that is evident from the new trailer from the game. The trailer exhibits a drama-filled journey of a fictious Philadelphia fighter named, Andre Bishop as he fights his way to glory and punches his way through in his pursuit to the become the ‘Champion’.
Behold! More Mass Effect 2 Content on its way
If the second installment of Mass Effect two series was just not enough for you gamers out there, here is something that might well put a smile on your faces- Bioware has announced the release of yet another downloadable content package for Mass Effect 2 which will be due in 2011.
HTC Release a Real YouTube App for Windows Phone 7
HTC have taken it on themselves to release a YouTube app for their Windows Phone 7 Devices. It’s a horrible fact that Microsoft didn’t bother to include a YouTube app, amongst many other features, in Windows Phone 7. Call it version 1.0 or whatever you like, but even iPhone had it since version 1.0
Mango update for Windows Phone 7 to bring Silverlight and HTML5 in Fall’ 2011 – ‘Apolo’ Windows Phone 8 expected in 2012
Loads of rumors have been surfacing that Microsoft is planning on bringing a major update called ‘Mango’ to Windows Phone 7 which could be seen this fall and ‘Apollo’, which is a potential codename for Windows Phone 8 which is expected to arrive in 2012.