Microsoft in response to Google’s cease and desist letter has released an update to their YouTube app for Windows Phone. Google issued a cease and desist letter in which it asked Microsoft to withdraw the YouTube app as it violates YouTube’s terms of service.

The new update pushed by Microsoft addresses only part of the Google’s concerns. They removed the video download feature of the app, but the main concern of absence of Ads is yet to be addressed. Absence of Ads in the YouTube app is something that affects not only Google’s revenue but also the publishers who monetizes their videos to get a regular revenue stream.

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A couple of days back report on Nokia EOS surfaced that gave us insight of what the device will have inside and about its design outside. But what was missing in that report was whether the device would have a 41-megapixel camera. As we said earlier the Nokia EOS prototype had a camera marked with XX instead of the megapixel count.

This time another source confirms MobileGeeks that the Nokia EOS or Nokia Lumia EOS will indeed feature a 41-megapixel camera, while the photographs can be captured at a maximum of 34-megapixels just like in Nokia 808 PureView phone. There are options to click pictures at lower resolutions also. The camera will have Full HD and HD video recording capabilities at different frames rates. Both HD and Full HD video recording will have three different modes to capture videos at different frame rates.

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On May 20th, T-Mobile started rolling out an update for their newly launched Nokia Lumia 521 Windows Phone device. The update brings the WiFi calling functionality to the device. Updating your Lumia 521 will bring your device to Software version 1030.6409.1316.0016. After the update is done you will be required to master reset your phone in order to add WiFi calling to your device. So, it is recommended that you backup your settings, apps and messages via your Microsoft account and photos via SkyDrive.

Users of Lumia 521 will receive a notification about the update availability. If you don’t want to wait for the update to appear for your Lumia 521, then check for the update manually by going to Settings > Phone update > Check for updates. To get the update your handset should be running Software version 1030.6409.1311.0011, battery should be more than 50% and a minimum of 150MB free space is required.

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Nokia launched their Lumia 925 smartphone last week which has been praised by most of the tech websites as being another innovative smartphone from Nokia. The device will be launched soon in India as it is being listed on the official Nokia India website with Coming Soon on it.

Nokia Lumia phones are becoming popular in India and are continuously growing in numbers. During the May 14th event in London Jo Harlow, executive vice president of Nokia’s smart devices was asked by one of the attendees about Lumia 925′s launch in India, to which Jo Harlow said that Nokia will be making an announcement in near future and that the Indian market is important to launch this device. The Indian market has seen much increase in the number of sales of Lumia smartphones in Q1 of 2013. Nokia now has the full range of Lumia devices available in India and we are expecting India to be among the initial markets to get Lumia 925.

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A recent report on WMPoweruser tells us a lot about the much-rumored Nokia EOS PureView smartphone, which is believed to feature a massive 41-megapixel camera. We told our readers on numerous occasions that Nokia EOS PureView phone will feature the similar PureView tech as in Nokia 808 PureView phone.

The reports add points to previous rumors on Nokia EOS phone and are as follows. The Nokia EOS will have a round lens housing which will not protrude much. It will have a Xenon flash along with a red LED which could be for assistance in focusing. Both the flash and lens housing will be smaller than the Nokia 808 PureView. The lens will have an automatic cover that will be opened when a user will launch the camera app from the phone. It is being said that the details in the report comes from a tipster who actually got hands-on experience of Nokia EOS prototype. The number of megapixel-count was not there and was only marked with XX megapixels on lens housing.

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Microsoft gave all the Windows Phone 8 users a mighty treat by releasing the YouTube app on Windows Phone Store. Users are delighted to have access to all the YouTube videos via an app released few days before. But a recent letter from Francisco Varela, Director for Global Platform Partnerships at YouTube sent a letter directly to Todd Brix, General Manager for Microsoft Windows Phone Apps and Store asking him to withdraw the app from the Windows Phone Store. A bummer, but its ture!

The YouTube app for Windows Phone 8, as the letter from Varela states violates YouTube’s Terms of Service. The letter states that the app allows users to download videos to the phone, prevents the display of advertisements in videos and also plays videos that YouTube partners have restricted to play on certain platforms (e.g., mobile devices with limited feature sets). These things are there indeed in YouTube’s Terms of Service. We are afraid that YouTube app for Windows Phone 8 has more chances of being withdrawn from the Windows Phone Store. Existing copies of the app running on devices will also be suspended and will not work after it is withdrawn from the app store.

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After many rounds of rumors on the web for a couple of weeks, Nokia finally announced their Lumia 925 smartphone that we told you about earlier. So, the rumors turned to be true and the phone is exactly we saw in the leaks. Lumia 925, as revealed today is an extension of Lumia 920 bringing a metal design along with few enhancements in PureView technology along with few new features.

Lumia 925 is the first among the Lumia lineup of phones to feature a metal design. Lumia 925 has an aluminium frame with front panel and polycarbonate back set inside that aluminium frame. The polycarbonate back comes in Black, White and Gray colors, and has three metal contacts for wireless charging. The device does not have in-built wireless charging ability, separate wireless charging covers will be available that can be clipped on back of the phone to make it chargeable wirelessly. These wireless charging shells will be available in Black, Red, White and Yellow colors.

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We are definitely in uncharted territory here – getting so many updates for an official Facebook application that’s actually working! Wow, somebody pinch me. Yes folks, the Facebook Beta application for Windows Phone has received yet another update.

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We are less than 24 hours far from the Nokia event that will be happening tomorrow morning at 10 am (local time) in London. From the time the event was announced by Nokia we are looking at more and more rumors and leaks about the handset that Nokia may or may not unveil at tomorrow’s event. But this time we bring you real update about the next Lumia smartphone. Vodafone UK in one of their latest blog post announced that they will be among first UK-based carriers to offer the next Lumia phone to their customers.

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It’s no secret that Nokia has been dethroned by Samsung as king OEM and also that Apple now shifts more iPhones than Nokia does smartphones and feature phones. However, Finnish giant isnt taking it all while lying down as reports from India suggest that the Lumia range is helping Nokia claw back some of the lost marketshare.

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