Nokia

July 24, 2014

One piece of advice is getting down to your pet’s eye level, as you can see from the photo above. As the blog explains, “Shooting your pet from above is rarely flattering. Instead, crouch down and get eye to eye with it. Your pet will love that you’re so close and may be more animated as a result. In addition, focus on the animal’s eyes.”

July 23, 2014

SensorCore is an internal low-powered chip that records many of your daily activities without a big battery drain. Because you – like many of us – carry around phones as an extra appendage already, it’s a convenient feature to keep track of your movements throughout the day without buying another device.

July 23, 2014

The Lumia 530 will expand the reach of Windows Phone as the first Lumia introduced below 100 euros (at 85 euros, or about $114) and makes it easy to switch between two SIM cards. It also includes the latest version of Windows Phone 8.1, with Action Center and the Word Flow keyboard.

July 16, 2014

BlackBerry has announced that BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) will soon be available for Windows Phone devices, and with it, you’ll be able to chat with your contacts one-to-one, or with up to 50 people in one group.

July 15, 2014

Starting Tuesday, if you own a Lumia Windows Phone 8 smartphone, you’ll receive the Lumia Cyan software and the new Windows Phone 8.1 update – as well as an upgrade to several Lumia features.

July 10, 2014

Imagine if the chants at a football game, or the noise of a rowdy crowd, could actually charge your phone. That’s the question the Nokia team posed to a group of scientists. The outcome may surprise you.

July 7, 2014

In a recent game between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals (neither of which I’m that invested in given my favorite team is in the American League), a handful of local news reporters learned how the Lumia 1020, Lumia 1520 and Lumia Icon smartphones — along with Windows Phone apps like At Bat — can heighten sports events.