Microsoft unlocks Windows Phone 7 developers
REDMOND, Wash.–Microsoft is making a change to its policies for Windows Phone 7 that will allow applications to more easily run when the screen is turned off. Until now, applications that wanted to run when the screen was locked had to get the user’s explicit permission.
Windows Phone 7 limits camera access for apps
Steve Ballmer, speaking with CNET after Microsoft’s New York launch of Windows Phone 7.
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Chelsea Kate Isaacs, the Long Island University journalism student who had a well-publicized spat with Apple CEO Steve Jobs several weeks ago, was among eight student journalists chosen to cover this week’s New York launch of Windows Phone 7. (Credit: Ina Fried/CNET) NEW YORK–Chelsea Kate Isaacs hasn’t graduated from college yet.
Windows Phone 7 will sync to Macs
NEW YORK–When Microsoft failed to announce any Mac software for Windows Phone 7 at its event on Monday , many people assumed that meant that there would be no way to directly load content from an Apple computer onto the new devices. However, that will not be the case. “Later in 2010 Microsoft will make a public beta available of a tool that allows Windows Phone 7 to sync select content with Mac computers,” Microsoft said in a statement