Category: Microsoft Windows

Tiny Troopers, the top-down army assault game, has migrated from Windows Phone to Windows PC today.  Tiny Troopers features 30 explosive missions spread across three chapters, all tied together into an involving, narrative-driven campaign. Your troops will get stronger and more battle hardened the more missions they survive. Can you keep your squad alive through the whole war?  It’s a fun game and one that I’ve have spent hours playing on my Lumia 1320.

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The ever popular Instagram app for Windows Phone, 6Tag, has received yet another update bringing several new features to users.  The Instagram app is the work of developer Rudy Huyn, one of the most prolific in the Windows community and is hands-down superior to the official Instagram app for Windows Phone which has not seen an update in well over a year now.  This latest update, version 4.2 for those keeping score at home, is available now in the Windows Phone Store.

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The OneDrive team has had a busy day today.  Earlier this morning they released an update to OneDrive for Android with several new features and fixes and tonight we see a new OneDrive for Windows Phone version now available.  The update, version 4.11.0.0 for those keeping score at home, brings mostly bug fixes and improvements but also brings a Transparent Live Tile to the app.  I personally think that transparent Live tiles are one of the things that seperates Windows Phone from a user experience perspective than iOS or Android as it allow you to make your device more personal.  OneDrive now is offers this for those who like it which is great to see.

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While the start of the Windows 10 Technical Preview was slow this year, the last few weeks are certainly making up for lost time.  Yesterday Microsoft released Build 10061 to Windows Insiders who are in the Fast Ring that has a huge number of updates and fixes.  The update was announced on the official Windows Blog by Gabe Aul and there is a laundry list of changes that Insiders will see in this build.  Having upgraded my beta machine myself, I can tell you the improvements certainly are felt but there is still a bit of work to do before I will be putting it on my daily PC, much like Windows 10 for Phone today.  Still, if you are an Insider and in the Fast Ring, get this update.  It is worth it.

For those of you in the Windows Insider program who are running Windows 10 for Phone, there is a new build out this afternoon and one that you should most definitely get if you are in the Fast Ring.  It comes just 11 days after 10051 was posted.  Build 10052 doesn’t bring any new features nor does it bring the new Office apps but it does have a huge number of fixes and improvements that will benefit everyone.  If you are a Windows Insider and on the Fast Ring, go to Settings>Phone Update and get the latest build.

Although we have already had a Patch Tuesday for April, Microsoft is still busy releasing updates for their various platforms.  Today it is expect we will see no less than 34 updates for Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT.  Yes, you read that correctly. Windows RT will be getting some updates today.  There are some security updates in the mix but there are also going to be a lot of general fixes and updates to the various Windows platforms.