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How well do you know your own music collection?

Korneel De Feyter — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:35:58 +0000

Well, you’re about to find out! Microsoft apparently released a new app a few days ago called Music Quiz. The name says quit it. In the game you can choose between a ‘mega mix‘, which uses your whole collection, and ‘custom mix‘ which enables you to choose an artist, playlist or genre. Of course there is a difficulty setting, you can either select normal or hardcore.

There are a few different types of questions according to the learn to play-guide:

Listen to a music clip and identify the song’s title, artist or album.

Watch as the album art is slowly revealed and guess the album’s name or artist.

Pick the song or album that doesn’t have something in common with the others

The faster you can answer each question, the more points you will get. Use the hint button if you get stuck.

It’s interesting that although we don’t have an open app store, Microsoft provides its users every once in a while a new app. I wonder how this process goes. Is there someone responsible for providing new apps to the Marketplace or do they just make new ones whenever someone gets a good idea?

Beneath you find a gallery with some images you’ll also find in the Marketplace under the apps-section.

Xbox Live to bring unique mobile gaming experience on WP7

Korneel De Feyter — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:55:12 +0000

Microsoft showed today how serious they are about gaming for their Windows Phone 7 platform. It released a list of games which would be available at launch. That list looks very promising, featuring some big names.

Read two excellent articles with hands-on treatments:

An excerpt from the Xbox Live for Windows Phone 7 website:

Connected and Accessible
Xbox LIVE on Windows Phone 7 unlocks a world of games, friends and fun for Windows Phone 7 users around the world. The Games hub brings together many popular Xbox LIVE gaming and community features:

Be omnipotent.

View, access and launch your full game library from one easy-to-navigate hub.
Get mad props. Earn, view and track Achievements, view Xbox LIVE leaderboards and build your Gamerscore every time you play an Xbox LIVE title.

Release your inner Mini Me.

Connect to your Xbox LIVE profile and Avatar, or easily create a new one right from the phone.
Get tricky. Access Spotlight feeds, including the latest game titles, breaking news from Xbox LIVE, game tips and tricks, and more.

Play before you pay.

Easily find, try and buy the games you want, either in the Marketplace or Games hub.

Flaunt your skills.

Invite, connect and play against friends on other Windows Phone 7 phones or PCs with turn-based (asynchronous) multiplayer gaming.

Windows Phone 7 featuring Xbox LIVE lets you connect and play games with your friends. Use your Xbox LIVE profile to access your avatar, gamerscore, and achievements. Share scores and earn recognition for your accomplishments across the phone, web, and Xbox. You can even earn achievements on Windows Phone that add to your Xbox LIVE gamerscore.

2 new apps in Zune Marketplace

Korneel De Feyter — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:36:08 +0000

Microsoft released two new apps and an update for the Twitter app three days ago. The Twitter update finally fixes some minor bugs who were still present. The first one is Animalgrams, a word game in which you have to create as many words you can with the letters of an animal name. The second is MSN money is “the comprehensive source for your money and personal finance needs. Read business news, get stock quotes, research investments, convert currencies, and track your watchlist.”

You can download both apps freely from the Zune Marketplace — both on your Zune HD itself as from the desktop version.

HelloFromEurope Exclusive Content

Anthony Papousek — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:27:23 +0000

I am happy to announce that HelloFromEurope will soon have exclusive looks at upcoming games for the Zune HD platform. These games will be built with the XNA framework, and will not install in the traditional manner. The programmer, Zuner2012 is very excited about this platform. After interviewing him, he commented, “Hello From Europe will be getting alot of new content that other sites just won’t have.” Here is a look at one of his games, Zune Vs. iPod in it’s early development days.
Zuner2012 had ALOT of help from LeeNRo(c)K Studios in early development days. I got a personal sneak peek at a newer Zune HD version, and am quite impressed.

Quick look at Zune HD Twitter App

Korneel De Feyter — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:25:18 +0000

Make sure you follow me on twitter: @hellofromeurope.

Twitter app is finally released

Karel — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:34:41 +0000

Today at 7.00 pm (UTC + 1, Central European Time) the much anticipated twitter app finally launched on the Zune Marketplace. basically this app allows you to post new tweets and read tweets of people you are following. It is available for download via your Zune Software, but can only be installed if you own a Zune HD.

Twitter app for Zune HD releasing today

Korneel De Feyter — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:28:23 +0000

Yesterday, the Zune Team tweeted that the Zune twitter app would be available the next morning. They didn’t say a word about when the facebook-app would be available, so we’ll have to wait a little it longer for that one.

We’ll let you know when the Twitter app is available through the Zune Marketplace. To make sure you’ll be the first to know: subscribe to our rss-feed.

ZHD firmware 4.3 brings us 3D gaming

Korneel De Feyter — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:28:33 +0000

Last Friday the Zune HD was given a firmware update that added a few improvements:

Zune HD firmware update: Today we released the v4.3 firmware update for Zune HD players; this update adds support for upcoming 3d games and applications, as well as an auto-suggest feature for better text input, and other minor improvements. Enjoy!

Like you see, support for ‘upcoming‘ 3D games and apps was added, well it looks like those upcoming games are arrived at the ‘Marketplace.
The new games are:

PGR: ferrari edition, a 3d racegame
Lucky lane bowling, a 3d bowling game
Vans Sk8: Pool service, a 3d Skate game
Piano, a simple piano where you can play your own tunes on
Audio Surf: Tilt, ride your music – you choose a song that the game will turn into a roller coaster track for you to ride
Checkers, I don’t think you’ll need a description for this one

All these games are free, so don’t hesitate and download yours…

Update: Check a list with pictures and descriptions of the games on zune.net.