Nokia releases Glance

 Background beta; allows you to

 add awesome photos to the

 Glance Screen

Have you looked at the Glance Screen on your Nokia windows Phone and wondered what it would look like if you added a background image? Nokia has released a beta app that enables you to achieve just that. Glance Background is a new app for Nokia hardware that allows you to pick and choose images to have set as a background when the Glance Screen is active.

Rumor: Windows Phone 8.1 to

 ditch back button, increase 

screen size support past 7-

inches

Microsoft guru Paul Thurrott is reporting on some new information regarding the upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 update aka ‘Blue’. He notes that the info comes from a single source, though he has confidence in the information revealed.

Unofficial changelog for

 Windows Phone 8 GDR3 and

 Bittersweet shimmer begins to

 complete the picture

News this morning has come out regarding some more changes coming to Windows Phone 8 General Distribution Release 3 and Nokia's Bittersweet shimmer. Most of these features we have been aware of for some time, in fact we re-capped them on Saturday with the Glance screen information, but there are a few new tidbits to give a clearer idea of the big picture.

The info comes by way of Nawzil, who has been posting quite a bit of information regarding Microsoft and Nokia’s plans for the upcoming OS and firmware update. We have heard that GDR3’s features have been briefed by Microsoft with various people recently, so we’re not too surprised to hear information is now coming forward—leaks are leaks.

Xbox 360 holiday deals are heading to India

• XBOX
 

By Michael Archambault, Thursday, Oct 10, 2013 at 1:15 pm

Just because Microsoft’s latest game console, Xbox One, is on the horizon doesn’t mean the company has forgotten about the Xbox 360. The company has announced three holiday value bundles for their customers in India - and they are sweet deals.

Nokia updates Cinemagraph for

 Lumia Windows Phones with 

unknown improvements

Nokia has once again updated its Cinemagraph app for Lumia Windows Phones. The app enables you to record footage with the camera, edit the recording and save the result as an animated, GIF-like clip. Perfect for quickly sharing on social networks.

So, what's new in version 3.5.7.4? We're not entirely sure. We've had a quick play after updating and can't notice anything that has arrived with the update (the changelog is from an earlier version). Be sure to hit us up in the comments should you find anything new.

You can download cinemagraph from the Nokia Collection of the Windows Phone Store (note that this app is exclusive to Lumia Windows Phone 8 handsets).

Indulged brings Flickr to life on

 Windows Phone 8

Being the OS in third place means Windows Phone is slowly gaining major apps from big brands and companies. If those apps aren’t “officially” on Windows Phone the development community steps up and produces solid third-party offerings. And often those third-party apps are equal or better than the official apps.

Flickr is one of those apps where the official offering is lagging behind what the community deserves from an app. So join me in welcoming Indulged to the Windows Phone platform. It’s a brand new app for us that is poised to be an excellent way to experience Flickr on Windows Phone. Let’s check it out.

SofaScore LiveScore lets sports

 fans worldwide follow their

 favorite teams every game

Here’s an app that all sports fans can get behind. One that isn’t focused on one region, but the planet as a whole. It’s called SofaScore LiveScore and it’s really awesome. It’s been out for Windows Phone since mid-summer, but we recently caught wind of it and the app itself received an update. What better time to talk about it. Let’s check it out.