| Windows Phone Marketplace surpasses 100,000 app submissions Jun 5th 2012, 16:42  Hitting the big six digits is no small feat for an app store, so it's definitely worth celebrating. Taking just over five months to double its numbers, the Windows Phone Marketplace has now seen 100,000 applications submitted since its humble beginnings, and now enjoys an average daily submission count of 313 apps. As a disclaimer, this doesn't mean we currently have access to all hundred-thousand apps -- just over 10,000 of them are no longer available, which translates into 88,371 apps being live somewhere in the world. Still, the milestone is an important one because only two other app stores have made it this far (we bet you can guess which ones). The Marketplace reached this mark five months faster than the Android Market, but three months slower than the iOS App Store. Given the popularity of both competitors, we'd say that developer growth has been strong and steady for Windows Phone -- and with an exciting 'sneak peek' of the OS's future (Apollo) coming up in a couple weeks, the trend is likely to continue increasing at an exponential pace.
[Thanks, Tom] Continue reading Windows Phone Marketplace surpasses 100,000 app submissions Windows Phone Marketplace surpasses 100,000 app submissions originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink  Forbes |  All About Windows Phone | Email this | Comments | | Nintendo Wii U will offer Netflix, Hulu, YouTube and Amazon Video Jun 5th 2012, 16:22  Nintendo President Satoru Iwata himself may have dropped word of Netflix support on the Wii U last year, but the company's now fully confirmed that and a whole lot more during its E3 keynote today. In addition to Netflix, the console's streaming video options will include Hulu, YouTube and Amazon Video. Unfortunately, the company didn't delve much into specifics beyond that, but it's clear that Nintendo is putting a much bigger emphasis on video and entertainment on the Wii U than it did on the original Wii -- "Games, Social, Entertainment" are the key words, as it puts it. Nintendo Wii U will offer Netflix, Hulu, YouTube and Amazon Video originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | | OnLive's E3 blowout includes new games, easy in-browser access, MultiView and LG's Google TV Jun 5th 2012, 16:00  OnLive launched in the summer of 2010 streaming games to PCs or Macs, and now two years later it has returned to E3 feeling pretty good about the state of cloud gaming and its place in it. Among a series of announcements going out are news that it will be demonstrating gaming on smart TVs for the first time on LG's G2 Google TVs with support for up to four universal OnLive controllers at once. The Google TV viewer app has been out, although OnLive gaming has been closely tied to Vizio's upcoming Google TV models in the past while LG showed off Gaikai access at CES. It's not available on retail units yet, but is expected to be added in a software update, with an eye towards adding support for Cinema 3D gaming later on. At the same time it's rolling out an update to its in-browser gaming clients that lets publishers and retailers launch players into games without creating a login. Finally, we've got the new OnLive MultiView feature that lets players see the video stream of another player without exiting their own session. As suggested in the press release (all are included after the break), it can let you check in on a friend's game as it happens, or even see from a teammate's perspective during a co-op match. That feature is currently in closed beta and is set to launch later this year, read on for all the details about what OnLive is up to and a list of games coming soon that includes Darksiders II, Civilization V: Gods and Kings and more. Continue reading OnLive's E3 blowout includes new games, easy in-browser access, MultiView and LG's Google TV OnLive's E3 blowout includes new games, easy in-browser access, MultiView and LG's Google TV originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | | $99 Xbox 360 and Kinect bundle rolling out to Best Buy and GameStop this month Jun 5th 2012, 15:40  Microsoft's canny subscription-based Xbox scheme launched last month, but was , at that point, limited to its own stores. Looks like it's been deemed a success though, as Microsoft has decided to expand the deal to all Best Buy and selected GameStop stores later this month. The $99 deal ties you into a two-year subscription at $14.99 per month and includes a 4GB Xbox 360, Kinect unit and Xbox Live Gold. According to Microsoft, this is only the next stage of the "pilot period", with limited numbers and dates. No specifics just yet on those exact numbers and which stores will be offering the deal. But even if SmartGlass didn't grab you the first time round, this makes it even harder to say no. Your turn, Nintendo. $99 Xbox 360 and Kinect bundle rolling out to Best Buy and GameStop this month originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | MajorNelson | Email this | Comments | |
