Microsoft Live Lock Screen – An Attractive Screen Lock App for Windows Phones

Do you want to personalize your smartphone’s lock screen? There is lot of lock screen apps available in smartphone world, but if you are a Windows Phone user, here is a lock screen app with attractive designs. Microsoft released live lock screen app for Windows Phone 8 users that lets you to choose different 6 new lock screen layouts.

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Each design of lock screen layouts coming with a revamped design and you can customize it for the time, date and notifications. Also you can set a unique unlock animation for each time. There is an option change through multiple background images manually that keeps your lock screen fresh. Finally the app has Bing integration so you can get beautiful Bing Wallpapers that can be downloaded automatically every day.

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Microsoft Live Lock screen app works with all phones even entry level smartphones with 512 MB RAM. This is a beta app however it will be improved in upcoming versions.

Download Microsoft Live Lock Screen App

Download Facebook Messenger App for Windows Phones

Facebook has officially released its chat application, Facebook Messenger for Windows Phones. It was announced last week at MWC event and the app already available for Android and iOS platforms. Facebook Messenger comes with a new user interface and provides full chat experience with all features including image sharing, stickers and group conversations etc.

Facebook Messenger lets you see who is online for a private or group chats, you can send private messages and bring messages with pictures and stickers. You can share your location to find out nearby friends and all of your friends will be added automatically in the People Tab. There is also an option to import any new contacts.

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Facebook Messenger for Windows Phone Features:

• Get to all your messages without having to open Facebook.
• Bring your conversations to life with stickers and send photos privately.
• Have group conversations and make plans on the go.
• Share your location so people know when you're nearby.
• Know when people have seen your messages.
• See who's using Messenger and who's active on Facebook.
• Stay logged in so you never miss a message.
• Turn off notifications when you're working, sleeping or just need a break.
• Never lose your conversation history or contacts.

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Facebook Messenger is available to download for free on Windows Phone Store. The app requires the Windows Phone 8 version.

Download Facebook Messenger for Windows Phone

Official Instagram App Finally Comes to Windows Phone 8

Instagram is an online photo sharing social site has launched official app for Windows Phone 8 devices. The app is much awaited one for Windows Phones for long time, after the launch of Android and iOS apps. Instagram released as beta version and it comes with all the usual photo filters similar on Android versions. Windows Phone apps also getting popular, recently we have seen Vine app for Windows Phones launched.

Instagram app for Windows phone is designed with metro user interface and looking good. The app is missing one big feature that does not support video uploading. Also it does not support in-app photo taking, so you can’t capture photos within the app. You need to take photos with your camera and then upload the photos into the Instagram app.

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Instagram for Windows Phone 8 Features:

• Customize your photos with different custom filter effects
• Share your photos to friends and follow others with one click
• 100% free custom designed filters: XPro-II, Earlybird, Rise, Amaro, Hudson, Lo-fi, Sutro, Toaster, Brannan, Inkwell, Walden, Hefe, Nashville, 1977, and others.
• Video recording with breathtaking cinematic stabilization 
• Linear and Radial Tilt-Shift blur effects for extra depth of field. 
• Instant sharing to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr and Foursquare
• Unlimited uploads 
• Interact with friends through giving & receiving likes and comments 
• Full front & back camera support 

Instagram app now lacks in-app photo taking and video uploading features, but Instagram is currently working and it will update the app with new features soon. The app is available for free and it supports Windows Phone 8 version only.

Download Instagram for Windows Phone 8

Download Official Vine App for Windows Phones Now Available

Vine is the popular social network based on videos has launched the official application for Windows Phones. Vine was acquired by Twitter and launched the feature of capture short looping videos in 6-seconds. And you can share the 6-seconds videos instantly on social networking sites. Already Android and iOS versions of this app available, so Windows Phone users were used another third party app named 6sec.

Vine for Windows Phone app is similar to Android and iOS versions. You can just tap and hold screen to capture new videos. There are different camera tools available to customize the video quality and you can use your front facing camera to take videos. Windows Phone version has some unique features that you can pin your favorite vine accounts and channels to your home screen, quick shortcut from default camera app and start screen shortcut to record videos faster.

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Vine for Window Phone Features: 

• Free, unlimited uploads 
• Instantly post videos on Vine, then share to Twitter and Facebook! 
• Find, follow, and interact with people close to you 
• Explore trending posts, featured hashtags and editor's picks 
• Pin favorite Vine accounts and channels to your home screen 
• Connect to Vine from within camera mode 
• Pin the Vine camera to your home screen and launch with one tap 

Instagram also implemented its own app similar to Vine later. Vine app is now officially available on Windows Store and you can download for free. The app works with Windows Phone 8 operating system. 

Download Vine for Windows Phone.

Download IRCTC Official App for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 devices

Indian Railway Catering Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched its mobile application for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 devices. IRCTC website is the biggest e-commerce site in India and it is always in huge traffic, so getting tickets in IRCTC is very hard process for users. Recently they upgraded the site with high capacity server to handle 4.15 lakh tickets per day.

The app lets you to book train ticket and offers services such as PNR enquiry, train schedules and routes, ticket availability, cancellation and history also. Before the launch of these apps, you can only book the tickets on mobiles through their mobile site (m.irctc.co.in) but it has also some problems to work. The app built with Metro user interface so it looks good and easy to use.

IRCTC App for Windows 8 Features:

• Plan my travel
• Check PNR Status
• Cancellation
• Booking History
• Frequent Passenger Info
• Quick Booking
• Preferences
• Favourites
• Recent History
• Live Notifications

Download IRCTC for Windows Phone 8

Download IRCTC for Windows 8

Note: The exclusive apps are available for Windows Phone 8 devices and Windows 8 only. There is a time limitation to book tickets so you can’t use this app between 8 AM and 12 AM or between 11.30 PM and 12.30 AM.

Aviary Photo Editor App released for Windows Phone 8

Aviary released its photo editor app for Windows Phone 8 devices that is already available for Android and iOS platforms. Aviary Photo Editor is a powerful, fast and fun photo editor and you can edit your photos on the go. Users can modify photos with stunning effects / filters, cool stickers and many other photo editing features like crop, rotate and brighten.

Aviary Photo Editor for Windows Phone is designed specifically for Windows Phone 8 using Metro style design. It is integrating with user’s photo library to allow them to quickly modify their images. And you can easily share your modified photos to Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites.

Aviary Photo Editor Features:

• One-tap auto enhance
• Gorgeous photo effects and frames
• Funny stickers
• Color balance
• Crop, rotate and straighten your photo
• Adjust brightness, contrast and saturation
• Make sharpen and blur
• Draw and add text in images
• Cosmetic tools – fix redeye, remove blemishes and whiten teeth

Aviary Photo Editor for Windows Phone 8 is completely free for a limited time for the celebration of the launch. So get your free photo editor app quickly.

Aviary Photo Editor on Windows Phone Store

Manage your Windows Phone Data with Lumia Storage Check App

Nokia released a new app called Lumia Storage Check beta for Lumia Windows 8 smartphones which helps you to manage your phone storage. Nokia Lumia phone comes with free 7 GB storage of SkyDrive online account and on-board memory also. With this app, you can view the detailed breakup of the phone memory usage including what type of data using that memory.

You can see the overview of the storage as a wheel type illustration divided into apps, media and files, system and free space. If you want more detailed view, swipe right will bring the details panel. There you can see exact storage taken by each app such as your emails, music, photos, office documents and etc. There is an option to clear to temporary files with one tap. Also you can remove your apps too by pressing long tap and uninstall from the apps list.

There is a new feature you can manage your Nokia Maps data also. Generally Maps are stored offline in your phone that takes huge memory of the storage. With this feature, you can now store them on external SD card too and your phone memory gets some more storage.

For this app, you will have to be updated with latest firmware software on your Lumia Windows Phone 8. Check your firmware is updated or not in Minimum firmware required section on the download page.

Download Lumia Storage Check beta on Nokia Beta Labs