A survey of more than 2000 developers in January by IDC and Appcelerator suggests virtually unchanged levels of interest amongst developers in the Windows Phone ecosystem at 37%. RIM has fallen further from 20% to 16%. Despite the success of the flagship WP7 handset, the Lumia 800, developers are still not rushing to embrace Microsoft's mobile OS. However the survey was conducted only a few days after the launch of Nokia Lumia 800, before anyone knew whether it would be popular, so the next set of figures will be more telling, and should reflect confidence amongst developers that consumers are liking Microsoft platform. Interest in developing for Android devices also fell, possibly [...]

The hardcore coders at XDA have not got their mits on the Windows Phone Tango ROM, and are poring over the grisly details. There seem to be a whole bunch of improvements, including app-switching via the Back button even for 256MB RAM handsets. Where Mango handsets had to be content with the five previously-used apps stored in memory for snappy recall, Tango now caches a full 8 apps for happy and snappy multi-tasking. Microsoft has managed to make memory use more efficient, with the OS using just 122MB of RAM space compared to 153MB currently used by most WP7 Mango devices. Looks like the Windows Phone environment is coming along nicely, and optimizations like these make the budget-end [...]

It's getting on for six months now since Apple launched their Siri voice assistant as the flagship app of the iPhone 4S. Since then a large number of Siri-like apps have appeared on Android. Windows Phone 7 users needn't feel left out though - Ask Ziggy is the voice-based Windows version of Apple's Siri assistant app - Ziggy can answer questions or search the web and allows users to call, text or email a contact, as well as updating your status on Facebook, Twitter, or Windows Live. WP7 fans will be delighted to know that Ask Ziggy is completely free and doesn't contain any bothersome ads, either. Available from the Windows Phone Marketplace. [...]

MonsterUP, popular Windows Phone game is now for a very limited time free. MonsterUp, from Karlos Games is a vertical jump game on the Windows Phone 7 platform. It stands out from the usual jump games thanks to its colourful graphics and upbeat background music. The game uses the phone's accelerometer for added control. MonsterUp features 7 different levels with moving and disappearing platforms and three different items to collect. Players can unlock 6 different monsters as they jump higher and higher through the levels. There are different settings for difficulty and a local and internet-based high score table. An added feature is the ability to design your own levels or to [...]

Impera software is an italian software developing company that brought us Escaping lava! Free game for windows phone 7. In Escaping lava! user is an archeologist exploring a volcano, just about to explode with hot lava. Archeologist must escape from this volcano or he will die excruciating death. With mango update new games are being developed for Windows phone 7.5. Impera software is not staying behind for much as it is now presenting us with Rise of the mummies for xbox live indie game & Windows phone 7.5. Mummies are everywhere. They coma at you from each angle, and at higher speeds. If that wasn't enough, they bring enforcement. You have huge machine gun to kill them off, but it does [...]