The developers Amused Sloth have released a follow-up to Chickens Can Dream, Chickens Can't Fly, bringing a great mix of humor and nice graphics, and the sharp responsiveness of the controls means Chickens Can't Fly should be a hit on the Windows Phone platform. The developers have provided more than 50 levels set across five themed laboratories - there's a Hatchery world, a Butchery world, Cemetary and Military laboratories, and a Physics lab for users to battle through. Gameplay features numerous obstacles and ppower-ups as well as power-downs. Players can earn XBox Live Achievements and strut their way up the XBox Live leaderboards. There's even a Global Weekly Challenge where users can [...]

Although Windows Phone Tango devices are only just starting to appear, applications are quietly being updated to incorporate support for the platform update. Such as Microsoft's weather app, which has been rebuilt from the ground up, with new features, to comply with Tango's specifications. HTC launched China's first Windows Phone smartphone this week - the HTC Triumph (a re-branded version of the HTC Titan) which is shipping with Tango as standard - and Nokia will release WP7 handsets in the People's Republic before the end of the month.   [...]

PrimeTube is a Windows Phone 7 YouTube client app which emulates the look and feel of the Windows Phone Metro interface. amongst the features are Search for Videos, Filter and Sort results, Like/Dislike videos, and comment functionality. Videos, playlists or authors can all be pinned to give live tile support for instant access. Videos can be shared via social networks, email or SMS. The app also lets users create playlists and manage subscriptions. PrimeTube offers multi-region support and supports fast-app switching. The developers behind the app, Applyf, state that PrimeTube adheres to YouTube's Terms of Service agreement and that the app will be updated to keep pace with API changes [...]

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 [...]