Microsoft is finally launching a variety of its Bing apps for Windows Phone 8. After shipping versions for Windows 8, Microsoft's mobile store now includes phone variants of Bing Weather, News, Sports, and Finance. The phone versions are near-identical to their desktop counterparts, demonstrating Microsoft's long promised ability for Windows Phone developers to port apps between each platform easily.
Although Microsoft has previously built an optional weather app for Windows Phone, the Bing Weather version includes hourly and daily forecasts, with support for multiple places that can be pinned to the Start Screen with Live Tiles that update periodically throughout the day. It also includes the same animated weather maps found on the...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/7/4597112/bing-weather-news-sports-and-finance-apps-windows-phone-8
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