• Microsoft is suddenly releasing some of the year's coolest Android apps

  Microsoft is no longer all about "Windows, Windows, Windows!" as ex-CEO Steve Ballmer used to say. Instead, the company is willing to create applications and programs for any platform and recently it's been releasing some very cool new applications for Android. Droid Life spotlights three…

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• Xbox Music free streaming gets the ax December 1

  The nature of online music streaming services is shifting gradually, not to mention heating up as new contenders enter to compete with long-standing services, and reflecting that change is a new announcement from Microsoft: the free streaming aspect of Xbox Music will be going dark on December 1,…

• Xbox Music ditches free desktop streaming on December 1st

  If you're hooked on Xbox Music's free desktop-based listening, you're going to have make some backup plans very shortly. Microsoft has announced that it's dropping the no-cost web and Windows streaming option as of December 1st; after that, you'll...

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• Check out these great music streaming apps for Windows Phone

  Many of the best music streaming for mobile devices are also available on Windows Phone. Here are some of my favorites.