A summary of the links we shared throughout the day to our Twitter account @WinObs
- Mediagazer: Ann Arbor Chronicle, local news site run by one couple, to cease publication after six years (Dave Askins/The Ann Arbor Chronicle)
- HTC One for Windows Phone specifications leak, will support Dot View smartcase | WinBeta
- T-Mobile now offers app that unlocks your smartphone – GeekWire
- Amazon halts preorders of some Disney movie discs – CNET
- What Happens When Someone 'Likes' Your Facebook Post
- Geothermal energy has success in Nevada, wants to spread to the rest of the west | Ars Technica
- Civilians steer NASA satellite from an old McDonald's – CNET
- Stephen Hawking movie trailer teases romance, tragedy – CNET
- Microsoft launches Snipp3t, an iPhone app that lets you track celebrities | WinBeta
- Why is it so hard to make a Java program appear native? | Ars Technica
- The best (and cheapest) ways to get Windows and Linux for virtual machines | ZDNet
- Official Pizza Hut India app arrives on Windows Phone | WinBeta
- Mediagazer: Cord cutting slowing down as pay-TV lost just 300K subscribers in Q2, same as a year ago (Peter Kafka/Re/code)
- An Introduction to Microsoft Ventures – MSDN Blogs
- Optimising your graphics with Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 – Analysing frames with VSGA Visual Studio Graphics Analyser – MSDN Blogs
- Lumia 630: A budget Windows Phone with subpar screen brightness for outdoor usage | WinBeta
- Techmeme: Amazon retail partners with direct distribution deals get special privileges, can limit sales of their products by resellers (Adam Satariano/Bloomberg)
- If you missed it: Windows 9 loses the Charms bar, Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 preview released, and more | WinBeta
- Mediagazer: As Netflix and other services gain viewer insights, filmmakers aren't seeing the full picture (Lene Sillesen/Columbia Journalism Review)
- This Week on #Twitter: 40 Million Never See Twitter Ads, Social Media Multitasking, Twitter Shopping – AllTwitter
- Plash for Windows Phone is a decent RSS reader for Indian users | WinBeta
- Mediagazer: Amazon halts disc preorders of some Disney titles in an apparent contract dispute (Chris Tribbey/Home Media Magazine)
- Optimizing Websites for Goal-Oriented and Unintentional Visitors
- Bing and Google maps will soon have higher resolution images – Neowin
- Amazon playing hardball with Disney, nixing preorders for upcoming DVDs – GeekWire
- Want a safe car? Check its cyber safety rating – CNET
- Windows 8 app development for beginners – MSDN Blogs
- Finishing the Web App template – MSDN Blogs
- Nokia highlights apps that can help keep your kids safe with Windows Phone | WinBeta