WebApps 1.4 Released

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We’re pleased announced today that our popular Windows Phone app, WebApps, has been updated to version 1.4 with support for Live Tiles, voice search and wide tiles.

WebApps is the best way to discover mobile websites, pin them as beautiful live tiles to your Start screen and enjoy them in a seamless full-screen experience.

WebApps 1.4 introduces support for Live Tile updates for many popular web apps; wide tiles for featuring the latest content from your favourite web apps; voice search for simpler access to new web apps and a raft of performance improvements and bug fixes.

The Live Tiles upgrade lets you pin tiles to your Start screen that flip to reveal interesting content such as news headlines and images from many of the web apps available in the curated catalogue. Support for wide tiles allows you to showcase your favourite web apps and provides the perfect canvas for rich Live Tile updates.

Voice search, powered by Tellme, also debuts in this latest release allowing you to dictate your search queries for easier and faster access to the diverse catalogue of web apps.

WebApps continues to let you get the most out of your Windows Phone. Battery life is responsibly conserved through the use of push updates, powered by the Windows Azure cloud, and with web apps you won’t use up precious storage space every time you want to try something new.

The community is encouraged to contribute to WebApps by suggesting and voting for new features at sydience.uservoice.com or by getting in touch with Sydience to volunteer new translations.

WebApps 1.4 is available for immediate download from the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace and Windows Phone 8 Store Access to the Live Tiles feature will be available via the in-app upgrades within the next 3 days. Users who purchase or have already purchased the “Pro Pack” will receive the Live Tiles feature at no extra charge.

WebApps 1.3 Released

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We’re pleased to announce today that our popular Windows Phone app, WebApps, has been updated to version 1.3 with support for Windows Phone 7, multiple languages and a raft of new, commonly requested features.

WebApps is the best way to discover mobile websites, pin them as beautiful tiles to your Start screen and enjoy them in a seamless full-screen experience.

WebApps 1.3 introduces support for Windows Phone 7; translations in English, Chinese (Simplified), Russian, Turkish and Czech; orientation lock; Skinery integration for a unique, customized Start screen and the ability to run under the lock screen which is great for web apps that stream music.

For the ultimate experience, advanced features are now available for purchase to support the upkeep and on-going development of the app.

The Custom Web Apps upgrade lets you add mobile web sites not yet available in the WebApps catalogue to your collection or Start screen. To help create a live tile, WebApps will even scan the site for appropriate images or let you select an image from your phone.

The Kid’s Corner upgrade (Windows Phone 8 only) lets you restrict which web apps may be accessed from Kid’s Corner. For added peace of mind, the remainder of the app gets locked down too.

The community is encouraged to contribute to WebApps by suggesting and voting for new features at sydience.uservoice.com or by getting in touch with Sydience to volunteer new translations.

WebApps 1.3 is available for immediate download from the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace and Windows Phone 8 Store and access to the new, advanced features is available via the in-app upgrades link.

Introducing WebApps

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We’re pleased to announce today that our latest Windows Phone app, WebApps is now available in the Windows Phone 8 Store.

WebApps, powered by the Internet Explorer 10 rendering engine, unlocks the rich ecosystem of websites designed for mobile. Browse, search, collect and pin mobile websites from a full range of categories and enjoy them in a chromeless fullscreen experience. WebApps also includes the ability to share ratings and reviews of your favourite content, provide suggestions for new inclusions into the curated catalogue and find the top web apps available.

WebApps is the best way to experience online mobile content with features unique to the Windows Phone platform like using voice commands to launch web apps, pinning great looking tiles of multiple sizes to your Start screen and sharing your discoveries with friends via messaging and social networks. WebApps is available free of charge for immediate download from the Windows Phone 8 Store.

#Victory at #AppFest

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Adam and Kris from Sydience

The Sydience team took out the major prize at Microsoft’s #AppFest Sydney this weekend. The two-day hackathon provided for some intense competition from dozens of individuals and teams, but Adam and Kris from Sydience ended up taking home a couple of Xbox 360 consoles with Kinect, Halo 4, some new Nokia Lumia phones and the mandatory free swag.

The winning app was a voice-controlled squash score keeper called “Squash Ref”. We plan to submit the app into the Store in the coming weeks after some refinement and additional features are added.

We’d like to send our thanks to the team at Microsoft, the helpful mentors, as well as the inspirational speakers. We both had a great time at the event and look forward to competing in similar events again in the future.

Pinnable Apps is now part of Sydience

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Pinnable Apps <3 SydienceWe’re please to announce that Adam from Pinnable Apps is joining us to form the new Sydience team.

Both based in Sydney, Australia. Adam and Kris will be working together under the Sydience brand, continuing to develop high quality mobile apps for Windows Phone.

With some new apps already under development, watch this space to see the fruits of this new partnership.

The 25 best Windows Phone apps

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The Sydney Morning Herald listed Sydience’s OpenAustralia in its 25 best Windows Phone apps list. Here’s what they had to say:

If politics is your thing, you’ll want an app that gets you so far inside Parliament House you can smell the tension of the Labor caucus. OpenAustralia is the best Aussie politics app for Windows Phone, giving you access to each MP’s key details, speeches, debates and the ability to search Hansard from within the app.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/smartphone-apps/the-25-best-windows-phone-apps-20120308-1ulyt.html

Download OpenAustralia for FREE from the Marketplace