Microsoft Windows Phone
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Windows Phone app store will close its doors for developers by end of October, 2018 and for customers, in July, 2019.
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Facebook has announced that by end of March 2017, Messenger wont work with old Windows Phone models using WP8.1 or older.
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After months of limited alphas and betas, Videolan's VLC media player is now available in the Windows Phone Store.