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While it may not be the soothing balm of a new release of Office, Windows Phone users should take some comfort in that Microsoft is listening. Well, at least Joe Belfiore is on the subject and if you are going to have one person listening, he’s the one.  Microsoft’s Vice President of Windows has posted on the Chinese blog site Weibo that an update for Office for Windows Phone is coming and news about it and the next version of Windows Phone will be announced before the Chinese New Year.  For those who want to keep score, that’s 48 days from today: February 19, 2015.

As one who writes I have no problem getting negative comments on a post, article or review.  You, like me, are free to express your opinion and there are a lot of people in the world.  I can’t please everyone nor am I even going to try.  I appreciate everyone who visits and those who leave comments I am happy that you do so.

My problem comes when comments are posted on apps in the Windows or Windows Phone store that are completely uncalled for, uneducated and frankly make you look like an ass.  My current favorite example is the last two reviews on the fantastic 6sec app.  This Vine app has had over 9,000 reviews in the Windows Phone store and is one I’m currently prepping a full fledged review of here on the site.  Those 9,000+ reviews have generated a 4.5 star rating which the app fully deserves in my opinion.  But then you have two philosophers (I can make such sarcastic comparisons to philosophers as it was my major) who post one star reviews with accompanying comments that frankly show their lack of paying attention to the world around them.  To make it even better, the comments refer to another app, not even 6sec.  Why do I have a problem with this?  Because it is these types of reviews that drag an apps ratings down and impacts the income of the developer. That, in the end, hurts all of us.

One of the great new features of Lumia Denim are Live folders on your Start screen on your Windows Phone.  This feature allows you to group together applications into one folder instead of having them separately scattered on your Start screen. If you are like me and have moved from iOS or Android, you know how powerful these folders can be in your day-to-day organization on your phone.

There may be a time however where you need to eliminate a Live folder on your Start screen to either save space and prevent long scrolls down your Start screen or you simply don’t need that collection of apps on your Start screen anymore.  It is easy to remove a Live folder from your Start screen but it isn’t exactly intuitive.  In this How To I will show you how to do it in just a few steps.

The popular 6tag app for Windows Phone has received a minor update this morning, bringing support for the new YEZZ Billy budget conscious dual SIM Windows Phone to the popular Instagram app.  This follows up minor update back in mid-December 2014 that brought support to the BLU Win phones. If you aren’t familiar with the 6tag app, it is an alternative app to the official Instagram beta app for Windows Phone and in my opinion is far superior. Functionality wise it is complete and performance is outstanding – two things that cannot be said about the official app. The 6tag app is also one of the higher rated apps in the Windows Phone store with 4-and-a-half stars and over 92,000 reviews.

6tag for Windows Phone – Free – Download Now