BBC News Mobile app removed from Windows Phone store as situation worsens

BBC News Mobile

Lawrence Gripper, the well-known developer backside the BBC News Mobile app for Windows Phone, has published a new entry on his personal weblog. The news isn't good, folks. Gripper details the removal of the app from the Windows Telephone store, which is likely due to the entanglement between himself and the BBC. This declaration follows on from the concord on evolution.

For those who aren't quite upwards to speed with what's going on, the BBC News Mobile app (as well as other apps that use or accesses BBC content) are running into legal issues with the corporation. The app by Gripper has been available on the Windows Phone store for years and has witnessed Microsoft's platform grow through the updates. It's a existent shame as information technology has continuously been praised here for the intuitive design and functionality.

Gripper managed to reveal the post-obit to those who follow his work:

"These have been a labor of love for me since the launch of Windows Telephone in 2022 and it is with corking sadness today that I removed both applications from the store. I do not wish to comment any farther on the matter except to thank the over one-half a million people who downloaded the awarding and all those who have supported, tested, rated and emailed over the years."

Nosotros'll be the first to wish Gripper well in future projects, and should he manage to pop along to the next WPUG meeting in London, nosotros'll buy the ol' chap a pint. The blog post does end with a request for jokes, then here's i (courtesy of the BBC) from the Windows Phone Central team to Mr Gripper:

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Who says we don't have a sense of humor? (Mrs Brown'southward Boys) At the fourth dimension of writing this article, BBC News Mobile still remains listed on the Windows Phone Store, so be sure to caput on over and download the app before information technology disappears.

QR: BBC News Mobile

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