Congratulations to our Hidden Gems winners and we're starting our second segment today!

A few weeks agone, Windows Phone Central and Microsoft started a Hidden Gems campaign to highlight interesting and underappreciated apps for Windows and Windows Phone. The serial also is also a chance to reward our community by letting users win prizes for their participation, namely giving constructive feedback about the game or app highlighted.

Today, we are announcing those winners and starting our second segment, which focuses on some new hardware and connected technologies. Once once more, there is an opportunity for you lot to win if you exit a comment!

Winners

The contest was unproblematic: leave a constructive comment near the app or game beingness discussed. The competition was open worldwide, and although we were not grading comments, we were verifying that they were substantive i.e. they at least had judgement structure.

What was the prize? Your choice of a new Lumia 930 or Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet.

The bonus? We upped the ante and decided to pick TWO winners from each commodity, bringing the total to 18. Therefore, without further ado, hither is who won:

Mcheiron (TRAINR)
Gautam Kabiraj (TRAINR)
Diego Rico (Hotel This evening)
Koen Geerts (Hotel This evening)
WDavis4692 (How to Cook Everything)
Wizbit (How to Cook Everything)
Jason Papapanagiotakis (Super Why!)
vincelac (Super Why!)
KMF79 (Baby Connect)
Imranjazib (Baby Connect)
GelvinGSM (PicsArt)
Toan Le (PicsArt)
Elitelibra (Interactive Touch on Books)
Carlosrdd (Interactive Affect Books)
yellowspark007 (Levitagram)
Lalith Prabhudev (Levitagram)
Orlando Grillo (Toca Kitchen and Hair Salon)
Ken Xia (Toca Kitchen and Hair Salon)

We will be in contact with the winners subsequently today from our contest coordinator Michelle, so look for those emails later this afternoon!

Hidden Gems 2 – Hardware!

Today, nosotros are starting a brief 4-twenty-four hours focus on new hardware and connected technologies for Windows or Windows Phone. Some of these we have reported on merely this fourth dimension nosotros have some high-quality video reviews to come across the items in action.

First up later today is Insteon, the home automation organization. Insteon has teamed upwardly with Microsoft to sell the Insteon kits at their Microsoft Store, and there are apps for Windows and Windows Phone. We will show you how it all works and you tin can determine if it is something you desire for your home.

New competition, new chance to win!

For the next four days, we are bringing you new Hidden Gems starting with today's Insteon. The contest is the same: leave a comment most the gizmo we are reviewing. Comments practice non need to praiseworthy; just tell us your honest thoughts nearly the item (nosotros are not judging your opinions, merely looking for something that took you some thought).

What can you win? How about the hardware we are reviewing! Hence, for Insteon, you tin can win yourself an Insteon Home Kit ($299 value). For the other contests, you have to wait and run into.

We will once once again pick Ii winners from each article, then brand sure you participate!

Missed our previous Hidden Gems? Jump to our super page to catch up!

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