Hoping to generate more apps for its mobile platform, Microsoft has launched an online tool that could allow even non-developers to create new programs for Windows Phone 8. The tool, called Windows ...

Microsoft’s new winapp CLI simplifies Windows app development with one-command setup, faster testing, and easier packaging.

Microsoft is updating the recently launched beta of Windows Phone App Studio to improve performance and scalability after the new app development tool crossed 55,000 active projects. The hosted ...

Instead of throwing more resources into the fading star of Windows Mobile, Microsoft will rally its developer army to build Silverlight mobile applications and quickly establish Windows Phone as a ...

Developers have download more than 300,000 copies of the development tools for Microsoft's upcoming Windows Phone 7 in what the vendor is touting as a harbinger of the potential success of the new ...

The Windows Phone 8.1 SDK unveils most of Microsoft's plans for the next iteration of its smartphone platform, but there are a few things still up in the air. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

Microsoft has struggled to make Windows Phone a viable competitor in the mobile ecosystem for more than five years now. There have been some good devices running Windows Phone, but the lack of apps ...

It’s been a very good week for Windows Phone, with a new survey finding that the number of developers planning to write apps for it has doubled, and with an Instagram app finally arriving. Does this ...

Microsoft has unveiled a refreshed rewards scheme to encourage mobile developers across the UK to support Windows Phone. The scheme revolves around a points system, where developers add to their tally ...