Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 SDK is now expected around the time Windows Phone 8 itself launches, which is expected to be October 29. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 years for a ...

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8.1, the first major update to the Windows Phone mobile operating system, introduces a virtual personal assistant named Cortana, several cool design tweaks, and a host of new ...

Windows Phone 8, which Microsoft partially unveiled this week, is the company’s third version of its mobile OS. And for some experienced Windows Phone developers, Microsoft got it all right. (PICTURES ...

The documents, which appear to originate from within Microsoft, describe the Windows Phone Application Platform, a mobile application development environment that's designed to support "consumer ...

Many Windows Phone developers have been without up to date app download statistics for well over a month, with Microsoft claiming its Dev Center is currently suffering "issues". The data blackout, ...

With an official launch expected some time this winter, Microsoft is using its web design and developers conference MIX in Las Vegas to push Windows Phone 7 - the firm today announcing the launch of ...

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Making a critical move in mobile application development, Microsoft on Monday shipped a beta version of its Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools, but early reaction from some developers was tepid. The beta ...

The Windows Phone Developer Tools have been downloaded more than 300,000 times, Microsoft said, as the company prepares to offer a new application store and mobile operating system. Microsoft is ...