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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft released the Windows Phone 7 OS to manufacturing on Sept. 1, and its OEM partners are in the process of testing it on handsets. The Windows Phone 7 developer tools are the final piece of the ...

Yesterday Microsoft released a series of developer tools for Windows Phone 7 Series… including an emulator. And one of the intrepid hackers at xda-developers figured out how to extract the emulator ...

Your humble blogwatcher selected these bloggy morsels for your enjoyment. Not to mention an opposite movie anagram… John Paczkowski is less snarky than usual ...

Analysts and commentators might focus on pure sales figures, but the health of any platform can be measured by the number of apps its marketplace boasts. That's the mantra Microsoft is currently ...

Can the news get any worse for Windows Phone 7? Charlie Kindel, general manager of the Windows Phone Developer Ecosystem, is leaving Microsoft to start his own company. Given that it’s vital for the ...

With Microsoft Colombia having confirmed Windows Phone 7.8 the last major update to the original Windows Phone 7 platform will begin to roll out at the end of January, the US giant has now pushed the ...

Microsoft has launched a developer build of its Windows Phone 8.1 mobile operating system earlier than expected. The US release includes the Siri-esque virtual assistant Cortana and is available to ...