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 ...

Microsoft and U.K.-based wireless carrier Orange on Tuesday offered an olive branch to developers creating games, ring tones and business applications for devices using the software giant's advanced ...

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 ...

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 ...

Phone-maker Nothing is stepping up its light show game! The company, known for its transparent back design and eye-catching LEDs, is opening up its signature Glyph Interface with a brand-new Developer ...

Well, well — it looks like Apple isn’t the only phone-maker saying no-no to the naughty-naughty. Microsoft released the final version of its Windows Phone Developer Tools on Thursday, giving ...

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 ...

The developer chief for Microsoft's Windows Phone platform has resigned to start his own company. Charlie Kindel had been a Microsoft employee for 21 years. In a blog post on Monday, he said his new ...

Microsoft today announced it is merging the online developer resources (education materials, guidance, code samples, and reference documentation) for Windows Store and Windows Phone. At the same time, ...

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 ...

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, ...

BlackBerry’s newest developer phone is the first BB10 dev phone to feature a keyboard. The BlackBerry Dev Alpha C looks a lot like the upcoming BlackBerry Q10 smartphone (with boxier corners). But the ...