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 ...

Nokia’s Lumia 900 is a beautiful phone. Despite a few flaws, Techland’s own Jared Newman called it “the most noteworthy Windows Phone yet.” I haven’t had time to really get to know it, but a Microsoft ...

Microsoft is considering a possible decision on allowing developers access to native code on its Windows Phone platform, which could potentially open the doors to better gaming, more variety of apps ...

Microsoft claims 160,000 users have created a total of 65,000 apps since it launched its Windows Phone App Studio betatwo months ago. Pitched as an attempt to get novices into app development, it's ...

Microsoft has begun accepting applcations to the Windows Phone SDK 8.0 developer preview program, enabling developers to begin optimising existing Windows Phone apps for the new OS. The firm claims ...

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 ...

Microsoft is trying to make Windows app development feel a lot less painful. This week, the company unveiled winapp, a new open-source command-line tool designed to cut through the setup, packaging, ...

We as phone users often take apps for granted. They arrive in the store and if they have enough stars we download them. What we don’t see is that development of those apps takes long hours and the ...

Microsoft is releasing the public preview of winapp, the new Windows app development CLI that will be useful to developers building Windows apps. Microsoft is making it easier for developers to build ...