Instagram announced today that its app for Windows Phone will be launching today in the Windows Phone Store, as teased last month. However, the app doesn’t currently have everything that… Read More
While Google and Microsoft really haven’t seen eye-to-eye on the Windows Phone YouTube app, that hasn’t stopped the search engine giant from continuing to maintain its search app for Windows… Read More
If you’re a Windows developer, you’re now a Windows Phone developer, too, and vice versa. Microsoft announced today that it is unifying its developer programs, so that Windows Phone developers… Read More
Wow, look at that hockey-stick growth for Nokia’s Windows Phones! Yeah, but … Nokia this morning reported 8.8 million Lumia units shipped in the third quarter, up from 2.9 million… Read More
If you’ve been noticing your Windows Phone is using up unexpectedly huge amounts of data, you’re in good company. First reported by The Verge, Microsoft has confirmed that the Twitter… Read More
Windows Phone owners will soon be able to share all the 7-second videos and filtered photos they could ever want. Stephen Elop just announced at Nokia World that the official… Read More
Just don’t call it Windows Phone 8.1. Microsoft’s new “Update 3” for Windows Phone 8, unveiled this morning, adds support for screens as large as five or six inches, with… Read More
Hey, that looks like an interesting story in that random tweet on my Windows Phone lock screen. I’d like to read that. Let’s see, I’ll swipe at it. Nope, that… Read More
It’s been a long road for Windows Phone users wanting to watch YouTube videos in a native app on their phones, and it doesn’t look like it’s getting any shorter.… Read More
The difference between two of the most well-known smartphone makers could hardly be more stark these days. Samsung issued earnings guidance overnight for record operating profit of at least $9.2 billion… Read More
Want to talk to your Windows Phone, and have it customize your experience? A new report says Microsoft is working on just that. According to a report by Mary Jo… Read More
Updated below with additional details. Microsoft’s new Operating Systems Engineering Group — responsible for OS development across Windows, Windows Phone and Xbox — is filling out its executive team under… Read More
Larger than a phone, smaller than a tablet — yes, it’s a “phablet,” to use the much-derided term for the device segment best known for Samsung’s Galaxy Note. And the… Read More
Yes, in raw numbers, Microsoft is paying less for Nokia’s Devices & Services business than it did for Skype — forking over $7.2 billion for the smartphone maker, compared with… Read More
Microsoft has already given parents an extra element of control with the “Kid’s Corner” feature in Windows Phone 8 — an isolated section of the device, set up and controlled… Read More
Microsoft today is rolling out a new feature for Windows Phone users: Optical character recognition (OCR) that automatically translates pictures of text into actual text when uploaded from the phone… Read More
Delta Air Lines is giving a boost to Microsoft’s Windows Phone with a deal to equip its 19,000 flight attendants with Nokia Lumia 820 devices for processing in-flight payments and… Read More
Cornell University student Peter Zieske likes to doze off on bus rides, and he has created an app to help others do the same — without missing their stops. Bus Alarm,… Read More
It’s common these days for mobile app developers to start with iPhone and Android, and get to Windows Phone later — if at all. But should that be the practice… Read More
Microsoft released a new version of its YouTube app for Windows Phone this afternoon, three months after Google objected to app and demanded its removal from the Windows Phone app… Read More
New stats released today by IDC show shipments of Windows Phone reaching 8.7 million units in the second quarter — still a distant third behind Android (187.4 million) and iPhone… Read More
Nokia released a new ad today touting the camera on the Nokia Lumia 925 Windows Phone by comparing it to the iPhone 5. The ad plays off Apple’s “Every Day”… Read More
Windows Phone users rejoice: Microsoft is re-vamping the Bing search functionality for Windows Phone in the image of its work on Bing.com for iOS and Android. First off, Microsoft has… Read More
Windows Phone revenue rose by $1.2 billion in the company’s 2013 fiscal year, according to new numbers released by Microsoft this afternoon as part of its Form 10-K filing with… Read More
Mobile phone maker HTC this morning projected third quarter results well below expectations, the latest sign of the company’s struggle to compete against Apple and Samsung in smartphones. HTC, which has… Read More
The British and the French love Windows Phone, apparently! New research this morning from Kantar Worldpanel shows Microsoft’s mobile operating system making sizable gains in some parts of Europe in… Read More
It’s launch day for the Nokia Lumia 1020 Windows Phone, the one with the 41-megapixel camera. And coinciding with the launch, all Windows Phone users are getting a notable photo… Read More
Just after partnering with indie development toolkit company Unity last month, Microsoft is now offering up some dough to those who create games in Unity 4 for Windows Phone and/or Windows… Read More
Microsoft has released a new Windows Phone app that lets users search for Windows Phone versions of the most popular iOS and Android apps, and suggests alternatives if they’re not… Read More
Finally! A great new, exclusive game for my Windows Phone! Ugh, I guess not. At least not for another month. That’s the emotional roller-coaster created by Microsoft’s newly released Halo:… Read More