Microsoft told iTWire why iPhone developers will find it a superior software outlet, why Windows Mobile crashes, and how Microsoft thought of the app store first.

Microsoft has announced its strategy for empowering developers to create and monetize applications for the next generation of Windows phones. As incentive for developers to build compelling ...

Ben Lower, a senior product manager for Windows Phone, is behind a number of efforts that focus on student developers and involve a significant amount of investment from the company.

What's this mean? Hundreds of pre-built mobile app components, open source projects, HTML5 components and SDKs are now available to Windows Phone developers.

The biggest mobile developer study in history with 6,000 respondents from 115 countries says that while iOS developers make an average of $5,200 per month in app revenue and Android developers ...

Trying to push forward with Windows Phone, the company continues to help developers create apps by providing financial incentives.

Earlier today, Microsoft’s Todd Brix, Senior Director, Windows Phone Apps Team, announced via Twitter that Windows Phone app downloads and developer revenue has more than doubled since the ...

Microsoft's messy mobile strategy and incompatible platforms have frustrated would-be app developers. Can Universal apps stop the rot?

Even if Microsoft does everything right—liberal app policies, a generous developer revenue share, a powerful SDK, and smooth, wide phone rollout—Windows Phone 7 might not catch up with its ...

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.