In late March, the first builds of Windows 8.1 leaked to the Web. At about the same time, the number of Windows 8 apps reversed several months of slowing growth and charted four straight months of app ...

Microsoft yesterday took another stab at boosting interest in creating apps for Windows 8 with an awards program that will hand out Xbox games and other prizes to amateur programmers. Dubbed “App ...

With three major mobile platforms to choose from, what is an ambitious mobile app developer to do? There are Android and iOS, with 700,000 available apps each and huge market exposure-and the fierce ...

Everyone knows two things about Windows Phone: It’s a fine platform, and it’s far too small. Users of Windows Phone will sing its praises, but the problem remains that there are far too few users, in ...

Microsoft has repeatedly been slammed over the lack of high-profile apps in its Windows Store, but developers may be embracing Redmond’s new operating system after all. Twitter Tuesday announced its ...