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This blog post was authored by Rohan Thakkar, a Program Manager on the Windows Phone team. - Adam Windows Phone Toolkit June 2013 update is now ready to download Source code: https://phone.codeplex.com/SourceControl/latest NuGet package: https://nuget...

Gameloft, which has released a flurry of great Xbox games for Windows Phone 8 in recent months, has slashed prices on 10 of its classic titles—some by as much as 67%. The sale, which runs through June 25, includes hits like Real Soccer and Asphalt 5 ...

Welcome to the Windows App Builder blog ! This is your one stop shop for everything related to developing and selling apps for Windows. We know that building apps is about building businesses; this blog covers everything related to your business including...

Hey Steve Guggenheimer here, Chief Evangelist for Windows and your host for the Build conference next week. We’re only one week until Build and we’re really looking forward to getting together with developers in San Francisco to talk apps, code, industry...

Microsoft Advertising is committed to increasing advertiser demand and growing advertising revenue for mobile app developers. The latest improvements to increase developer monetization and end-user relevancy have just been released – these involve changes...

[Part of our occasional series spotlighting real people and their real Windows Phones. –.ed] To all appearances, Britt Atack is an easygoing kind of guy. He pads around The Northwest School in shorts, t-shirt, and a well-worn pair of Vibram Five Fingers...

Back in February Microsoft Research released BLINK , a handy free photo app for Windows Phone 8 that captures a burst of images when you press the shutter button so you can pick the best shots. It was an instant hit, racking up more than 317,000 downloads...

This week we are joining forces with HP to talk about a few of their great family PCs. This includes the amazing HP Pavilion All-In-One TouchSmart that we are giving away. Plus, we’ll be joined by some of the bloggers who have been testing and using these...

Starting later today, Adobe Creative Cloud subscribers can download, install, and use the new Creative Cloud apps from Adobe. In addition to the many new features in these apps, the entire Creative Suite has now been fully integrated with Adobe Creative...

Today is the 50th anniversary of National Small Business Week , a week long opportunity to recognize the contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners. As part of my role at Microsoft, I work with a lot of small companies and Microsoft...