Foursquare’s new Windows Phone 8 app is slick, clean, and exactly what Microsoft needs

Foursquare is updating its Windows 8 app to focus on one of the operating system's greatest strengths -- it's interface.

Rightware delivers benchmark tool to identify the fastest smartphones and tablets

Maker of Kanzi user interface comes up with a new benchmarking tool for mobile.

Facebook Home is following Microsoft in putting you and your friends first

The idea of putting the information you care about most onto your phone's home screen and lock screen doesn't originate with Facebook Home. It comes from Microsoft.

Pandora launches Windows Phone 8 app, promises ad-free listening through 2013

Popular online radio service Pandora has launched a Windows Phone 8 app, with the added bonus of hearing no advertisements with songs through the end of the year.

Microsoft will kill support for Windows Phone 8, 7.8 in 2014 (and it’s not a big deal)

Microsoft has announced the end-of-support dates for Windows Phone 8 and 7.8, but users should be able to upgrade to the next version of Windows Phone when it is released later this year.

5,000 developers say HTML5 is real, it’s now, and yeah, it’s also the future

Only 15 percent of developers would go native-only when building an app for multiple platforms.

Bill Gates admits Microsoft made ‘a mistake’ in mobile strategy

Bill Gates made some surprisingly candid statements this morning about the company he used to run, telling CBS that Microsoft hasn’t been innovative enough and that it had misstepped in the mobile arena.

Rhapsody follows Spotify with slick new Windows Phone 8 app

Music streaming service Rhapsody has launched a sleek new app for Windows Phone 8 — just a week after competitor Spotfiy launched its app on the same platform.

Windows Phone 8 is finally coming to Sprint, no thanks to Nokia

HTC and Samsung are helping Sprint join the Windows Phone 8 bandwagon. Nokia, however, is notably absent.

Windows Phone Store added 75K apps this year. But will this lead to a brighter 2013?

Microsoft has released some illuminating stats regarding its Windows Phone Store's performance in 2012: 75,000 apps published and 300,000 app updates.

Microsoft to open 6 retail stores in early 2013, after adding 51 shops this year

Microsoft will ring in the new year by opening six new retail locations that will help customers get better exposure to products such as its Surface tablet and Windows Phone devices.

Dylan’s Desk: How Microsoft can break the logjam of carrier anti-innovation

Microsoft could give its mobile operating system a boost by subsidizing phones itself, rather than waiting for carriers to do that.

Windows Phone 8 rebooting issue will get fixed next month — Microsoft stays mum on details

The last thing Microsoft needed with Windows Phone 8 was a widespread software issue -- so of course that's exactly what happened.

Microsoft’s new Meet Your Match viral videos target iPhone and Android head-on

"Hi, I'm Ben, and today I'm showing people why Windows Phone is a better match for them than iPhone and Android."

Steve Ballmer makes case for total Windows domination

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sketched his view of technology's future in an onstage discussion with LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman tonight in a wide-ranging discussion that covered everything from Surface to Windows Phone to Xbox to cloud services.

Microsoft features Jessica Alba and Gwen Stefani in new Windows Phone 8 ads

The ads are fun and focused on people ... which incidentally highlights Windows Phone's core differentiation from both iPhone and Android-based smartphones.