Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8.1, the first major update to the Windows Phone mobile operating system, introduces a virtual personal assistant named Cortana, several cool design tweaks, and a host of new ...

Last Thursday, Microsoft held its formal shindig in honor of the arrival of Windows 8 and Surface in New York. Today, it’s another coast, another Microsoft event and another version of Windows — ...

Microsoft is introducing the next version of its operating system for smartphones today — and one of the key features of Windows Phone 8 is that it will share a common core with Windows 8 when the two ...

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Microsoft formally unveiled Windows Phone 8.1 Update early Wednesday morning, confirming features such as Start screen folders, sandboxed apps, and even a handy VPN function for surfing over public Wi ...

You can now install the latest version of Microsoft's mobile OS -- but you'll need a developer's account to snag it. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer ...

Microsoft has today released an app for Windows 8 and Windows RT that will enable users to sync content form mobile devices running the upcoming Windows Phone 8. Available to download for free from ...

Deep integration with Windows 8 and SkyDrive, NFC support, and variable screen sizes for mobile devices are among the wealth of new features coming to the next version of Windows Phone, including ...

Are tech pundits lending a hand in crushing Windows Phone 8? PCMag’s Sascha Segan thinks so. Segan argues that Windows Phone 8 is a solid mobile operating system that has a chance to compete with the ...

Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 years for a variety of publications, including ZDNet, eWeek and Baseline. She is the author of Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft plans to stay relevant in ...

Windows Phone 8, which Microsoft partially unveiled this week, is the company’s third version of its mobile OS. And for some experienced Windows Phone developers, Microsoft got it all right. (PICTURES ...

At Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 event yesterday, there was plenty of talk about the company’s Windows Phone 8 plans but nothing in regards to a release date for Windows Phone 7.8, the operating system ...