Microsoft’s Build conference may be an event specifically set aside for developers, but consumers, too, are interested in seeing the next wave of innovation coming out of the Redmond offices, especially with the next version of Windows 8 and Windows Phone — codenamed Windows Blue — on the horizon. Microsoft…

Microsoft has announced at Mobile World Congress that the Windows Phone Store now includes more than 130,000 applications, or 10,000 more new apps since December. In addition, according to the company, app downloads have increased by 75 percent and 40,000 developers have registered in the first 3 months since the…

Microsoft‘s release of the Windows Phone 7.8 Software Developer Kit (SDK) should make it a little easier for developers who are looking to test drive their apps and the Live Tiles of those applications with the updated OS. Not surprisingly, Windows Phone 7.8 is largely a cosmetic update, maintaining backwards…

Good news on the Windows Phone front as WP Senior Director, Todd Brix, has tweeted earlier today that developer revenues and downloads have doubled since the WP8 platform’s launch in November. Back in June, the Windows Phone Store (formerly the Windows Phone Marketplace) had surpassed 100,000 apps. Recently, it was…

Truphone has really been pushing their VoIP application lately, as can be seen with the recent release of the new Truphone VoIP app for Android and iOS, and their upcoming release for BlackBerry 10. In addition, it appears that a job opening for an Android Developer has been posted at…

BB10 is still months away, but RIM CEO Thorstein Heins recently announced that the OS is ready for licensing, and the first devices running the new platform are nearly finished. RIM has just informed developers that the new operating system will target two screen resolutions. The very first device will…

Microsoft opened its registration for BUILD 2012 at 8AM PT August 8th, an event that will run from October 30th to November 2nd. In less than an hour, tickets to the developer event were sold out, prompting the company to create a waiting list, suggesting that the company may increase…

It turns out the Latin America locations won’t be the last to see the BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour after all. RIM has gone and added three new cities to the Tour as they continue their efforts to get the BlackBerry 10 OS into more developers’ hands and hearts. Once…