Once upon a time, the name “Windows” stood for something. Several things, actually. It was (and is) the world’s dominant personal computer operating system–a huge, powerful, feature-rich, messy, often ...

Microsoft has revealed today that the company will no longer be providing updates to the Skype app for Windows Phone 7. Instead, Microsoft will be focusing efforts on the future of Skype, which ...

When Microsoft launcher Windows Phone 7 last year, the company basically created a nice big, thick line between newer Windows phones and older models. Windows Phone 7 cannot run any apps developed for ...

Microsoft released developer tools for Windows Phone 7 Series a few days ago, complete with an emulator that you could use to test out new apps designed for the platform. But if you downloaded the ...

For those of you who use the Facebook app on your Windows Phone, whether it be Windows Phone 7 or Windows Phone 8, there is an update available for you! The update addresses a crash issue that users ...

Windows Phone was introduced by Microsoft as the successor to the Windows Mobile operating system at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Februrary 15, 2010, The first version being titled ...

With Windows Mobile leaving Microsoft with an almighty hangover, Windows Phone 7 already had a steep hill to climb. However, the assertion by InfoWorld's Galen Gruman that Microsoft should pack up its ...

It's been a decade since Microsoft effectively conceded defeat in the smartphone war, yet the ghost of Windows Phone continues to haunt the industry. Parts of the OS are still alive in the form of ...

Microsoft revealed this week at its Mix10 conference for Microsoft-oriented Web developers that its forthcoming Windows Phone 7 mobile OS will not include a clipboard capability for copy-and-paste ...

When Mitsubishi made your first cellphone, you know you’ve been around a while. Steve has carried the latest and greatest around in his pocket for nearly 30 years, with everything from Motorola ...