On the heels of its release of a first version of Windows Azure toolkit for Windows Phone, Microsoft has created a comparable Azure toolkit for Apple's iOS -- and has another in the works for Android.
Microsoft is building a file manager app for Windows Phone 8.1 and is hoping to get it into the Windows Phone Store by May.
The possible convergence between Windows RT and the Windows Phone OS may be closer than many thought, based on new hints from Microsoft's Financial Analyst Meeting.
A Microsoft official confirms the company is planning to trim the number of different versions of Windows in its portfolio.
HTC launched a Windows Phone version of its HTC One on Verizon -- its first Windows Phone flagship in two years.
The next version of Internet Explorer that will be included in Windows Threshold could get extension support, as well as task-completion smarts from Bing.
Microsoft's Bing is now the source of 11.5 percent of all U.S. searches, up from 11.3 percent in January, according to comScore. Meanwhile, Windows Mobile's marketshare continued to plummet, according to comScore, and is now at 15.7 percent among U.S. smartphone subscribers.
The free Microsoft-developed file manager app for Windows Phone 8.1 is available for download.
Microsoft posted to the Microsoft Download Center a Windows Mobile 6.5 software development kit (SDK) on January 22. Shortly afterward, the company pulled the SDK. There are reports that Microsoft may have pulled back because the downloadable SDK included the Windows Mobile 6.5.3 bits.
The Mobile World Congress (MWC) show kicks off on February 15 in Barcelona, and Microsoft will be there, (hopefully) showing off various new mobile wares and sharing more details on its evolving mobile strategy. For those following along at home, here's a refresher, organized by codename, as to what to watch/listen for next week.