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Windows Phone business grows by $134 million
Read More »Windows Phone shipments outpacing BlackBerry 10 by 3-to-1
New estimates paint a very bleak picture for BlackBerry 10. PocketGamer has done some number crunching following BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins’ admission that just 40 per cent (around 2.7m) of the 6.8m smartphones his company shipped in the last quarter were BB10 devices. For comparison, Samsung shipped an estimated 70.7m …
Read More »Microsoft Spotlight: Windows Games Ambassadors
Student developer Michael Cameron tells Develop how the programme has helped his job prospects
Read More »Microsoft Spotlight: Buddha Finger
Anna Marsh recounts how her kung fu title was given a new shot at reaching mobile gamers
Read More »Indie defends Microsoft in face of trending criticism
Reinforcing the Microsoft is bad for indies narrative doesn't hurt them, it hurts indies, says Ska Studios dev
Read More »Windows Phone 8 to support 1080p by end of year
New update to support display resolution and five-inch smartphones
Read More »EA Mobile’s annual ‘Sweet Deals’ offers up to 90% off on iOS, Android, WP games
Here in India, we go from chilly winters straight into sweltering summers, without experiencing the pleasant mildness of spring. But at least we get to benefit from all the celebrations the season brings higher up in the northern hemisphere. After Xbox Live and PSN kicked off their spring sales for …
Read More »Microsoft confirms XNA is over
Computing giant ending popular indie development toolset, but DirectX will remain
Read More »Microsoft ‘phasing out’ XNA development framework
DirectX 'no longer evolving as a technology'
Read More »Microsoft introduces Windows Phone 7.8 SDK
Final update brings WP8 UI to WP7
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