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UPDATE: Microsoft keeping mum on Windows Phone 7.8 launch in early 2013
No comment on Nokia statement
Developer derby: London gains free 8 day game dev workshop
Modern Jago opens doors in Shoreditch
Windows head Sinofsky moves on from Microsoft
Departure a 'mutual decision'
Microsoft launches Windows Phone 8 SDK
And new Dev Center, too
From the Windows Phone 8 launch: Microsoft places the final piece in its puzzle
United with Xbox and Windows 8
Microsoft and Barnes & Noble complete $300 million strategic alliance
eReading the market
Microsoft begins accepting apps for Windows Phone SDK 8.0 dev preview program
Limiting access to proven successes
The next app developer to hit big will be on Windows, predicts Steve Ballmer
Sees good times ahead
Nokia and Microsoft push out $1 million to devs for exclusive apps
Leak also exposes new Windows Phone range
Nokia, Microsoft the big winners from Apple's US patent victory
Samsung loss could impact industry
Microsoft splits Windows Phone and Xbox development in App Hub overhaul
'Redesigned from the ground up'
Microsoft betting the farm on devs delivering Windows Phone to Windows 8 cross-platform play
We've only just scratched the surface
Microsoft to acquire multi-touch display maker Peceptive Pixel
Joining MS' Office division
Windows Phone 8 OEMs doing fine on their own says Microsoft
No need for first party device
Windows Phone 8 a 'turning point' for our mobile ambitions, says Microsoft
Nokia, Samsung, HTC and Huawei ready for launch
Opinion: Break with Windows Phone 7 is painful, but inevitable for Microsoft's future success
Windows Phone 8's new horizon
Microsoft finally delivers native development and in-app purchases in Windows Phone 8
Playing catch up
Current Windows Phone users won't get upgrade to WP8
But some features are bound for WP7.8
Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8, complete with 'Shared Windows Core'
Closer integration with Windows 8 means easier porting
Microsoft makes merchandising move with Windows Phone
Brand building
Microsoft launches real rewards scheme for Windows Phone devs in UK
Pick up points, win prizes
Microsoft patent filing hints at Windows Phone app discovery tool for iOS and Android users
Offers alternative apps at a touch
Windows Phone ahead of iPhone in China after just 2 months, claims Microsoft
Next stop, Android
Opinion: Microsoft can't afford to press the reset button with Windows Phone 8
WP7 handsets need to be kept in the loop
Windows Phone marketing manager Shane Kim quits post after 5 months
Eugene Ho takes the strain
No Windows Phone 8 update for existing handsets, claims insider
Microsoft to reset platform?
Microsoft to save 35 of your precious seconds per app with context-based pre-loading
Falcon to make your Windows Phone smarter
Microsoft and Nokia to invest 18 million euros in app dev program
Backs Windows Phone, Symbian and Series 40
Microsoft and Nokia offer devs chance to feature apps in Windows Phone ad campaigns
'Your App Here' bound for 2 promo periods
Microsoft to launch Windows Phone Tango in China on 21 March
HTC and Nokia on board
Microsoft opens gates to Windows Phone indie dev challenge Dream.Build.Play
Registration deadline May 15
Microsoft rumoured to be testing Snapdragon S4 for Windows Phone
MSM8960 could lead dual-core assault
Amazon poaches Windows Phone dev lead Watson to head up Kindle team
Cross-platform Kindle apps the focus
Microsoft touts deeper integration with Xbox and Windows 8 as Windows Phone 8 expose leaks
Nokia video provides the details
Windows Phone Tango update to deliver support for native code
Platform also expands to 120 languages
Microsoft signs Android patent deal with LG, leaving Motorola and Barnes & Noble as key outliers
Has over 70 percent of OEMs signed up
CES 2012: Nokia's Lumia 900 success will benefit Samsung and HTC in US, reckons Microsoft's Aaron Woodman
Stops short of branding device as 'flagship'
Leaked Windows Phone roadmap hints at Tango launch in Q2 2012, Apollo in Q4
Dual-core 'competitive superphones' on the agenda
Microsoft's indie dev challenge Dream.Build.Play extended to Windows Phone
Total of $100,000 on offer to winners
Windows Phone president Lees given critical Windows Phone-Window 8 task by Steve Ballmer
Whatever it is, he's got to do it quick
Barnes & Noble asks US courts to reign in Microsoft over patent cases
Microsoft remain un-ruffled
Samsung's Gavin Kim departs to head up Microsoft's Windows Phone team
Former enterprise VP to build on 'fervent base'
Following Compal deal, Microsoft's earning royalties on more than half of all Android devices
Giant 'resolves IP issues' with another patent deal
Qualcomm partnership will deliver sub-$200 Windows Phone handsets in 2012, reckons Microsoft's mobile head Andy Lees
Manufacturing costs to halve from launch
Microsoft posts record $17.37 billion revenue in Q1 2012, but Windows Phone yet to make its mark
Firm waiting on Windows 8
Multiple new Windows Phone handsets to be unveiled at Nokia World, claims Microsoft CEO Ballmer
Android and iOS also cast aside
Two weeks on, and 30% of Windows Phone users are now running Mango
I'm a WP7 app stats poll 93,000 users
Microsoft unveils Xbox Companion app, turns Windows Phone into Xbox 360 remote control
Marketplace options also on board
Windows Phone will be the mobile platform for OEMs thanks to Microsoft's longterm commitment says Casey McGee
Better customer experience and choice than Android