January 3, 2014
New emulators available for Windows Phone developers

On Thursday, the Windows Phone Developer Blog reported that developers can download new emulator images for Windows Phone 8.0 Updates 2 and 3 from the Microsoft Download Center, and install them on their existing Windows Phone SDK 8.0 installation.

December 13, 2013
Mark your calendars: Announcing Build 2014

Our next developer conference, Build 2014, will take place April 2 to April 4 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Save the date and mark your calendar for registration, which opens at 9 a.m. PT on Jan. 14 at www.buildwindows.com.

December 6, 2013
Developers: Check out these tips for integrating SkyDrive into your apps

Tablet devices, now omnipresent, have enabled new levels of mobility and content creation on the go. As a result, many consumers and developers have turned to cloud storage services to store files and deliver a continuous experience across devices, writes Marc Wautier, program manager, Windows User Experience.

November 21, 2013
Developers: New XAML flexibility, DirectX improvements now in Windows 8.1

In Windows 8, the high-level user interface capabilities of XAML and the low-level rendering power of Direct X were combined within the same app. Now, even more improvements have been added to Windows 8.1, writes Jesse Bishop, Windows User Interface Platform senior program manager, on the Windows App Builder Blog.