John Callaham

A new report claims Microsoft could pay as much as $400 million to acquire Xamarin. Microsoft announced its plans to buy the mobile app development tools creator earlier this week.

Microsoft plans to allow any developer of Universal Windows Platform Windows 10 apps to upload them to the Xbox Store in the near future.

Microsoft has revealed it has added a number of features to the Windows Store to help app developers, including technology to find and remove spam reviews of apps.

A new update for The Weather Channel app for Windows Phone is now available, but no new change log was published along with it, which suggests that it is just a minor bug fix release

Microsoft is sending emails to some Windows Store developers informing them that their apps have been removed from the Store for violating its quality standards.

King has now released a version of its popular puzzle game Candy Crush Soda Saga for both Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile, after previously releasing the game for Windows 10.

Microsoft will cut the price on many of its Windows 10 apps, games and more in the Windows Store as part of its "Ready, Set, Summer!" sale. It begins on Friday, May 27 and ends on June 6.

Some Windows 10 users are reporting that they have not been able to access the Windows Store and some of their apps, such as the Mail client, for over a day.

Microsoft is developing a Windows Phone 8.1 game called FYCPT, which requires the use of the Microsoft Band fitness wearable to control its character, a paint drop.