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Microsoft aims to keep Marketplace app quality high

Ben Kersey, May 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft has taken to the Windows Team Blog in order to clarify guidelines relating to apps submitted and published to the Windows Phone Marketplace. It comes as the Marketplace continues to see steady growth, with Todd Brix detailing how the team intends to keep the quality of apps high. Brix has outlined four basic principles that the team will be following in order to make that happen. Read The Full Story

Microsoft and Nokia cough up €18m app kickstarter

Chris Davies, Mar 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft and Nokia have jointly committed up to €18m ($24m) to train and support app developers as part of the new AppCampus program, though the cash will go to Symbian and S40 coders as well as Windows Phone. The new fund will support the freshly established mobile application development program at Aalto University in Finland, "to create a new generation of self-sustaining mobile startups" as well as ensuring that Windows Phone and the other platforms hopefully don't go without key titles in future. Read The Full Story

Windows Phone Marketplace launches in five new countries

Rue Liu, Feb 3rd 2012 Discuss [3]

Microsoft announced today that its Windows Phone Marketplace is opening up in five new countries. Those countries include Argentina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, and the Philippines. Users in these regions will have to make sure their devices are updated to Windows Phone 7.5 in order to access the Marketplace. Read The Full Story

Windows Phone Marketplace hits 50k apps, here’s three anchors that matter

Chris Burns, Dec 27th 2011 Discuss [18]

When it comes to applications for the mobile platform, it's essentially the same situation for any device ecosystem as it is for a mall: anchor stores are necessary to keep the whole structure active - and the same is true of the Windows Phone Marketplace which just this week hit 50,000 apps. This isn't the highest amount of apps in a mobile market, not by a long shot, but with an environment for apps that is, as many Windows Phone fans will tell you, still developing, it's certainly a milestone to be proud of. What you've got to keep this all anchored down is a set of apps that everyone wants, everyone needs! Let's have a brief look at what those are. Read The Full Story

Windows Phone execs keep shuffling: App Store merge mulled

Chris Davies, Dec 20th 2011 Discuss [2]

Microsoft's Windows Phone team has lost another top-tier exec, as the company's General Manager for Developer and Marketplace, Matt Bencke, has been quietly moved to the Xbox LIVE team. Bencke's role changed at the end of November, ZDNet's sources claim, preceding Windows Phone chief Andy Lees being apparently "benched" for over-promising and under-delivering; the shift could be a sign that Microsoft is looking to move Windows Phone - or its marketing, at least - into the Windows division. Read The Full Story

Windows Phone Marketplace now has more than 40,000 apps

Rue Liu, Nov 18th 2011 Discuss [9]

Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace has now reached more than 40,000 apps. It's a new milestone for the company just following its first anniversary in October when it celebrated hitting 35,000 apps. The data comes from AllAboutWindowsPhone, using their own tracking system and also breaking down the figure into percentages based on app categories. Read The Full Story

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Nokia App Highlights curated store revealed

Chris Davies, Oct 26th 2011 Discuss [0]

Nokia’s own preloaded Windows Phone apps, Drive and Music, are just the start of the company’s software push on the new Lumia range. In addition, there’ll be a curated app environment not yet demonstrated at Nokia World; Keith Varty, Head of Ecosystem and Services at Nokia, told SlashGear that App Highlights will be a tile on the Windows Phone homescreen, featuring the company’s picks of the best WP7 software for new and established users. Read on for more details.

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Microsoft launches new web-based Windows Phone Marketplace

Rue Liu, Sep 27th 2011 Discuss [2]

Microsoft rolled out its major Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update today and has also opened the doors to a new web-based Windows Phone Marketplace that's looking rather slick. Perhaps taking a page from Android, Microsoft is allowing users to browse this new web portal and download apps directly to their devices. They've also added a "My Phone" page that lets you easily manage your Xbox Live profile, Windows Live email, SkyDrive, and the Find My Phone feature. Read The Full Story

Windows Phone Marketplace open for Mango app submissions

Rue Liu, Aug 23rd 2011 Discuss [4]

Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace has opened up its doors to app submissions for the upcoming Mango update. Back in July, Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace Senior Director Todd Brix had promised to start accepting submissions in late August and here we are with the Mango update rumored to launch in less than two weeks. Read The Full Story

Microsoft breaks 25,000 Windows Phone app barrier

Chris Davies, Jul 1st 2011 Discuss [7]

Microsoft has broken the 25,000 app barrier in the Windows Phone Marketplace, roughly half of which are free to download. The figure - which stands at 25,056 at time of writing - comes courtesy of software-tracker Windows Phone Applist, though Microsoft itself is yet to confirm the milestone. Read The Full Story

Windows Phone Marketplace Web Portal Preview

Rue Liu, May 25th 2011 Discuss [2]

During the Mango update reveal yesterday, Microsoft announced that it will be offering a web portal version of its Windows Phone Marketplace. Users would be able to access the marketplace catalog from the web, make purchases, and then send them directly to their handsets. Today, some extra details on the new web version have emerged. Read The Full Story

Online Windows Phone Marketplace portal due with Mango

Chris Davies, May 24th 2011 Discuss [1]

Microsoft has announced that it will be launching a web-version of the Windows Phone Marketplace, allowing users with WP smartphones to browse the catalog together with buy apps and send them directly to their handsets. The new service is due to go online in time with Windows Phone 7.1 Mango's arrival this fall. Read The Full Story