In 2018, Microsoft canceled plans to ship a new Windows-based OS designed from the ground up for a new dual-screen phone form factor, codenamed Andromeda. This special version of Windows would have ...

Before Microsoft shipped the Surface Duo with Android, it was meant to run a custom version of Windows called Andromeda OS, built specifically for dual-screen devices. That plan was quietly scrapped ...

Once upon a time, the name “Windows” stood for something. Several things, actually. It was (and is) the world’s dominant personal computer operating system–a huge, powerful, feature-rich, messy, often ...

After BlackBerry’s market share collapsed a couple years ago, Microsoft’s struggling Windows Phone became the new hope for people who didn’t want to see the mobile world split between only Apple’s iOS ...

Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system will surpass Apple's iOS by 2015, new figures suggest. Statistics from analytical firm IHS suggest that Windows Phone-powered devices will account for 16.7% ...

Microsoft is trying to lure iOS developers into creating applications for the Windows Phone 7 operating system by offering an API mapping tool which helps them port their applications over from the ...

Microsoft on Wednesday announced 1,500 new developer tools coming in May for the next version of the Windows Phone operating system, code-named Mango, that’s due in the fall. Officials highlighted a ...