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         Microsoft today announced that it has stopped working on Windows Bridge for Android, a tool for turning Android apps into universal Windows apps that can run on all types of Windows devices. Microsoft announced Project Astoria alongside "Project Islandwood", which offered iOS app developers a way to port their creations to Windows 10 Mobile. Today, Microsoft stated: "We received a lot of feedback that having two Bridge technologies to bring code from mobile operating systems to Windows was unnecessary, and the choice between them could be confusing. We have carefully considered this feedback and decided that we would focus our efforts on the Windows Bridge for iOS and make it the single Bridge option for bringing mobile code to all Windows 10 devices, including Xbox and PCs. For those developers who spent time investigating the Android Bridge, we strongly encourage you to take a look at the iOS Bridge and Xamarin as great solutions." After ...

   Microsoft will reportedly reveal Windows 10 for Phones (or Windows Mobile 10) at its January 21st event. As you may know, to get access to Windows 10 Technical Preview, users needed to be registered as an ‘insider’. Now a similar “Phone Insider” app has turned up in the Windows Phone Store, published by Microsoft in November 2014.  As the app’s description states, Windows Insiders will be able to receive pre-release OS updates on their phone:  The Phone Insider application provides registered Windows Insiders the ability to receive pre-release OS updates on their phone, directly from Microsoft. For more information about registering and becoming a Windows Insider visit http://insider.windows.com/  Of note it appears this app will also be able to deliver carrier firmware, unlike the Preview for Developers program.  Microsoft hasn’t officially announced anything about the Phone Insider program just yet. However, it might be the replacement for th...