NewsFactor – Microsoft isn’t going to let Apple have all the app-store fun. On Monday, the software giant announced more details about Windows Phone 7 Series applications in its online store as it moves to get third-party developers excited about the new platform.

AP – Software maker Broadsoft Inc. on Monday filed its intent to raise as much as $103.5 million in an initial public offering.

AFP – Google expects its Android mobile operating system to “flourish” in China, Google’s chief financial officer said Monday amid a two-month standoff with Beijing over Web censorship and cyberattacks.

Microsoft officials Monday confirmed at the company’s MIX 10 developers event in Las Vegas that native applications will not be allowed on Windows Phone 7 devices. Only applications running in the Silverlight runtime environment or games in the XNA Game Studio runtime will be allowed.

Reuters – DirecTV Group and Comcast Corp said on Monday they have reached a deal to return Comcast’s Versus sports network to the satellite operator’s programing line-up.