Our favourite MS tweeterer and Trekkie-extraordinaire Brandon LeBlanc posted this blog post today to inform that the power of Bing, the same that powers our lovely Cortana is now in Windows 8 common search feature or “Smart Search” as Microsoft likes to call it. Before you only search as always with keywords, now you canContinue reading “Cortana is already knocking on Win8 door!”
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Bing Wikipedia Browser — An Elegent App for your Windows Device
Hi, this is Nazmus, and I recently decided to download and try out a new app by Microsoft called “Bing Wikipedia”. At first, I was hesitant to download it because I wondered “why would I need a Wikipedia app when the website works well enough?” Well, I was pleasantly surprised when I did download theContinue reading “Bing Wikipedia Browser — An Elegent App for your Windows Device”
[Deal Over] Free for a Limited Time — Xbox Title Rabbits Big Bang on Windows Store
Update: The Deal is Officially Over As part of the weekly red stripe deals, an Xbox title for Windows 8 is downloadable for free from the Windows Store. It is called Rabbits Bing Bang. It’s a puzzle game and worth checking out!. Here’s the neat part: this game is available in many languages! Here areContinue reading “[Deal Over] Free for a Limited Time — Xbox Title Rabbits Big Bang on Windows Store”
Pro Tip: Use Custom Colors for Windows Phone Start Screen Tiles
With Windows Phone 8.1, you can now choose any background images for your Start screen tiles. A nice side effect of this is that you can now also put custom colors for your live tiles too! No, Windows Phone 8.1 did not add new accent colors for you to customize device with. Instead, you canContinue reading “Pro Tip: Use Custom Colors for Windows Phone Start Screen Tiles”
Did you know: Windows Phone 8.1 Built-in Apps Update through the app Store
With Windows Phone (WP) 8.1, many of the built-in apps are now updatable from within the Windows Phone Store. Unlike on previous WP versions, the built-in apps do not need to wait for the next OS update to be updated. These apps now can and do update regularly just like other apps you install fromContinue reading “Did you know: Windows Phone 8.1 Built-in Apps Update through the app Store”
Windows XP Dead as Advertised–Now what?
Source: @Thurrott & @TheRomit Unless you’re an alien visiting earth for the first time today or you’ve been living under a rock, no doubt you’ve been bombarded with the so-called death of the most veritable OS on the planet today: Windows XP! Yes, XP is officially dead today. Tomorrow is the day after and stillContinue reading “Windows XP Dead as Advertised–Now what?”
Windows Store 3.0 – A Major Upgrade (with Screenshots)
Microsoft unveiled a nice surprise at its 2014 build conference: the third major upgrade to the Windows Store! Windows Store was introduced on Windows 8.0 as a software distribution platform. It received a major upgrade that drastically improved its usability with the launch of Windows 8.1. However, Microsoft still didn’t go far enough to makeContinue reading “Windows Store 3.0 – A Major Upgrade (with Screenshots)”
Windows Phone 8.1 is Getting the Share Charm from Windows 8
Microsoft announced a lot of new features coming to Windows Phone 8.1 in their Build 2014 Conference. Many of the features are highlighted in the mainstream Microsoft websites, including Neowin and WPCentral. So, I won’t reiterate what’s being said there because they are doing a fantastic job in covering the big stuff. What I wantContinue reading “Windows Phone 8.1 is Getting the Share Charm from Windows 8”
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