UPDATE: Offer is expired. The games are no longer free. To kick of a new year, here’s a nice goody for you all. Disney is giving away some of their popular paid games to all Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 users! You can download these games free for a limited time both from theContinue reading “Several Paid Disney Games Free For a Limited Time on the Windows Store!”
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Windows Store UI Updated With Top Categories and Subcategories
Microsoft has silently added a handy new user interface to the Windows Store in Windows 8.1. The Windows Store in Windows 8.1 updates differently than does the other parts of Windows. This is because most of the Windows Store’s user interface is delivered from Microsoft servers. In laymen’s term, the UI for the Windows StoreContinue reading “Windows Store UI Updated With Top Categories and Subcategories”
Microsoft Updates Windows Store to Show Really Large Screenshots
Microsoft has quietly updated the Windows Store in Windows 8.1. The update is server side. That is, you will not need to update your operating system to see the changes; it is automatically available for all users of Windows 8.1. What is the update, you might ask? Basically, the screenshots in the app landing pageContinue reading “Microsoft Updates Windows Store to Show Really Large Screenshots”
Visual Studio 2013 RTM Available for Dreamspark Users!
Good evening! Great news if you are a student. Starting today, you can download and install the full version of Visual Studio 2013 Professional. You can do this through Dreamspark. We blogged earlier that Microsoft Dreamspark users would be able to download the software on October 31, 2013. Well, today is the day. Here’s howContinue reading “Visual Studio 2013 RTM Available for Dreamspark Users!”
Visual Studio 2013 Will Be Released on October 31 for Dreamspark Users
Microsoft Dreamspark is a program by Microsoft that allows students and teachers to have free access to professional Microsoft Software. These software include Microsoft Visual Studio, Windows Server, Microsoft Robotics Studio, and much more! Dreamspark users have free access to Visual Studio Professional Editions. This is true for Visual Studio 2013 as well. While theContinue reading “Visual Studio 2013 Will Be Released on October 31 for Dreamspark Users”
Warning! If You Upgrade to Windows 8.1 Through Windows Store, You May Loose The Ability to Refresh and Reset
I am reporting to you with a very important precaution for anyone who has Windows 8 retail and is planning to upgrade to Window 8.1 for free through the Windows Store. This is serious because you may loose the ability to refresh or reset Windows once you do the upgrade, and there is no easyContinue reading “Warning! If You Upgrade to Windows 8.1 Through Windows Store, You May Loose The Ability to Refresh and Reset”
Report: REALLY Good News is Coming for Future Windows Phone Updates
This may sound like a dream but comments from Paul Thurott suggests that the days of waiting months for Windows Phone updates to be rolled out is over. Now, Mr. Thurott is not saying exactly what it is, probably due to NDA, but he hinted at some very interesting thing. There are three hints fromContinue reading “Report: REALLY Good News is Coming for Future Windows Phone Updates”
YouTube for Schools Helps Educate Students In the Classroom
Over the years since YouTube has been around, hundreds and thousands of educational videos have been spawned across YouTube with hundreds of different subjects and in many variety of languages. As a result, YouTube has an educational version of its service, where it provides thousands of proven education videos from a variety of well regarded instructors. IntroducingContinue reading “YouTube for Schools Helps Educate Students In the Classroom”
The Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatch Wants Your Time
Earlier today, Samsung announced what is considered the first major smart watch; the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch. Samsung, being in a long running competition with Apple, seems to have finally beat Apple to the punch. But what benefit could this smartwatch have on an ever growing technological world? Perhaps this taps into the dreams and fantasies ofContinue reading “The Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatch Wants Your Time”
On YouTube Now: Russian Red Army Choir Sings Adele’s Skyfall
And there was much joyful weeping in Mother Russia as its own fearless soldiers lead the people in a very solemn, but yet enjoyable rendition of Adele’s Oscar-winning song Skyfall. The song was featured in the opening title sequence of the 23rd James Bond film installment that aptly goes by the same title. In theContinue reading “On YouTube Now: Russian Red Army Choir Sings Adele’s Skyfall”
Hard of Hearing? This YouTube Hearing Experiment Helps You Find Out
Do you think you have a hard time hearing? Believe it or not, we naturally lose some of our hearing as we grow older. So it doesn’t matter if you listen to death metal music (that’ll get you to deaf valley quicker) or to the birds chirp outside, our capacity to detect sounds at certainContinue reading “Hard of Hearing? This YouTube Hearing Experiment Helps You Find Out”
Facebook: Embeddable Posts
As of July 31st, 2013, Facebook has announced “Embeddable Posts”. If you are familiar with Twitter and YouTube where you can post the embed code on any site you like without having to be a user of said sites For those of you who don’t know, The posts work in the same way as embedsContinue reading “Facebook: Embeddable Posts”
Is Psy’s ‘Gentleman’ Music Video Beat Out ‘Gangnam Style’?
‘Gangnam Style’ took the Internet by storm with its now record 1.5 billion + views on YouTube. Can ‘Gentleman’ achieve such fame? Psy is back with another entertaining video filled with MC Hammer-esque fashion, exorbitant dance choreography, and enough practical joke hijinks to create a recipe of epic proportions. I’d imagine it to be prettyContinue reading “Is Psy’s ‘Gentleman’ Music Video Beat Out ‘Gangnam Style’?”
Better Together: Microsoft features 3-Screens, Cross-platform Apps in the Store
Better together, Microsoft’s dream has come true unlike some idiots will like you to believe a year ago. They’ve been promoting their 3-Screens and the Cloud vision for some time, and it is great to see this dream come true in our lifetime. It is the vision of the ability to start an action onContinue reading “Better Together: Microsoft features 3-Screens, Cross-platform Apps in the Store”
Celebrating Space Shuttle History Today–STS-1 Launch
Today I am embroiled in some kind of nostalgia, we are celebrating today the launch of the first ever re-usable Rocket-ship into Space. It was an enormous undertaking for NASA and giant step for humanity in general as it was a radical departure from how we normally did Space tech. Yours truly was just aContinue reading “Celebrating Space Shuttle History Today–STS-1 Launch”
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