“Blue” is an update to Windows 8 that will bring patches and new features to Windows 8. We have discovered a hidden gem in “Blue” that might interest you. As you may already know, Windows 8 has two special requirements in regards to screen resolution of your device. In vanilla Windows 8, you need toContinue reading “Exclusive Report – Windows “Blue” Drops 1366×768 Screen Resolution Requirement to Snap Apps”
Drift Mania Championship 2 Lite
This is potentially first, free, first person racing game to come to the Windows Store. There is a paid version, and a free version. Curiously, you can convert the free version to the paid version, yet it will still be called Drift Mania Championship 2 Lite. Description With over 15 million players worldwide, the #1Continue reading “Drift Mania Championship 2 Lite”
News from the Windows Store – 50,000 Apps (Total App Count 3/23/2013)
Today, we have reached another milestone with the total number of apps on the Windows Store. We are half way through reaching 100,000 apps. At the time of this writing, there are 50304 total apps in the Windows Store worldwide. This data comes courtesy of the AppCounter Windows 8 app that keeps track of theContinue reading “News from the Windows Store – 50,000 Apps (Total App Count 3/23/2013)”
Easiest Way to Try Linux Episode 1 – Let’s Set it Up!
This video demonstrates the absolutely easiest, safest, and hands free way to try out Linux, especially if you are a beginner or first time user! We will use VMware player because it is the easiest and quickest way to try Linux. Watch the video for step by step guide. What you will need: Ubuntu: DownloadContinue reading “Easiest Way to Try Linux Episode 1 – Let’s Set it Up!”
Google Graveyard is here for the Mourners
Someone mentioned this new App in a tweet today. A place to mourn your dead Google Apps :-). Have Google taken your cookies just because they can, this is the place to mourn and protest. See all App Google has killed during the years. Now they are coming up with new Products, who is everContinue reading “Google Graveyard is here for the Mourners”
Open the Windows 8 and Flip on the Weather Channel!
The Windows Store has lots of weather forecasting apps, but in my opinion, the Weather Channel is the most useful and comprehensive one. In fact, even though Windows 8 comes with the Bing weather app preinstalled, I recommend you install this app. You can delete the Bing app to save disk space, if you prefer.Continue reading “Open the Windows 8 and Flip on the Weather Channel!”
Bizagi Workflow Client now in Windows Store
They’ve just released a client in the Windows Store. Bizagi is a business workflow vendor and popular for their Business Process Flow Management Software. Note that this Client is only usable with Bizagi Service backend in the Enterprise and is only meant for companies running this Service. Following is the App description from the Store:Continue reading “Bizagi Workflow Client now in Windows Store”
Experiment – Upgrading through Every Version of Windows from 1.0 to 7
We know that it is not officially possible to upgrade anything earlier than Windows XP to Windows 8, but what if we upgraded every version of Windows in order. Woud that mean that we can essentially upgrade Windows 1.0 to Windows 2.0 to Windows 3.0 all the way to Windows 8? Well, this veryContinue reading “Experiment – Upgrading through Every Version of Windows from 1.0 to 7”
Running Windows 98 in 2013 – Browsing the Web and Installing Modern Apps
Well, this is 2013, and Windows 98 was released in 1998. That’s a whooping 15 years! Yes, we are going to try running this 15 year old bad boy in 2013. We will browse the web and try installing modern software designed to run on Windows 7 and 8. Is it possible to browse today’s modernContinue reading “Running Windows 98 in 2013 – Browsing the Web and Installing Modern Apps”
Twitter for Windows 8 and RT App Demo
Published on Mar 13, 2013 A quick demo of the version 1.0 of the official twitter app for Windows! Enjoy. Download the app from here: http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/… Music by DNA Groove, titled Doomsday Cake, licensed under creative commons. Visit DNA Groove’s website: http://mindjob.org/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Twitter Official App is now in the Store!
Trust Twitter Inc to release their app for Windows 8 while I was sleeping . Most of you probably heard the news already. The Twitter official App is now in the Store. A lot many people, including yours truly, are disappointed with the app because it is just so basic. Given the amount time we’veContinue reading “Twitter Official App is now in the Store!”
Ali3ns–An App to keep those UFO stories in focus
You love UFO’s, we love UFO’s, everybody love UFO’s. Now its time to get our UFO fix on our Windows 8 devices. For UFO’s like they say, we’ve got an app for that. Aliens App is a good recommendation if you’re entertained by a good UFO and Conspiracy Theory stories. You should take what youContinue reading “Ali3ns–An App to keep those UFO stories in focus”
Upgrade to the New (Metro Style) YouTube Channel!
YouTube channels are hubs in which an user can upload and present their own YouTube videos. Each user gets their own YouTube channel. YouTube is about to go through a massive update to channels, bringing a more flat, tiled based, layout. Google is calling it One Channel, and it looks a lot like Metro, in myContinue reading “Upgrade to the New (Metro Style) YouTube Channel!”
IntoWindows.com – Great Windows 8 Resources, Tips, and Tutorials
This post is not a sponsored or promotional post. Rather, the goal of this post is to direct you to information that you may find helpful, informative, and interesting. I want to share with you IntoWindows.com. This is a fantastic place to get some great Windows 8 related tips, tricks, and tutorials. They sometimes evenContinue reading “IntoWindows.com – Great Windows 8 Resources, Tips, and Tutorials”
MediaMonkey Greets Windows 8 and RT Users!
Folks at IntoWindows have spotted a new, awesome, addition to the Windows Store. The popular, advanced, desktop media manager suite makes its appearance as a metro app on the Windows Store for Windows 8 and RT. MediaMonkey allows you to manage a large collection of multimedia in an efficient manner. Now with a metro versionContinue reading “MediaMonkey Greets Windows 8 and RT Users!”
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