MobileDemand has updated the xDIM Mobile Dimensioning app this week, which is an app for Windows tablets that uses Intel RealSense cameras to measure the size of boxes. Once the measures of a box has been calculated, the app can then be used to add other information for that particular box, making it very useful for anyone in logistics who needs to maximize space when shipping lots of boxes. The … more…
Microsoft have announced the Eye Contact feature for the Surface Pro X, which is a feature that makes looking into the screen during video calls look like you are looking into a camera on the middle of the screen instead, thereby giving the impression that you are actually looking into the eyes of the person you are talking to at the other end. So far, Eye Contact is only launched … more…
The global lockdown has had a huge impact on mobile technology, leading to anything from tablets being sold out due to high demand, to people adapting mobile and remote work technology even more while everybody is waiting for things to go back to normal as they have started to in China. Nearly all of the most popular Windows apps in March reflect this in one way or the other, either … more…
Microsoft announced the availability of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary for Windows 10 tablets and PC’s today: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/halo-combat-evolved-anniversary/9nwqmvsb63n4 The transition to Windows 10 has been made possible together with Saber Interactive, and supports a variable framerate at over 60 fps and 4K UHD in ultra-wide displays, varying aspect ratios, updated shadow/texture quality, and typical graphics adjustments for games like that. Microsoft also said today that Halo: The Master Chief Collection is … more…
With the holidays just around the corner, Microsoft have added some new wallpapers and backgrounds to their collection of free Windows themes, some of them with winter and Christmas themes, which adds to the already extensive collection of 100 new backgrounds that they’ve also added in December. These are the free themes. A Moment of Hygge PREMIUM Winter Holiday Glow Ice Crystals PREMIUM Chilly Morning Ski Paradise Stunning Waterfalls PREMIUM … more…
With Microsoft currently dominating the Windows 10 tablet space, and lots of new Windows computers having gained a touchscreen recently too, we are seeing a greater width of Windows apps becoming popular now than before, and here are some of the most noteworthy popular new Windows apps in December. Audacity A new audio recording and mixing apps that’s both fast, simple to use, and has support for plugins, so that … more…
Mouna Sidi Hida from Microsoft’s Family Audience Product and Strategy Lead announced more advanced parental control features today, with a new set of features that should work well and are also built with a very intuitive user interface. Through Microsoft Launcher, a user can control screen time on both Windows 10 computers and tablets, Xbox One, and Android tablets and phones. With one app to control all of these devices, … more…
The COMPUTEX trade show in Taiwan is just around the corner, which means that we will soon see the launch of the first Windows devices from the so-called Project Athena by Intel. These Intel alternatives to Qualcomm’s “always-on” ARM devices will attract some more Windows users for a while. So before then, here’s a rundown of the 10 most downloaded newer Windows apps now in May that includes both the … more…
With Microsoft now having its widest range of tablets and computers ever, it has sent the signal to developers that Microsoft is seriously committed to Windows 10 tablets and computers ahead. The word is that this signal has started to affect the development of new good productivity apps, so that’s interesting to hear. So a look at the 10 most popular Windows apps for November (that we haven’t mentioned before) … more…
The Chromebook app CrossOver Chrome OS in beta, was officially launched for regular download on Google Play yesterday, and it is one of these software that enables you to run apps from a different OS than the one you are running on your computer. And in this case, to run Windows apps on a Chromebook. But like with all of these software, it has its limitations, and definitely doesn’t cover … more…
Gigantic is one of the most colorful and also most friendly third-person shooter games, with online multiplayer capabilities, and this weekend saw the official launch of the game on Windows 10 and Xbox One, though it has been possible to play it since the last week of June. https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/store/p/Gigantic/ It’s available for download for free in the Windows app store, but if you are downloading this game to your Windows … more…
After our coverage of the top 10 iPad apps for October, it’s time to look at the top 10 most popular Windows apps for October too, and there’s a difference between what apps are the most popular to download between these two operating systems, partially because of the users, and partially because of the availability of the apps and the different versions of the same app between these two operating … more…