VLC's Media Player Hits Windows 8 In Beta Form

Let's say you bought a new laptop and wanted to check out a few videos that you legally downloaded without leaving Windows 8's touch-focused UI -- until now, your options have been pretty limited. If you're feeling a little adventurous though, the beta version of VLC's media player that Microsoft News spotted on Redmond's app store should do the trick. It's an experimental port of the Windows RT app, however, and as such the application has a few hurdles to clear before it's ready for prime time. General sluggishness compared to the desktop version and some audio bugs, for instance, are a few issues that may crop up.

Download Form: Windows Store

Source: Microsoft News
Via:Microsoft News

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Posted on 01:22

Categories: App , mobile , Music , Video , Windows , windows phone , Windows Phone Apps

New, Customizable Windows Phone 8.1 Camera App Redesign (video)

Microsoft didn't just equip Windows Phone 8.1 with a redesigned notification center and a Siri nemesis called Cortana, it also revamped its stock camera app. While many of the current app's features remain intact, a video leaked by Unleash The Phones shows that the right side of the interface now features shortcut buttons for single photo, video and burst photo modes. The left side, however, is completely customizable, and a user can easily fill it with up to five shortcuts to settings (flash, lens picker, resolution, ISO among others) of their choice.

There’s still access to the Lenses feature, and everything that we’ve seen on previous versions of Windows Phone 8. Personally, I’m still a fan of Nokia’s Camera app but Microsoft certainly has done some great work with the new windows phone 8.1 camera app. That burst mode looks great!
Windows Phone 8.1 is expected to be announced at Microsoft’s Build Conference next month. Only a couple more weeks now!



Via:Unleash The Phones, engadget

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Posted on 01:14

Categories: App , Windows , windows phone , Windows Phone Apps

Evernote For Windows Gets Skitch-like Annotation Tools

If you use Evernote religiously, chances are you've got more than a few snapshots and screen captures saved. To make it easier to edit and annotate those photos, Evernote has fully absorbed Skitch's features into its Windows app. We're not talking about being able to open an image on Skitch from Evernote like on the Mac version -- we're talking about being able to crop, resize, add arrows, shapes and text on photos from within the note-taking app. You simply need to hover your mouse over a pic and click the Annotate button that pops up on top to access those features.

 Source:Evernote

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Posted on 17:40

Categories: photo , Windows