Windows 10 Tip: Draw on your memories with the Photos app update

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Windows 10 Tip: Draw on your memories with the Photos app update Did you know that with our latest update to the Photos app on Windows 10, we’ve made it easy to view all your memories, edit them with new filters and even draw on them?  Here’s how to add ink to your photos:   Choose from one of three pen types, pick a color to draw with and use the eraser to fine-tune your work. You can use Windows Ink with your device’s pen, it’s also available to use with a mouse or touch if you enable the touch-writing option on the ink toolbar. You can even add ink to your animations or videos: If you ink while the video is playing, your ink will playback in sync with the video.  If you pause and write something, it will [ more… ]

Bon Jsell on why they love theSkimm and Surface

2016-11-22 KENNETH 0

Bon Jsell on why they love theSkimm and Surface “We got more than what we paid for; Surface is basically a 3-in-1,” said Skimm’r and Bohn Jsell designer John E. Bell. Surface Industrial Designer Kait Schoeck (wearing a Bohn Jsell vest), Bohn Jsell designers John Bell and Kasha Reavis, and me (wearing the Bohn Jsell top sketched below). Photo credit: Hive Studio I was thrilled to meet Surface fans Kasha and John, the co-founders of Bohn Jsell Collections at the #NineteenthAmendmentPeople event earlier this month—especially because they let me wear one of their tops that had been designed on a Surface. Kasha and John have been fans of their ultra-portable Surface Pro 4 and its accompanying Pen since they purchased it earlier this year so it was fun to meet them and hear their story. Instagram post while designing on [ more… ]

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Calling all Gilmore Girls fans! Binge more and watch in 4K with Microsoft Edge

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Calling all Gilmore Girls fans! Binge more and watch in 4K with Microsoft Edge It’s an exciting week for Gilmore Girls fans around the world as Netflix prepares to release four new installments of the heartwarming fan favorite. More than nine years since the network run of the show ended in 2007, we get the opportunity to catch up with Rory, Lorelai, Emily, Luke, Lane, all the whacky faces of Stars Hollow and, of course, the boyfriends. No matter what “team” you’re on, this promises to be one of the most exciting premiers of all time. Of course, you want to see Stars Hollow in all its Ultra HD* glory this time around – and today we are happy to announce 4K content from Netflix is now available exclusively for compatible PCs and 2-in-1 devices with Windows 10, including the [ more… ]

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Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 14965 Released

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Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 14965 Released Today, we released a new Windows 10 Anniversary SDK Preview to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 14965 or greater). The Preview SDK is a pre-release and cannot be used in a production environment. Please only install the SDK on your test machine. The Preview SDK Build 14965 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. If you are working on an application that you need to submit to the store, you should not install the preview. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from the developer section on Windows Insider. For feedback and updates to the known issues, please see the developer forum.  For new feature requests, head over to our Windows Platform UserVoice. Things to note: The SDK will require Visual Studio 2017 Preview. You can download the Visual Studio [ more… ]

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Sustainable small business uses Surface to stay agile

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Sustainable small business uses Surface to stay agile The Dostals use Microsoft products and a bi-product of biodiesel creation to produce premium soaps and lotions. With holidays approaching, along with some of the busiest shopping days of the year, we wanted to slow down and highlight a small business called Further using Surface Pro 4, Windows, Office as well as pen and touch to keep their sustainable, premium business running smoothly. Megan and Marshall Dostal’s innovative business started out with their plan to collect waste oil from restaurants to make biodiesel. The primary bi-product of that process is glycerin, and that’s the key ingredient in soap. Now they produce Further, a sustainable, premium brand of soaps and lotions that they sell right back to those restaurants. As Marshall will tell you himself, sometimes “a small idea can turn a big [ more… ]