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Windows 10 Tip: Getting started with the Windows Ink Workspace

2016-10-11 KENNETH 0

Windows 10 Tip: Getting started with the Windows Ink Workspace Today, we’re talking about how to get started with Windows Ink* in four easy steps. Windows Ink is part of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update and lets you capture ideas quickly and naturally with a pen or touch-enabled device. Get started with the Windows Ink Workspace First, find the Windows Ink Workspace, your canvas for all the ink-powered features and apps on your PC. The Workspace has built-in experiences like sketchpad, screen sketch and Sticky Notes, as well as apps optimized for pen use. Press the Windows Ink Workspace button in your system tray at the bottom right of your screen or click the back of your pen**! If you don’t see the icon, right-click anywhere in the system tray and click on “Show Windows Ink Workspace Button.” Take notes [ more… ]

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Hands-on with the HP Elite x3 now available at Microsoft Stores

2016-10-11 KENNETH 0

Hands-on with the HP Elite x3 now available at Microsoft Stores Today, the HP Elite x3 goes on sale in Microsoft Stores. We’re taking a closer look and giving you an overview of some of the benefits the HP Elite x3 offers. Announced at Mobile World Congress, the HP Elite x3 is HP’s premium new mobile device powered by Windows 10. It’s lightweight, sports Gorilla Glass 4, is water resistant and is equipped with a battery that packs a major punch. With great built-in features like Cortana*, Continuum** and Microsoft Edge, the HP Elite x3 also features a camera sensor and fingerprint reader that allow you to login securely to the device with Windows Hello***. Features include: Expandable 2TB of storage via SIM card 8 MP front-facing camera for conference video calls IP67 water resistant 5.96″ diagonal edge-to-edge HD display [ more… ]

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MySQL 8.0 Data Dictionary: Background and Motivation

2016-10-10 KENNETH 0

MySQL 8.0 Data Dictionary: Background and Motivation Just as you use a database like MySQL to store your application data, MySQL must also store its meta data (schema names, table definitions etc) somewhere. Traditionally this meta data storage has been split between many different locations (.FRM, .PAR, .OPT, .TRN and .TRG files).… Source: MySQL 8.0 Data Dictionary: Background and Motivation

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In Case You Missed It – this week in Windows Developer

2016-10-08 KENNETH 0

In Case You Missed It – this week in Windows Developer Did you have a busy week this week? That’s ok, so did we. In case you missed some of our updates, here is our weekly #ICYMI wrap up, featuring all of the blogs in a TL;DR format for your reading pleasure. The UWP Community Toolkit Update Version 1.1 This week we released the first update to the UWP Community Toolkit based on your feedback. The update includes joining the .NET foundation, several new features, a sample app and even some documentation to get you started. Click the tweet below to read more! Today we are releasing the first update to the #UWP Community Toolkit! https://t.co/7LD3RDXpMN — Windows Developer (@windowsdev) October 5, 2016 Introducing the Windows Device Portal Wrapper “Device Portal is a small web server baked into every Windows [ more… ]

Introducing the Windows Device Portal Wrapper project

2016-10-08 KENNETH 0

Introducing the Windows Device Portal Wrapper project With the release of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update came a new set of tools: the Windows Device Portal. Device Portal is a small web server baked into every Windows device that you can enable once you’ve turned on Developer Mode. We built Device Portal as the starting point for a new generation of diagnostic tooling for Windows – tools that work on all your devices, not just your desktop. We recently released our Device Portal Wrapper project on GitHub and have now added it to NuGet. Our goal with the wrapper is to make it easy to build new tools on top of Device Portal. It wraps the Device Portal REST APIs in a managed C# layer, providing an object model for responses and an easy way to connect with the Device [ more… ]