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Keeping kids safe in a digital world The internet is a dynamic place that is changing every day, so today, Safer Internet Day, is a great time to take a moment to evaluate your family’s digital habits and online safety, and ensure you have all the proper guardrails in place. As the lead of strategy and product for the family team, and a mom of two, it’s something I think about all the time, at home and at work. Yet I hear from a lot of people that they don’t know what tools are available or how to use them. I think most parents today wonder how to ensure their children are safe when using technology, be it playing the latest games, using apps, or simply browsing the web from their many devices. Today, I am sharing a few tips [ more… ]

Windows 10 Tip: AI-powered PowerPoint Designer gets smarter Do you enjoy using the digital pen to edit PowerPoint presentations? Thanks to the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, now you can do even more. The AI-powered PowerPoint Designer has gotten smarter. Designer can now recommend slide designs based on handwritten ink. Or, if typing is more your style, Designer can take a simple block of text, understand the context using AI, and then provide design ideas using icons and Smart Art. To provide even more design options, there are now 350 new icons in the library. If you prefer to sketch out your thoughts first, now you can ink* your ideas and AI will transform them into perfectly formatted slides. An inked bulleted list will transform into perfectly formatted text. Or, if you’re inking a flow chart or diagram, you can [ more… ]

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18329 Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18329 (19H1) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. This build won’t be available for these Windows 10 editions in the following languages: Windows 10 Home: RO-RO, SK-SK, SL-SI, SR-LATN-RS, TH-TH, UK-UA Windows 10 Home N: RO-RO, SK-SK, SL-SI Windows 10 Pro: FR-CA, IT-IT, JA-JP, KO-KR, NL-NL, PL-PL, SR-LATN-RS Windows 10 Pro N: RO-RO, SK-SK The 19H1 Bug Bash has continues to run until February 3rd, 2019. Make sure you head over to Feedback Hub for Quests to try out. If you missed Tuesday’s special edition Bug Bash webcast you can watch it on demand here! REMINDER: As is normal with builds early in the development cycle, builds may contain bugs that might be painful for some. If this makes you [ more… ]

Windows Template Studio 3.0 released! We’re extremely excited to announce the Windows Template Studio 3.0! As always, we love how the community is helping.  If you’re interested, please head over to head over to WTS’s Github. What’s new: Full list of adjustments in the 3.0 release, WTS’s Github has a full changelog. Included in this version: Code now generates as a multi-project solution. This will enable better reuse and separation of code logic. This now will output a UWP project and .NET Core project. Support adding new projects on right click Horizontal Navigation View is replaced the Pivot navigation pattern. Update MVVMLight to use .NET Standard library Bug fixes Dev platform updates: AdaptiveCards to v1.1.2 AppCenter.Analytics to v 1.12.0 AppCenter.Crashes to v 1.12.0 Services.Store.Engagement to v10.1810.16002 UI.Xaml to v2.0.181018003.1 Json to v12.0.1 UI.for.UniversalWindowsPlatform to v1.0.1.3 Known Issue Visual Studio 2019 Preview [ more… ]