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Everspace launches on Xbox One and Windows 10 Our team at Rockfish Games has been working together on space shooters for over ten years now, on everything from smartphones, tablets, PC and, most recently, consoles. Which is why we couldn’t be more excited about the launch of Everspace on Xbox One, our very first console game that supports Xbox Play Anywhere featuring cross-saves and the ability to buy once and play anywhere with Windows 10! Everspace is a Six Degrees of Freedom (6DoF) shooter featuring fast-paced space dogfights within dense level design at its core. You’ll have to survive in a hostile environment filled with natural hazards, as well as various enemies like outlaws, aliens, and a mysterious space armada trying to hunt you down. It’s not only about shooting enemies – evading enemy fire is paramount to survival as [ more… ]

Six ways Cortana and Microsoft Edge make holiday shopping easier Cortana can help you save money with coupons Enabling Cortana on your Windows 10 device also enables Cortana to help you in Microsoft Edge. With Cortana in Microsoft Edge, Cortana can alert you with deals and coupons for the sites you’re shopping like Best Buy, Macy’s and Kohl’s so you can be assured you’re getting the best deal*! Cortana can help you search with images Whether you’re browsing for an image on Microsoft Edge or you see an image on your favorite website, Cortana can help you find similar images, details on price and where to buy what you see in the image. Simply right-click the image and select “Ask Cortana”. This is especially handy if something you wanted to purchase was sold out, or you want to purchase something [ more… ]

Windows Ink 1: Introduction to Ink and Pen Using a pen and computer has an interesting history that goes farther back than you’d think. In 1888, the first patent for a “electric stylus device for capturing handwriting” was issued to Elisha Gray for the Telautograph. In fact, pen input was being used 20 years before mouse and GUI input with systems like the Styalator tablet demonstrated by Tim Diamond in the 1950s and the RAND tablet in the 1960s, both could recognize free hand writing and turn it into computer recognizable characters and words. In 1992, Microsoft made its first major entrance into the pen input space with Windows for Pen Computing and also had the NCR tablet that ran Windows 3.1 with pen input as an option to interact with applications. New ways to use Windows Ink In the [ more… ]

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 “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… ]