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  1. Mastering Narrator: Essential Commands & Gestures for Windows 10/11

    In the expansive world of Windows 10 and 11, accessibility tools play a vital role in ensuring that everyone can navigate their digital environments with ease. One such tool, Narrator, offers an array of keyboard commands and touch gestures designed to enhance the user experience for those who...
  2. Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22557

    Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22557 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR Windows Insiders will notice that the name of the branch we are releasing builds from has changed to NI_RELEASE. The branch in which we release builds from to Insiders in the Dev...
  3. UWP and the evolution of touch development

    How is programming for touch development on the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) different from mouse and keyboard development in Windows Forms? This post will cover some of the subtle differences between the two and how to use the most advanced tools for building smooth touch experiences. Link...
  4. A look at the great built-in apps in Windows 10

    We’re three days to our Windows 10 launch! Today, we’re sharing more about the great Windows 10 built-in apps like Photos, Maps, Mail and Calendar, Groove, and Movies & TV*. This family of apps shares an elegant look and feel and work consistently across all your Windows 10 devices. Photos...
  5. Arrange your Windows in a Snap

    Windows 7 Link Removed as a way to effortlessly position windows on the desktop just the way you want them. You no longer had to frustratingly fiddle with the sizes and positions of windows just to get them into common layouts. Windows 8 increased productivity further, being the first OS to...
  6. Navigate the World with Windows 10 Maps for Phone

    Hello! I’m Aaron Butcher and I’m the Group Program Manager for the Maps Team in the Windows PC, Phone, and Tablet Group. In the January Windows 10 Technical Preview, Windows Insiders got a chance to try out our new Maps app for the PC. We’re excited that the new Maps app is also available now on...
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    Windows 8 Gesture2Launch to make it faster to launch apps on Win8

    Taipei, February 4th – Linpus, a leader in the field of open source software in the consumer space, announced the release of a new application for Windows 8. Linpus, one of the most successful open source vendors in the notebook and consumer device market, has recently added Android and Windows...
  8. Microsoft shows off Windows 8's tablet interface, app store

    Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky at his D9 speech showed the tablet-native interface of Windows 8 for the first time. Borrowing heavily from the tile-based interface of Windows Phone 7, it can show a user's apps as well as live widget-like tiles, contacts and other data. Everything is intended to be...