Sentences with phrase «desktop apps»

And I've love to use the same device to run desktop apps for real productivity work.

The message is pretty clear — use these apps on phones and small tablets, and use the traditional desktop apps on desktop PCs.

Even if you only use traditional desktop apps, it's worth enabling when you want to squeeze more battery life from your computer.

But the problem of distribution is being solved through the emergence of desktop app stores that mimic the way users have come to discover and install software on their mobile devices.

Live tiles don't work with desktop apps anyway, so they're only useful for tablet users who actually use Modern apps.

If you want to prevent desktop apps from running in the background, you'll have to do it the old - fashioned way: close desktop applications when you aren't using them.

Click the Start button and you'll see your installed desktop apps first in the list, with Modern apps hidden near the end.

As far as power user features go, a remote desktop app is up there in terms of hardcore functionality.

Now if desktop apps go away then people will move to store apps.

There's no way to control which legacy desktop apps can access your webcam.

Many desktop apps and icons look slightly out of focus.

Whether or not you have access to regular desktop apps depends on the implementation.

It includes many «universal apps,» which often replace existing desktop apps.

However, the search module at present, just allows desktop apps and files.

This allows classic desktop apps to be packaged as modern ones for an easy install and removal process.

Instead of finding a separate desktop app or online calculator for various calculations, login in one place, enter basic data and print a professional branded report in less than 10 minutes.

At least the Store isn't full of fake desktop apps anymore.

It's maybe not quite as intuitively laid out as its its standard desktop app, but certainly usable and can save songs for offline use.

Apps packaged in this way have some advantages over normal desktop apps.

The service has experienced some issues regarding a bug in older versions of its available desktop apps.

Companies developing applications, knowing where the world is going, are going to put their money on mobile apps over desktop apps.

Then again, that doesn't explain why video calling can be accomplished in the mobile version, or why there isn't a standalone desktop app independent from a browser.

But why I wouldn't recommend this handset for browsing desktop apps is because of the small real estate.

Next time we'll talk about desktop apps, tools to boost engagement and tools for measuring your success.

This feature now reduces the power used by background desktop apps as well as universal apps, making it more useful on all PCs.

The biggest thing missing, in my opinion, is bringing great desktop apps to this OS through the same Play Store.

You don't have to struggle to view desktop apps on the device due to its large real estate.

This registry tweak only affects traditional desktop apps, not universal apps.

That's why it excludes normal desktop apps, which it can't guarantee won't cause problems.

The feature, known as Private Conversations, is available to iOS, Android, Linux, Mac, and the Win32 - based Windows desktop app in beta form.

Unfortunately, the Surface 2 can't run desktop apps like less expensive Windows 8 hybrids and tablets, nor does it have as extensive an apps library as Apple's App Store or Google's Play Store.

Read more about the new powerful desktop apps in the Windows Store or keep reading to see what's new in the Windows Store!

The SDK will supposedly be available for both Windows Store apps as well as desktop apps, but makes no mention yet of 64 - bit emulation.

Snapchat Lens Studio is a new desktop app for Windows and Mac that allows people to create their own custom Lenses for Snapchat.

Like HP and Asus» models, you can upgrade free of charge to Windows 10 Pro to get full desktop apps support using Microsoft's special emulator.

You'll still be mostly using desktop apps if you want a good experience on Windows 10.

The Kobo desktop app comes in handy for setting up your new Kobo Aura HD, shopping the Kobo eBookstore, reading on your computer, and managing your growing eBook library.

While officially still in preview, Microsoft is now integrating the translator feature into the main Skype desktop app for Windows, eventually bringing it to hundreds of millions of new users.

In Windows 8, Snap only allowed you to set Windows Store apps — not desktop apps — in a side - by - side vertical splitscreen view.

Microsoft recently revealed Windows 10 S, with a plan to get more desktop apps into the Windows Store.

You'll no longer have to restart your PC to make desktop apps respond to scaling settings on high - DPI displays.

Subscribe to this (or use the free trial) and you'll get the Microsoft Office desktop apps for Windows.

We want it to get more desktop apps and games, but we don't want them limited by the Universal Windows Platform (UWP).

LastPass: This is a cloud - based password manager with extensions, mobile apps, and even desktop apps for all the browsers and operating systems you could want.

It's clear Microsoft's new Surface Pro 3 is designed primarily for professionals who need access to powerful desktop apps like Photoshop.

When these laptops run Windows 10 Pro, they are capable of running desktop apps from Microsoft and popular third - party apps.

If you use also desktop apps on your tablet or hybrid device, you can make their shortcuts very small so that you don't confuse them with the tiles used by modern apps.

However, these were just Store pages that provided links to websites where you could download desktop apps.

Update 3 for Windows RT 8.1 won't bring a windowed - mode and all modern apps will still open in full - screen mode, while desktop apps still won't be supported.