Sentences with phrase «traditional desktop apps on»

Microsoft's argument is pretty simple: Use traditional desktop apps on a PC with a keyboard and mouse, and universal Office apps on small tablets and smartphones.

Not exact matches

As desktop use, traditional ads and virtual payments on apps and games like those published by Zynga slow down, many analysts say the company's mobile business, commerce features and new external ad network will more than make up for it.

If anyone needed further proof of tablet devices being more in vogue than the traditional PCs, here it is: theBBC iPlayer app has seen almost a million downloads (941,000 to be precise) on tablet devices from Dec 21 til the end of the year, surpassing the traditional desktops and laptops for the first time ever.

Sure, any Windows 8 device running on an x86 processor will still be able to run traditional software (now called «desktop applications»), but by pushing the new apps to the very front of everyone's Windows experience, Microsoft is betting its future on the new tile - based interface and its only compatible apps.

His takeaways include: the importance of internet networking for lawyers, including via smartphones and tablets; the expectation that website visitors to law firm websites via desktop computers will decrease in favor of mobile device users; the recommendation that lawyers explore Facebook and its mobile app as part of networking efforts; and the observation that applications designed for networking are best used on mobile devices / tablets, not traditional computers.

As on Windows 8, you can get traditional desktop apps from anywhere without enabling sideloading.

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Developers will have an incentive to create these packaged apps because they'll work on every operating system and they can be created with web technologies — and unlike Microsoft's Modern apps, they can integrate with the traditional Windows desktop workflow and taskbar.

Unlike on Android — and unlike with traditional Windows desktop software, which you can get from anymore — you can't install Windows 8 apps from outside the store.

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Remember, Echo Show doesn't have a traditional app store or even a desktop with app icons on it.

Microsoft's had a tough time convincing users that universal Windows apps are superior to traditional desktop programs, but in a supplementary session on Thursday, the company talked about a UWP feature that PC enthusiasts should love.

The term is used to distinguish between apps built on the Windows universal app platform and traditional x86 / x64 software, which is referred to as Windows desktop applications.

These new universal apps have more in common with mobile apps on iPhone, iPad, or Android than they do with traditional desktop apps.

Microsoft is expected to allow «Metro» apps to run in separate windows on the traditional desktop.

Windows 8 will run on traditional x86 systems and needs a desktop mode to support thousands of legacy desktop apps.