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Skitch for Windows 8

technologyEdward Kiledjian

I wrote about the Evernote app for Windows 8, well now its time to talk about their Skitch for windows 8. 

Skitch has always been a great tool to capture screenshots and add lines, shapes, text, highlights. Evernote has now brought this free screen capture and annotation tools to Windows 8. It works in desktop or start menu mode and is well designed and easy to use.

If you are an Evernote customer then it will integrate easily with your account. If you are not an Evernote customer, no problem, it works as a standalone product as well. 

 

TuneIn Radio for Windows 8

technologyEdward Kiledjian

In february 2012, I wrote an article entitled "Why I Cancelled My Sirius XM Satellite Radio Subscription"and in it, I talked about using a great streaming radio application on my iPhone called TuneIn Radio. We'll one of my favorite streaming radio apps has made its way to Windows 8 and I liked what they have done.

The Windows 8 version give you access to the huge collection of stations you have come to expect. The live tile shows what is currently playing. You can even pin your favorite apps to the Start screen for added ease.

MetroTwit is a fantastic Windows 8 Twitter client

technologyEdward Kiledjian

MetroTwit is a fairly new Twitter client and they have done a fantastic job of bringing a visually pleasing yet easy to use and powerful interface to Windows 8. It allows you to watch multiple streams simultaneously, check user profiles, update your own stream, create and manage lists, URL shortening, infinite scrolling and much more. It has a desktop and Start menu versions.

The ad supported free version supports one account (which should be good enough for most people). If you are feeling generous or want to manage multiple accounts then fork over $15US to help the developer, remove ads and enable multi-account management. 

 

Get Google search and Chrome back on Windows 8

technologyEdward Kiledjian

After installing Windows 8, you will find that Internet Explorer 10 and Bing are the default browser/search engine. If you like them, then congratulations you’re done. If you are one of the millions of Windows users that prefers the warm embrace from the sultan of search then keep reading.

In a direct yet playful way, as soon as Windows 8 launched, Google opened its “Get Your google Back” webpage. The fine folks at Google provide step by step instructions on how to bring them back into your computing life.

Instructions 

  1. Download the Google search app from the Microsoft Windows 8 store. It provides a Start screen enhanced (aka the interface formerly known as Metro) interface and is touch enabled for touch devices.
  2. Download Google Chrome for windows 8 and bring a refreshed Google experience back in your life. 

Evernote for Windows 8 (Metro Style)

technologyEdward Kiledjian

My readers should know how much I love Evernote and I was happy to see their Windows 8 version. This updated version allows you to use all of the Evernote goodness from the new Start screen (the interface formerly known as Metro). Some people have said it is not as feature packed as their Windows 7 client (and they are right) but at least you don’t have to launch the desktop everytime just to add or check a note.

Evernote for Win8 in the MS app store : here