If you haven’t heard WebP is a new image file format designed for the web and developed by Google. It is also an open-source royalty-free compression technology that derivates from the video format VP8 that will help to make the web better and faster in desktop computers, but mobile devices are the ones that will [...]
The Windows 8 upgrade assistant tool makes it a lot easier than in previous versions to install the new operating system, but if during the upgrade process you choose to format the hard drive, you will lose the ESD folder, which contains the OS installation files. This is a problem, because if you didn’t create [...]
After installing Office 2013, one of the first thing you’ll notice when saving a file is the new cloud integration to SkyDrive. This is a very convenient way to keep your files safe from accidental deletion in the mighty cloud. But the problem is that Microsoft has only added SkyDrive to the list, there isn’t [...]
Google is about to release Chrome 27, but before that happens the company is releasing a new companion extension, its name is Chrome Office Viewer. This is a brand new, 25MB extension that allows you to view Microsoft Office files in the popular web browser without the need to launch Office, and it works in Windows [...]
It’s here folks, better late than never, Microsoft is slowing rolling out two-factor authentication to further secure the Microsoft account — the one passport to access Xbox Live, Outlook.com, SkyDrive, Skype, Office, to unlock your Windows 8 PCs, and practically everything else. It is not a requirement, but you should enable it, because it will [...]
Facebook Home, the suite of apps that turns your Android phone into a whole new social experience, is without a doubt a brilliant idea. However the new launcher may not please everyone, maybe because is just too simplistic, the lack of widgets support or because it gets on the way of what you really need to do. [...]
Getting to know better the Start screen: All Apps, Search and the Desktop features in Windows 8. Previously we looked in-depth details what the Start screen in Windows 8 is, what it brings to the table and how to configure the new experience. Today to complement that guide I would like to share a bit more [...]
In Windows 8 many things have changed, one of these changes was the introduction of a new model of modern apps. Windows 8 also included a new process called Runtime Broker with the main goal of managing permissions inside these new modern “Metro” apps. Normally this new process should only use several megabytes, but in [...]
In this Windows guide learn how to create a USB recovery drive for Windows 8, while safely deleting recovery partition and reclaiming disk space from your PC. With Windows 8, we are moving toward a new kind of installation method where a physical DVD or even a USB flash drive is practically not necessary. If you [...]
In case you accidentally merged your Skype profile with a Microsoft account that you didn’t intend to, don’t panic you only need to unlink Skype from the Microsoft account, and then sign-in once again in the Skype Windows 8-style app with the correct email address and everything will be OK. Most likely it won’t be an issue, but you [...]