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The folks over at Facebook have introduced the latest version of its Windows 8.1 app update, which has already happened several times before ever since the first version rolled out in slightly more than one month back. Right now, the Facebook app for Windows 8.1 happens to be the most popular free app in the Windows Store, so do expect it to remain somewhere at the top after the latest version has already been released, sporting a slew of new features and improvements to make your social network experience a more complete one.

The Windows Store page points to a change log that shows how the Facebook app will now be able to support tagging – a first for it, actually. You can download and upload both files and photos from Facebook messages using this latest update, not to mention being able to set up not only your cover but profile photos as well straight from the app. Hopefully the many bug fixes which were proclaimed but not revealed will also do their bit to make it all the more enjoyable. You can download the app here. For those who have already done so, how did you find your experience so far? Has it been a rewarding one?

Facebook Introduces Windows 8.1 App Update With Slew Of New Features original content from Ubergizmo.

Microsoft today rolled out a major update of its OneNote app for Windows. The updated app comes with a host of new features, improvements have particularly been made to the app’s ability to capture, find and display notes. Using Windows 8.1 Share Charm, users can easily capture notes, they can now also scan objects with the camera and search them and the app now displays recent notes with page previews.

Taking notes of something on the device’s screen is now easier than ever before. Users simply have to capture what’s on the screen and send it to the updated OneNote app through the Windows 8.1 Share Charm. The Camera Scan feature lets users take pictures of documents and whiteboards in the app. The pictures are automatically cropped, rotated, straightened, sharpened and even the shadows are removed to make them look like a document that was scanned. Using OCR or optical character recognition, the new OneNote app can now search text in an image which means that its easy to search for images of documents stored in the app. The app will also display recent notes taken across all of your devices, including those on other platforms like iOS and Android. Instead of the page title, previews will now be shown so that users can easily get a glimpse of text, images and even ink content without actually having to open the note. The updated OneNote app is love now and available as a free download from the Windows App Store.

OneNote App For Windows 8.1 Gets New Features original content from Ubergizmo.

Microsoft today released updates for Xbox Music and Xbox Video apps on Windows 8.1. The updated apps bring a number of improvements as well as new features. The updated Xbox Video app brings an improved layout, particularly for the section where it displays TV shows. It also comes with various “minor fixes,” and the app has also been improved for high resolution screens and portrait mode.

The Xbox Music app does what the name suggests, it lets users play and manage music from their personal collection or browse and purchase songs from the service. The updated Xbox Music app can now accept Microsoft Windows gift cards as a method of payment, Microsoft launched the gift cards only recently. Better support for when the app is being used in snap mode has also been added in this update. Xbox Music app’s left menu now displays a “now playing” list. Users can now simply start typing whenever the app is open launch a search. Playback controls are now always visible from inside the app, thus allowing users to play or pause a song with one tap or click. Furthermore, the share charm can now be used to share a web page inside the Xbox Music app. Both the Xbox Music and Xbox Video apps are now available for download from the Windows Store.

Xbox Music And Video Windows 8.1 Apps Updated original content from Ubergizmo.

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