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Top Windows 8 apps to download and must try

Evernote

Description:

• Auto-synchronize notes among every computer, tablet and smart phone you use

• For research, meeting and class notes

• To capture ideas and design inspiration
• Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of your devices. You can create a note on your Windows 8 tablet, and then open it on your smartphone or any other devices you use. Evernote runs on laptops, smartphones, tablets and the Web, allowing you to find your memories at any time from anywhere. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity.
  
  Download 
  http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/en-gb/app/evernote/5aba7f8c-318f-42aa-9590-b1fc31e5cba6

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CookBook
Description

Are you uninspired or just seeking the perfect recipe to impress your friends? CookBook is the perfect app to browse with delight over 300,000 recipes from var

ious sources like BigOven, Marmiton and AuFeminin. You can search for appetizers, dishes or desserts by typing simple keywords. Cook one of them based on the recipe or just put it in your personal cookbook until you're ready.

Features 

• Browse recipes by category like appetizers, main dishes, desserts, bread...

• Search over 300,000 recipes and 9 sources

• Share recipes with your friends

• Everyday several recipes are highlighted for you

• View recipes details: active time, cooking time, ingredients, directions, comments...

• Turn on step by step to know exactly where you are

• Gather recipes that you like in your personnal cookbook

Download

http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/en-us/app/cookbook/b295514a-14d2-4534-aa6d-78dd7d8aeb1d

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OneNote
Description
Take notes that save to the cloud so you have them when you need them.
Fast and immersive, OneNote has been reimagined for Windows 8. Whether you draw, type, click, or swipe, this app will shine on your Windows 8 device. On the go? Use a browser or one of the many OneNote mobile apps to get to your notes when you need them..

Features
Make lists --- Quickly write up to-do lists with check boxes.
Draw and write --- Use your device's pen to draw in your notes as you would on paper.
Take pictures --- Take photos with your device's camera to put in your notes.
Customize formatting --- Organize your notes with tables, bullets, colors, and more.
Search --- OneNote works with Windows 8 search, so you can always find the notes you're looking for.
Snap view --- Need to reference another app or website while taking notes? OneNote can snap to the side of your screen so you can use both apps at the same time.
Paper --- Take notes on a white background or change the background of your notes to grid or ruled lines.
Share --- With Windows 8 share, you can quickly email notes to friends or send information from other apps directly into OneNote.
Download
http://j.gs/205405/onenote

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WordPress.com
Description  

• Browse the best original content on WordPress.com

• Create new posts and publish them to your WordPress.com blog in an instant

• Share photos, links, and quotes from any app on your WordPress.com blog

• Reblog cool content you find to share with your readers 

Browse the best original content on WordPress.com, including articles and photography on travel, art, entertainment, food, and much more. Easily share cool content you find on the web by reblogging it on your WordPress.com site.

Download

http://j.gs/205405/wordpress   

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PhotoVault

Description  

• Process and place your account profile picture

• Edit images directly through the context menu

• Re-color your pictures with just one click

• Apply as many effects as you like in a row

It is often said that a "Picture is worth a thousand words". Pictures are invaluable to convey a message or simply 'wow' an audience. 

Download
http://j.gs/205405/photovault

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Dictionary
 

Description  

Words. Defined. The free Dictionary.com app delivers trusted reference content from top-ranked Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com.


Features

• Over 2,000,000 unabridged definitions, synonyms, example sentences, and famous quotes.

• Phonetic and audio pronunciation.

• Favorite words and recent searches.

• Popular searches and searches near your geographic location.

• Dictionary.com’s famous Word of the Day that’s already enjoyed by millions of people.

• The daily Hot Word reveals the fun surprises behind the English language. 

Download

http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/en-us/app/dictionary-com-dictionary/e9b74b67-8b61-421e-98c2-02d7181f24cf/m/ROW 

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SkyDrive

Store any file on SkyDrive and it's automatically available to access or share from any device. With SkyDrive for Windows 8, your files in the cloud are just a touch away. You can easily view, upload, and share your files on SkyDrive and even access your SkyDrive files across Windows 8 apps.

  
Description 

• Browse your SkyDrive including files shared with you.

• Upload or access SkyDrive files from other Windows 8 apps or from your PC. For example, send large files or photos on SkyDrive right from the Mail app.

• View and share files, photos, and videos; even edit Office documents using Office Web Apps

Download

http://j.gs/205405/skydrive

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Ashampoo® ImageFX Editor

Turn your pictures into real eye-catchers with stunning image and color effects. Ashampoo® ImageFX offers the perfect mix of special effects that can be easily applied to your pictures.

Download

http://j.gs/205405/imageedit

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Fresh Paint

Meet Fresh Paint – a delightfully realistic and fun painting application for you, your family, and your friends.

Because you are creative. We all are. We’re born that way.

From tiny fingerprints to the first scrawls of a crayon, self-expression is a fundamental human urge.

It bubbles up in your online posts, doodles, tricked out cars, amazing gardens, and knitted cozies. It longs to emerge onto the canvas of your life.

We believe that brilliant, creative ideas can come from anyone, anytime. For within everyone – from moms to nurses, firefighters to accountants, and children to grandparents – there’s a creative genius waiting to be set free.

  

It’s time to set your creativity free.

Description

• Discover delightfully realistic paint that acts like real paint when it should and even better than real when you need it.

• Help your kids be creative and explore their imagination.

• Paint without the mess, clean-up, and costly supplies.

• Get started quickly with easy-to-use paint templates and coloring pages.

• Turn your photos into paintings with Fresh Paint. Import a photo, and then just brush and blend the colors to transform your picture into a beautiful oil painting.

• Relax and enjoy yourself. There is nothing to learn because you already know how to use it.

• Zoom in to see striking details. Only Fresh Paint has an amazing, realistic paint engine developed by the company that brought you Kinect. 

Download http://j.gs/205405/fresh-paint   

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HowStuffWorks

Discover amazing facts about all kinds of everyday things. 

http://j.gs/205405/howstuffworks

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Kindle

Read Kindle books on a beautiful, easy-to-use Windows 8 application. You’ll have access to over 1 million* books in the Kindle Store, including best sellers and new releases. Amazon’s Whispersync technology automatically syncs your furthest page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights across all your devices that have the Kindle app installed and across any Kindle device. That means you can start reading on one device and pick up where you left off on another device.

Description

• Buy once, read everywhere. Sign in with an Amazon account, and sync Kindle books across all your devices that have the Kindle app installed across any Kindle device.

• Pin Kindle books from your Kindle library to the Windows Start screen for instant access to your favorites.

• Start reading in seconds. Your Kindle book downloads while you read.

• Shop the Kindle Store for over 1 million* Kindle books, including new releases and best sellers. Over 600,000 Kindle books are $4.99 or less, and over 1 million books are $9.99 or less.*

• Customize your reading experience by choosing the background color, font size, and number of reading columns.

• Highlight, take notes, and add bookmarks in any book. Look up word definitions and listen to how they are pronounced.

• * Selection and price of Kindle books in the Kindle Store vary by country.

Features

• Read article in a different language

• System search integration

• "Share" articles to other applications

• Pin articles to read later

Download

http://j.gs/205405/kindle

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Wikipedia App

Official Wikipedia App for Windows 8. Wikipedia is the free encyclopedia containing more than 20 million articles in 280 languages, and is the most comprehensive and widely used reference work humans have ever compiled.   

Download
http://j.gs/205405/wikipedia



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Metro Commander

Metro Commander is a orthodox file manager that provides a user interface to work with files in Windows UI Style using operations performed on files or folders files such as: create, open, view, rename, move, copy, delete, search and share. Metro Commander contains convenient navigation buttons (back, forward, root etc.). Application allows user to connect to SkyDrive account and work with his\her files and folders.
Features

• Convinient navigation

• Copy, move, rename and delete of files and folders

• Video and Images preview

• Bulk operations

• Creation of files and folders

• Share support to other apps

• Search of files and folders

• SkyDrive access

Download

http://j.gs/205405/metro-commander

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