With OneDrive integration, OneNote automatically uploads notes to the cloud for safekeeping. Microsoft OneNote: Like a TrapperKeeper for your PC, Microsoft’s cloud-connected note taking app is a great place to gather all your must-save info, whether it’s a scribble on the touch screen or an audio recording. If that all sounds too realistic to be true, the app goes one step further, offering custom framed canvas prints with just a tap (or a click). Paints can be mixed and blended together, and there’s even a “fan” button to dry the paint on the canvas.

Aping the painting experience, this free app gives users all the tools they need - like oil, watercolors, and pencils - to make digital works of art. Almost.įresh Paint: Macs have a reputation as the creatives’ computer, but if Windows gets more apps like Fresh Paint, we’d have to give that view another perspective. The end result is a reading experience that’s almost as good as a real magazine. Pulling news stories from a wide range of sources like your Twitter and Facebook feeds and even conventional outlets like magazines, the free app displays stories in clear type in the Windows app, with bold, colorful pictures dominating its pages. With Windows 8.1’s melding of the tablet and desktop operating systems, Flipboard has made its ways to PCs - and it works great.

Flipboard: Giving digital media a near-physical feel, Flipboard has been a favorite app for tablet users for years.

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