Category: Freewares

Windows 10 Will Come With Game DVR Feature

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As we inch closer to the big unveil happening next week, Microsoft is starting to highlight some of the features of Windows 10 to lure in more users to upgrade to the latest version of the OS. This week the software giant has its eye set on gamers as it highlights some of the gaming-centric features that Windows 10 has to offer.

Some of the features that were highlighted on this week’s announcement include support for DirectX 12 and Xbox Live which enables feature like cross-device gaming, game streaming from Xbox One to Windows 10 PC and Game DVR inside the new Xbox app.

game dvr windows 10

With Game DVR, Windows 10 users can record their awesome in-game moves with a simple keyboard combo (Win + Alt + R) or take a screenshot (Win +Alt + PrtScn). Both options will generate a file (clip or image respectively) which will be saved to a designated folder (C:UsersWindowsVideosCapture by default but can be altered to your liking) and can be later edited and shared on social media.

Game DVR only records the action on the application currently opened and not the entire screen. Speaking of recording videos, the quality and resolution of the video recorded by Game DVR can both be set to High which, for the latter, is 1920 x 1080.

Game DVR

The maximum length of the video that the app can record is 2 hours, albeit you can set it to either 1 hour (default) or 30 minutes if you want. Once the recording hits the threshold, it will cut the recording and save the file on the folder.

As for the sound, the audio quality of the video is set to 128 Kbps by default but can be set to a maximum of 192 Kbps.

Microsoft clearly has its eyes on gamers when they included Game DVR on Windows 10’s feature. However, let’s not forget that this nifty add-on can also be used outside of gaming. As such, future Windows 10 users will no longer have to resort to advertisement-riddled freewares that records actions on the screen.

[Windows Blog]

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Facebook Lite Now Available in PH

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Facebook has made notable strides to make its social media platform available to more users, even those with slow and unreliable internet connection. On their most recent initiative is Facebook Lite – a lightweight version of Facebook app which has recently made available in the Philippines and India through Google Play Store.

Facebook has reduced the size of the app down to a mere 430KB compared to the 250MB size of the full Facebook app.

facebook lite philippines

The social media company was able to do this by stripping Facebook Lite down to its core components: News Feed, Status Updates, Push Notifications, and Messages. This means that although FB Lite users will not get the full Facebook experience, they will still be able to do some of the stuff on Facebook.

In addition to shrinking the size of the app and removing some of the extra features on it, Facebook also optimized the app the contents that will be displayed on it to play nicely with 2G networks. This will allow users to still be active on Facebook despite slower internet connectivity.

Plans of launching Facebook Lite to other markets is already in the social media company’s pipeline, although it’s not clear which country will get it next and when. In the meantime, Facebook users in India and Philippines can now download Facebook Lite on Google Play Store through the link provided below.

[Facebook Lite for Android]

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Microsoft Office Apps Now on Google Play Store

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Five weeks after Microsoft debuted the preview of Office for Android phone, the software giant has finally made its popular productivity software trio Word, Excel and PowerPoint available on Google Play Store.

All of these touch-optimized productivity apps from Microsoft are free to download and install on all Android devices with a 10.1-inch or smaller display, provided that it meets the minimum requirements which include at least 1GB of RAM and Android 4.4 or later.

Office for Android Smartphone

And while users will be able to create and edit using these apps by just signing in with their Microsoft account, the full office experience requires an active Office 365 subscription. Moreover, Android devices with a screen size of 10.1-inch or larger also requires a user to subscribe to any of Office 365 plans.

Both Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal subscriptions are being offered as an in-app purchase option inside any of the productivity apps.

All of Microsoft’s productivity apps designed for Android smartphones are now available on Google Play Store and can be downloaded on the links below.

Word for Android
Excel for Android
PowerPoint for Android

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DotA 2 Reborn Now Open for Beta Testing

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Valve has recently announced that Reborn, an update to the company’s famous free-to-play MOBA, is now available for beta testing.

dota 2 reborn philippines

According to the latest blog post on the game’s official site, the beta version of the game can now be downloaded on Steam, provided that users already have DotA 2 installed on their system.

Moreover, Valve pointed out that unlike previous beta testing, stuff like friends list, cosmetic items, MMR, and match history are shared across two platforms (DotA 2 and Reborn). Ranked Matching is not yet available on this version though, but the developers noted that the feature will soon be available in a few days.

In line with the release of the Beta version of DotA 2 Reborn, Valve has put up an update page which will show the bug fixes and developments that they have made on the game over the course of open beta testing period.

If you’re interested to see some of the new things you can expect from DotA 2 Reborn, as well as the improvements that the Source 2 toolkit will bring to the tablet, head over to this link below.

[DotA 2 Reborn Part 3]

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Nescafe releases Wake Up app for Android and iOS

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If your alarm clock isn’t motivation enough for a wake up call, then your asking your friends might just do the trick. This new Wake Up app can do just that, sort of.

The Nescafe Wake Up app is a simple and customizable digital alarm clock for iOS and Android devices.

The app is actually pretty simple. Just sign up with your Facebook account, record a 10-second video and save. You can invite Facebook friends and add them to your list or directly share your recorded videos with them.

To use the alarm, just select a time of the day (in 5 minute intervals) and select which of your videos or shared videos from your friends you want to use as the alarm.

Once the alarm hits the time, you get an alert and your friend’s video will play. It’s a simple yet fun app you may want to check out here (search for Nescafe Wake Up in iTunes App Store or Google Play). Or visit Nescafe PH on Facebook here.

Update: If you downloaded the Wake Up app, you can also join their contest to win Php100,000 in cash just by sending videos via the app. Check the mechanics here.

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