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With the release of "Eight» Microsoft has divided the program into two classes: functioning in a familiar working environment and use the new tiled interface Modern UI (formerly Metro). The latter became a haven online store Windows Store, which we have thoroughly studied for smart solutions

Interest in the software component of the new platform, we got the right after the release of Windows 8 and Windows RT market, but until recently, the preparation of that review, rested against the simple lack of a decent program in the online Market, and the general poverty of its range. Now, thanks to extensive advertising and aggressive policy on the part of Microsoft to promote the operating system and attract professional community to create a "sharpened" finger management applications, the situation began to change for the better. Though not as rapidly as we would like.
Positive changes in the Windows Store is evidenced not only quantitative indicators of the project, recently overcame twenty thousandth mark in the number of products offered by the user base, but also a qualitative change, a clear confirmation of which are listed below program. Formed our list includes the most relevant and useful from a practical point of view the decision. All are free and most of them created by the hands of national coding wizards who are experts in the development of noteworthy applications. Dare not name published TOP-10 complete - it should be possible to bring the list up to twenty points, so additions and comments from readers are welcome.

"Consultant: Key Documents"

First featured in our filigree design domestic company "Consultant Plus", which provides quick access to the Code, the main legal acts of federal legislation, as well as reviews of new documents and background information. The program provides information on tax credits and deductions, fines for administrative violations, labor rights and other relevant issues for many Russians. Specialists will find in Calendar accountant, production calendar, tax rates, calculated indicators and other important information. The decision, which operates in conjunction with the online system "Consultant", can be useful to professionals who work with the help of legal information (lawyers, financiers, managers and entrepreneurs), and ordinary users.

"E-government. Public services "

Excellent addition to the previous product is an application "Public services", intended to provide access to the citizens of the Russian Federation, the most popular services of a single portal of public and municipal services Gosuslugi.ru. Implemented in the program functionality allows you to receive notification on the status of an individual account in the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, the tax debt, the presence of fines for administrative offenses and other relevant information. To use the application, you must register on the website "Public services" account is automatically associated with the insurance system of the individual's account number (SNILS). Developer of software solutions is a telecommunication company "Rostelecom", according to the order of the Russian government serving only player actions of the Federal Target Program "Information Society (2011-2020)" in terms of the infrastructure of e-government, as well as the formation of the Russian national cloud computing platform.

"The reception of the Moscow government"

Another program with state bias created by the Department of Information Technology in Moscow. Application is impressive not only for its great name, but features: it allows Muscovites feel the pulse of city life, and to inform about the problems of urban services in the yard and on the streets, the pits on the roads, the facts of illegal construction, abandoned cars, poor communication and other misunderstandings . Available only to users 14 standard forms of treatment, their list is constantly updated. Messages that have successfully moderated, transferred to departments that have eight days to a meaningful response or correct the situation. At City Hall believe that over time, the program "The reception of the Moscow government" will be widely distributed among the inhabitants of the metropolis, we, in turn, we hope that in the future, the experience will pick up the capital and other regions of Russia.

ABBYY Lingvo

A popular dictionary Lingvo also ported to the new platform Microsoft and available to a wide audience in the Windows Store. Presented by Russian developer solution, built on the basis of client-server architecture, uses an online database of dictionaries that provide the translation of words and phrases from English, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Latin, Portuguese, Kazakh and Ukrainian into Russian and back. As demonstrated by the program vocabulary cards available translations, transcriptions, contemporary examples of the use of books, newspapers and other sources. For foreign language learners will be useful tables with forms of words, and the ability to listen to the pronunciation of words pronounced by native speakers - speakers. For the purpose of convenience, the application stores the history of recently viewed entries.

FineReader Touch

Another development of ABBYY, created in collaboration with Microsoft. FineReader Touch integrated with FineReader Online service and can convert to an editable format scanned images, photos, documents and PDF-files. The main advantage of the product in comparison with the desktop version of FineReader is an opportunity to photograph documents or books directly from the application using the built-in camera or a tablet computer. In addition, as the paperwork is in the cloud, the application does not load the device resources and places high demands on memory and processing power of the processor. FineReader Touch can recognize multilingual documents in more than 40 languages. For convenience, before recognition program provides the opportunity to combine multiple documents into one. Recognized documents can be stored in internal memory or on a disk device or send in an online document storage services: Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive and Microsoft SkyDrive.

"Yandex.Maps"

Amateur service "Yandex" definitely appreciate the application "Yandex.Maps", whose creators have considered uncluttered style of the new version of Windows and made the product easy and understandable. As a consequence, the application contains a very basic - the actual map, search for addresses and organizations, as well as information about traffic events. In addition to this, the application can determine the user's location and calculate the distance to the desired object. Nothing more. Recommended.

RADYO

Listening to the broadcast in the global network of radio stations is a way of life for many computer users. Owners of computers running "eight" to plunge into the waves of the online radio program will help RADYO. The assets of the application - an impressive and broken down by individual categories list of radio stations broadcasting on the internet news, sports coverage, and the music of different trends, styles and genres. The program supports a variety of protocols and formats of multimedia data, allows secure links to your favorite stations on the start screen "Start" can record streaming media content on the disc and turn off the settings for a given schedule. Many in RADYO implemented other functions to which access can be obtained after completing the relevant subscription service application uses a web service.

Facebook Touch

As in the case of the mobile platform Windows Phone, Windows 8 tiled interface is tightly integrated with social networking site Facebook, interaction is done with a default set of applications Mail, Calendar, People and Messaging. The convenience of these tools can argue long, so those who are used to solving the "all in one" and the beloved classic form of service, we can recommend a program for Facebook Touch. Using it will not be difficult to keep abreast of all events occurring in the social networking events. The application allows you to view the feed, user photos and lists upcoming events, send messages, search for friends, post entries, and perform other usual onliners each task.

Ebook reader Freda

Owners of tablet computers running Windows 8/RT can occupy yourself reading your favorite books with the application Freda. Program supports EPUB, FB2, HTML, and TXT, interact with online libraries Feedbooks, Smashwords, Gutenberg, Manybooks, Ebooksgratuits, Fibusta and others, can work with different encodings of electronic publications and on-the-fly format the text according to your preferences. Application without delay handles weighty Talmud and is probably still the only sensible solution in Windows Store, designed to work with documents in the format FictionBook.

"Starved"

Yes, that's right - simply and concisely - is an application for automatic selection of recipes based on the contents of the refrigerator. The perfect find for those who every time you open the door of the last set of philosophical questions: "What would such a hastily prepared from existing products?" Suffice it to say that there is in the fridge, and are involved in the "starved" algorithms in no time find suitable recipes and at the same time prompt, what else can bungled when to go to the store. In addition to the selection of recipes based on the contents of the refrigerator, the application provides a quick search for recipes, plus you can add recipes to your favorites and share them with friends.

That's the whole collection of software solutions for the new platform Microsoft, which we wanted to tell. Certainly among readers 3DNews, with extensive experience working with Windows 8 and Windows RT, there will be willing to share their findings and ideas on the topic notes. Please keep those comments in the form below feedback.
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