Windows 8.1

In Windows 8.1, “save to SkyDrive” is a terrific option for that file, photo or even video you may want to save. Why? Because then you can also access it on another PC, Windows tablet or Windows Phone.

Redditors who use the Reddit on ReddHub reader on Windows 8 and 8.1 might be interested in hearing from its creator, Feras Moussa, a former Microsoft employee who now works for a new startup. In his spare time he’s been developing apps, like ReddHub.

The sensors supported by Windows Store apps offer powerful ways for developers to spice up their app’s functionality. This post on the Windows App Builder Blog provides an overview of the sensors and offers guidelines and suggestions for their best use.

Whether you prefer using a keyboard, mouse or touch, all three are options for you in Windows 8.1. And there are a number of easy ways to switch among them, with tips shared on the Windows Experience Blog.

Among the new features of Windows 8.1 is being able to personalize it even more, including showing your desktop background with your favorite theme or wallpaper on your Start screen. Jennifer Shepherd writes on the Windows Experience Blog about how to do that.

In addition to features everybody will use, Windows 8.1 delivers breakthroughs in 3-D printing and includes features aimed at PC gamers, professional photographers and videographers as well as IT professionals. Read all about it.

The Windows App Team writes that based on U.S. census data, about 10 percent of the U.S. population is physically disabled, and 34.7 percent of that population is employed. Making an app more accessible to this group not only helps them, it helps app developers as well, and now there are some tools to do that.