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  • A windows 8 trick: Protocol activation of apps (and the nick app)

    I have a four year old girl and an almost seven year old boy. From time to time, my son will play games on the nick jr web site, or watch a video. Nick has a portal-style app for Windows 8. This app provides access to videos and photos, as well as links out to games. Notice how even on my low DPI 30" screen, the tiles are large and everything is nicely scaled on the hub page. I've see...

    Published Wednesday, December 5, 2012 | Tagged: , , | 1 comment