Hello there! Today's App of the Week is just a must have for any of your PC, Tablet, Convertible, All-in-one, or whatever device you use with Windows 8. Fotor is my absolute favorite when it comes to quick photo editing, collage creation or image...

Hi all, This week I was looking for a music app for Windows 8 and found several that work well. I picked one out to present you now. The app I introduce is called Music Mix. As the name already anticipate the app not only plays songs but also has a...

It has been a while since we last reviewed a game! Let me change that and present to you “Jetpack joyride”. It is a very fun little arcade game a discovered only a few days ago. You are playing Barry, a bored salesman that happened to steal...

Here is another entertainment App which was rewarded at the Microsoft Switzerland's App conference Shape in the beginning of April. Movie Guide is one of the Switzerland top Apps which brings you the information of over 69'000 Movies into one place...

Once upon a time, building a backend to you application was a nightmare. You had to set up a server, create databases, write your own little API for the server and the client side. Sure there were libraries that could help you, sure if you have time and...

Hi all, Last week Microsoft Switzerland's App conference called Shape took place in Baden. As every year, the best Windows 8 and Windows Phone apps have been rewarded with the App Award . So today i like to present you one of the winners: The Energy...

Hey folks! If you are ready for your next project for Windows 8 we have just great news to share with you: Our Norwegian colleague at Microsoft created a really nice game template using Azure Mobile services backend to get you on board to develop...

This year is a special one! Why, you ask? Because it is for the first time in the history of our You Make IT Smart campaigns that we are launching the second one in a year! A few months back we gave you the opportunity to learn the brand new Windows...

I have studied for most of my life. Sometimes it was fun, sometimes less but I think this experience has given me a thirst for knowledge in life in general. I found an interesting resource to refresh or even learn new things a few weeks back, namely the...

Did you know that there were “3D printing” pens? Who the Oscars winners are? Or what new phones Nokia announced? I do… after spending my last hour reading the news on CNN’s Windows 8 app (instead of actually reviewing it!) ...

Today I put an app under review that shows you event places for all kinds of activities all around Switzerland. "Ausflugsziele der Schweiz" is the name of the app which is your inspiration if you don't know what to do the next weekend. Supporting a nice...

For many of you holidays are ending. You come down from the mountains, back from the beautiful beaches, away from the big cities to get back to yet another semester of exiting courses, projects and exams. We’re all in it together! Coming back doesn’t...

Three more weeks to go till the end of our YMITS campaign. With this campaign we tried to get your imagination going and use also technology to learn something new and exciting. We try to support the knowledge growth of current and future developers thorough...

Hi all, This week I like to present you an Entertainment app I first discovered on my Xbox 360. But yesterday I also found it in the Windows 8 Store: Muzu.tv. What can you do with this nice app? Muzu.tv is an app that plays over 90’000 official...

Fresh out of University? Looking for a great professional start? Of course we all hope for that! Well there's no need to just hope anymore! Microsoft is hiring a fresh graduate for our Microsoft Academy for College Hires (MACH) program. If you are...

Although in Switzerland i don't need to have a very close look to the mobile data usage of my tablet, sometimes it happens that i go out of the country, and boy do the roaming prices burn! That's why i found this nifty little app that saved me from...

Hello there! Always on the scout of useful and amazing apps, our team tries to find what we think is best for you. We rummage through the marketplace every week and hope to find something interesting. Today I'd like to present you an app that lets you...

Hi Folks, Today I gonna present you a live tv app called Zattoo. I think many of you already know Zattoo from ist web Player but now they also have an app for Windows 8. What is Zattoo? Zattoo is a live tv Player that works in web browser, on mobile...

Apps are still on our mind in the eve of the new year. For this week’s post I found a rather addicting game for the Windows 8 platform called Draw a Stickman. The graphics is fresh and fun and creates a really entertaining environment. The game...

Today I present you a nice App out of the productivity tools category called ‘Informatik Tutorials’. The name, as it says, pretty much stands for itself. As but ‘Informatik’ is more a German name you might already fear of a lack...

VMetro is a news aggregator of another kind. It doesn't aggregate RSS feeds as the usual news app does, it summarizes news to topics you are interested in by presenting you with videos from across all the major video sharing platforms. VMetro offers...

If you spent your week-end buried under snow just like me you must be thinking about only one thing : SKIING ! The ski resorts are just about to open and this App of the Week is here to help you have the best winter season ever. Let me walk you through...

Hi folks, After a short pause with our blog series we're back again and full of energy :-) As Windows 8 is out since some weeks there are a lot of new apps to discover. That's why I choose for this week a Windows 8 App. And the winner is... Fresh Paint...

For the longest time I was envious on iPhone users for one sole reason: Instagram. I do have to admit to this is one small guilty pleasure: Hi, my name is Andreia and I enjoy making “hipster” photos… The good news is that my “suffering”...

The 360° Summer Photo Competition is now over! Thank you all for participating and voting! Here are the winners: 1st: Cedric Reichenbach with 32 votes wins a Nokia Lumia 900 2nd: Stéphanie Miles with 31 votes wins an Xbox with Kinect 3rd...