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TechReviewSource.com posted a roundup of the best Windows 8.1 apps



Windows 8, and now 8.1, is the first operating system designed to be equally comfortable on a table as on a traditional PC or laptop. You could think of these "modern-style" (previously known as "Metro") apps as most suited to the tablet side of that equation, but to tell you the truth, I enjoy using the occasional modern app on my good ole desktop workhorse. For a peek at the weather, Facebook, Twitter, or instant messaging, it's a snap to flip over to the modern side.

Of course, I'm usually doing things that take a desktop app, like editing in Word or working on photos in Lightroom. But that's one of the beauties of Windows 8: You can swap personae in the blink of an eye.

Some marquee names have joined the flock of Windows 8 apps, including and official Facebook app, Flipboard, Vevo, Foursquare, Rhapsody, and TripAdvisor. And don't forget that Windows 8 (and 8.1) still runs nearly all of the millions of applications programmed for Windows over the past decade and a half—in its desktop mode—though that doesn't apply to ARM-based Windows RT tablets.
  The Top 35 Best Windows 8.1 Apps