Before universal apps came along, creating apps for Windows 8.x Store and Windows Phone 8 was mostly a two-app project. Thanks to the universal Windows paradigm across devices, developers write code once and deploy on multiple Windows platforms with just small tweaks on the user interface. Telerik UI for Windows Universal plays nice with Microsoft Visual Studio and creates a Shared project template for Universal Apps allowing the same app to be written for Windows 8.1 Store and Windows Phone 8.1 with little code changes.

Sketch Drawer: Convert Photos into Beautiful Pencil Sketches. Turn your digital photos into works of art! SoftOrbits Sketch Drawer converts pictures to sketches in just a few button clicks and a few slider tweaks. This photo to sketch converter produces a colorful hand-made drawing out of an ordinary photograph, laying accurate pencil strokes even if you can’t hold a pencil. Sketch Drawer makes converting photos to sketches fun!

Windows 8 is fast and it is quite satisfying in the role of replacing Windows XP and Win7, but you can make it much faster and responsible with EnhanceMy8.