On Friday, Windows 8, the long-awaited new operating system from Microsoft, will be here.
One key new feature: There's a store from Microsoft where you can download apps, just like you do on smartphones and tablets.
Microsoft's Windows 8 App Store is still pretty bare, but more apps are being added daily. We've scanned the early crop and picked the best ones, ranging from work productivity apps to some fun timewasters.
Box for cloud storage and collaboration
Windows 8 integrates with Microsoft's own cloud storage, SkyDrive. But if you are a Box user, the enterprise storage and collaboration service has a Windows 8 app ready to go which will sync files and give you access to other Box features.
Publisher: Box
Remote Desktop lets you access your PC over the Internet from anywhere
Need to tap into another Windows PC to grab a file? Want to watch a video stored on your kid's Windows PC? Microsoft's Remote Desktop app lets you do those things.
Publisher: Microsoft
Evernote lets you keep track of your life
Evernote is awesome for taking shorter notes—links, videos, to-do lists, photos, even grocery lists—and it can sync them between all of your devices—phone, tablets, and PCs. It even offers a paid service for transcribing audio files.
Some versions of Windows 8 come with the Office 13 suite, including an app called OneNote, which is fine for taking notes during meeting. But Evernote has it beat for keeping tabs on more kinds of information you want to remember.
Publisher: Evernote
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