The software giant also unveiled its plans to combine the Windows Store and the Windows Phone Store into one global store for all the apps. And there are also talks about making all the apps cross platform (phone, tablet, and desktop). VideoLAN, the popular free video player known to play virtually any video file, released version 2.1, but what’s really interesting about this new version is that the software now supports 4K resolution in Windows and Mac OS X. Microsoft revealed that is working on the first Windows 8-style version of Office, but don’t get too excited, this is just a new extension and not full version of suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint). This new tool is called “Office Reader” and it aims to be a content consumption application. Finally, the software giant announced that it is increasing the number of devices you can install Windows 8 apps from 5 to 81 devices, coming soon… All this and more… Welcome to Pureinfotech: Tech Recap edition. Each weekend I will bring you a compilation of articles of the week, including how-to guides, features, tech news, and more. This is simply a list with a brief description of pieces you might have missed or you might just want to read again.

Install Windows 8.1 apps on up to 81 devices, new Microsoft ruling Microsoft preps Office Reader for Windows 8.1 and Lens for phones VLC 2.1 brings 4K playback support to Windows and OS X among other improvements Windows Store and Windows Phone Store are coming together in 2014 Understanding what Surface 2 really is and what’s not Stick with Surface 2, don’t buy Surface RT/Pro (opinion) Microsoft launches Surface 2: pricing, specs, and accessories

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