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If you ever been through a patch like this, it requires you to drive slower, it\u2019s bumpy because the manholes are raised higher in comparison to the grated road. While it\u2019s frustrating, it\u2019s also temporary. And I hope that as we enter this newly paved road of the Windows 8.1 release, the thoughts of the slower speed and bumpiness will quickly feel like a faded memory.<\/p>\n<p>That said, here are some top items to watch for in the coming release:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Availability:<\/strong> In the Windows Store. Includes both RT and Windows 8 devices. Windows Phone updates will be available early 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Windows RT:<\/strong> Now includes Outlook. And it\u2019s pretty much the same as the Outlook app on the desktop. I personally like it better than OWA!<\/p>\n<p><strong>App screen: <\/strong>Group programs with heading you will recognize. And a swipe up from the start screen displays them. You can also select this screen as a default start upon sign in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.microsoftprincess.com\/2013\/08\/27\/windows-81-top-items-to-watch-for.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Free Windows 8 Free Apps continued here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This excerpt appears with permission from The Microsoft Princess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rough150.jpg\" alt=\"rough150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-45355\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Microsoft Princess shares 8 ways Microsoft is attempting to smooth the bumpiness of Windows 8 &#8211; with Windows 8.1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":66012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4470],"tags":[538],"class_list":["post-45349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-microsoft-princess","tag-windows-8"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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