Windows 8 In touch and up to date
Internet Explorer 10: A more beautiful web
Windows keeps you in touch. When you sign in, all the latest status updates and info you care about right on your Start screen tiles: the photo you were just tagged in, today’s weather, news headlines, and messages from your friends—everything you need to stay up to date at a glance.
Connect your stuff and your people
It’s easy to share between your Windows apps and the services that connect them. You can quickly send pictures or files right from an app. If you want to send a link to a site or share an app you love, you can do that right from your browser or the Windows Store. Instantly. No more having to interrupt what you’re doing to copy what you want to share into an email message. Just swipe in from the right and tap Share (or point to the upper-right corner with a mouse, and then click Share).
Work and play on the go
Start a project on one PC and finish it on another. Collaborate freely and always have the latest version of your files. You—and the people you work with—can use free Office Web Apps to edit shared documents on SkyDrive and immediately see each other’s changes. You don’t even need to have Office installed. Share the files you choose with the people you choose, and make the rest private.
Internet Explorer 10 is the entirely new browser built to take advantage of the full power of Windows 8 and Windows RT.
Fast and fluid
Internet Explorer starts and loads sites almost instantly. It brings a fluid responsiveness to the web that feels totally new. Everything you want to do on the web is a swipe, tap, or click away.
Perfect for touch
Internet Explorer 10 provides a touch-first and truly full-screen browsing experience. Navigation controls appear only when you need them and quietly get out of the way when you don’t. You can flip ahead or back through your websites with the flick of a finger. Tiles and tabs for frequently visited sites are oversized for easy tapping.
Easy to use
Smooth, intuitive controls work just as you’d expect. One box is both the address and search bar for speedier navigation. Pin your favorite sites to your Start screen and get to them as quickly as you can open your apps.
Safer and more private
The industry-leading SmartScreen technology helps keep your PC and your info safer on the web and helps protect against malware. Privacy tools like Do Not Track are built in and easily turned on in just one tap or click, so you have more control.