Way back in 2010, I had a publisher approach me about writing a book on the soon-to-be-released Windows Phone 7 operating system. As I wrote the book and gained familiarity with the phone's OS, I ...

Rumor has it that Microsoft may pull the plug on the Live Tiles feature in Windows 10. Actually, that rumor has been making the rounds since last summer when Microsoft (apparently accidentally) ...

I've made myself a little Live Tile group for frequent websites on Windows machines/Windows Phone devices and notice that some tiles seem to getting updates from the website to update with the latest ...

When Microsoft launched Windows 8, desktop users were taken aback by the strange new Start Screen (it wasn't even just a menu back then). Not only were their programs presented in a grid with large ...

In its effort 5lto accommodate a new generation of touch-enabled PCs, Microsoft introduced the concept of Tiles, eventually Live Tiles as a replacement for its almost iconic Start Menu. Windows users ...

Windows 11 may get a slightly detached “Floating Widgets” panel, perhaps reintroducing Live Tiles in a different avatar. The experimental feature is present in the latest test versions of Windows 11 ...

Microsoft has been slapped with a patent infringement lawsuit over its use of dynamic “live” tile icons in Windows, including in the newly launched Windows 8 OS for PCs and tablets and in the Windows ...

When I asked y’all last week if you would miss Windows 10’s Live Tiles if Microsoft decided to do away with them in a future release, more than 60-percent of you said you would not. But it turns out ...

Live tiles could be dead and on their way out, according to a new report. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Windows 10's live tiles ...

Windows users aren't the biggest fans of the Live Tiles that make the Windows 10 Start Menu appear cluttered, but that could all be coming to an end soon. Twitter user, Aggiornamenti Lumia, posted the ...

Love them or hate them, Live Tiles are an integral part of Windows these days, and they aren’t going anywhere any time soon. In fact, it looks as though they’re about to get some welcome improvements ...

Microsoft on Wednesday issued a Twitter post apologizing that it had "accidentally released" Windows 10 build 18947 to a "limited number of Windows Insiders," and offered them rollback instructions in ...