One of the cornerstones of Microsoft's revamp of the Windows operating system was building app support into the Windows 8's 'Modern' user interface (previously called 'Metro'). Microsoft believed that ...

When Windows 8 entered beta and Microsoft showed off its new apps and design style, they called it Metro. But after some legal headaches, the company stopped referring to them as 'Metro' apps and went ...

Editor's Note: The Regional Modern series focuses on the regional differences in modern and contemporary architecture, countering the impression that "modern" means universal and placeless. In photo ...

In a world exploding with tablets and touchscreens, Microsoft’s decision to saddle Windows 8 with the finger-friendly Modern interface formerly known as Metro makes a lot of sense—for Microsoft. But ...

Microsoft today said it would retire the “Modern,” née “Metro,” app for Skype in less than four weeks, abandoning it for the more traditional Windows desktop application. “We’re simplifying your PC ...

Microsoft will use “Windows 8” or “Modern” as replacements for the now-discarded “Metro” label to describe apps and their environment in the upcoming operating system, according to reports yesterday ...

We are pleased to release Modern Tile Maker, a freeware for Windows 8 that will allow you to create Modern or Metro style Tiles for Files, Folders, Desktop Programs, Web links, and more. When you ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) – After two hours’ grueling drive southeast from the center of Mexico City, through paralyzing traffic jams and clouds of throat-burning smog, the bleached-white haze of air pollution ...

For the longest time, we called the non-operating system executables running on our Windows desktops “programs” or “applications.” Since the inception of Windows, 8, though, a new breed of program, ...