Even Microsoft knows that Windows Live Tiles have so much potential to be a lot better, especially on touchscreen devices. In fact, a group of the company's researchers in Asia have apparently been ...

The Windows Phone 8 Start Screen is Microsoft’s “marquee feature,” the company said Wednesday, as it unveiled the latest iteration of the screen in Windows Phone 8 and 7.8. The Start Screen with Live ...

Previously on How to Tech, we showed you how to skip the Start screen tiles in Windows 8.1 so you can start your computer right on the desktop. But what if you prefer playing with those Start tiles?

After the Windows 8.1 Update, you may find that the Start Screen Tiles are behaving a bit differently. Apart from the several new features, the Update adds, the introduction of the context menu – ...

Windows 10 marks the return of the Start Menu. Microsoft did away with this classic Windows feature with the launch of Windows 8, when the company introduced a Start Screen that covers your entire ...

Commentary: The Windows 8 Start screen does offers certain benefits, but the good, old-fashioned Start menu is still the best way to access all your programs and settings. Lance Whitney is a freelance ...

The new Windows 10 operating system is still to come, so in the meantime Windows 8.1 users must still contend with the latter OS’ split personality. Yes, we mean hopping between the traditional ...

Windows 8's Start Screen gets a bad rap, but with the right tweaks and a couple downloads, it can actually be pretty useful. Here's how to make the Start Screen into something you might actually want ...

Windows 8 felt a lot like a shotgun wedding. Whether we wanted it or not, we were all forced into the brand-new and definitely-not-our-Start-menu Start screen. In fact, it wasn't clear how to find the ...

Buried within Windows 8 are little-known features that can give your website a prominent presence alongside the apps on any user’s desktop. Exploiting these options can enhance your site’s visitor ...