The Windows 8 Start Screen contains tiles that allow you to launch an associated app. These tiles also have the ability to display notifications containing new information from that particular 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 – ...

A new feature in Windows 8 is tiles on the Start Screen called Live Tiles that can display a constantly updating stream of new information related to that particular app. This allows you to have all ...

Devices are becoming much more of a lifestyle choice, and allowing users to customize their devices the way the want to is the hallmark of a mature platform. That’s why many users balked at Windows 8.

Hey Windows users, if you are looking for a quick way to connect to GeekWire’s latest news, check out our new live tile for Windows 8.1. If you are using Windows 8.1/IE 11, when you visit “pin to ...

Wouldn’t you love to have this option in your Windows 8 Start screen? Last October I explained to how to shut down Windows 8—a subject you wouldn’t think would require its own how-to guide. And yet.

Many users after upgrading their Windows 8 systems to Windows 8.1, noticed a small Arrow Down symbol on their Tile. While some saw it for a few tiles, yet others saw it for most of their tiles. Many ...

Windows 8 is not always great at generating Start tiles for installed software. OblyTile is a small program that generates better-looking tiles and automatically installs them on your Start page. One ...

A customized Windows 8 start screen. (Click for larger view.) Posting from Anaheim: Microsoft isn’t kidding when it says Windows 8 will be the biggest overhaul of its flagship operating system since ...

Ready or not, Windows 8 is here. One of the most controversial versions of the operating system ever released, its main interface feels designed more for touch-screen tablets than traditional ...