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 displays for the Microsoft Surface Tablets are a colorful feast of Tiles. Some are Live Tiles with information cycling through to notify you about news or what your friends are up to. Some Tiles ...

If you are looking for a way to pin your favorite website’s shortcut or tile to the Windows 8.1 Start Screen, this post will show you how to do it for Internet Explorer 11. Things were easier on ...

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?

Windows 8.1 users can easily move and resize tiles, create and name groups of tiles, change the background image, and pin freshly installed apps on the Start screen. Lance Whitney is a freelance ...

The Microsoft Surface 2 has two faces. One is the Metro or Modern UI screen filled with the colorful tiles. The others is the Desktop where Apps from the Microsoft Office 2013 suite run. With the ...

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 ...

Arranging all the tiles on the Windows start screen to meet your specific requirements can become a tedious task. Imagine a situation where you arrange all the tiles and someone rearranges or deletes ...

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 ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Are you a fan of the classic game PacMan? Of course you are. It's now possible to recreate what ...

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 ...