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 ...

To get started, visit this site and click on the Build your own site button. The wizard is pretty easy to follow. In the first Build your own site tile step, enter your website’s name, the background ...

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 ...

Microsoft has given a sneak peek at a new Windows 10 Start Menu design that lets the company's new batch of icons shine without the solid-color Live Tile blocks familiar to users. Revealed by the ...

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 ...

Live Tiles are images that update a pinned tile (icon) on the start screen of Windows Phone. They're used to offer updates to a user browsing the start screen, without having to open the application ...

The Windows 8 Start screen has the potential to be a great application launcher, but the application shortcuts it creates for desktop apps can stick out against the slick, modern system tiles. Luckily ...

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) ...

The Start Menu in Windows 10 combines the best of both Windows worlds: The menu-based list that began in Windows 95 and the tile-based interface introduced in Windows 8. Just click or tap on the Start ...

SurfCast filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the company, challenging a key interface element in Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Microsoft has been slapped with a patent infringement lawsuit ...

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 ...