Live Tiles Anywhere is available as an app from the Microsoft Store and has one dedicated function – add the square-shaped tiles that contain a picture or a number to the start menu. Besides, it can ...

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 Phone 8 will sport a new Start screen that builds on the personalization features of the Windows Phone 7.5 interface, making it even more customizable and personal. The core concept of the ...

The latest Windows 11 Canary build 26212 has quietly introduced support for what is being called “Start Menu Companions.” These are small widget-like apps designed to appear alongside your pinned apps ...

Microsoft showed off a possible future for its Windows 10 Start menu that includes the icons it recently revealed in the context of Windows 10X. In a Windows Insider podcast, Microsoft designers ...

In early 2016, I rid the Windows 10 Start menu of Live Tiles on my PC. Live tiles just weren’t that useful to me, or at least I didn’t see a reason to keep them. But now I’m starting to bring live ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is “exploring” a new Windows 10 Start menu design that will see the ...